Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 37, Issue 10, 1293(2022)

Polarizer-free modal liquid crystal lenses with an alignment conversion layer

Si-ming LI1, Qing LI1、*, and Xu-hui DONG2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Joint International Research Laboratory of Information Display and Visualization,School of Electronic Science & Engineering,Southeast University,Nanjing 210018,China
  • 2Camry Optical(Shenzhen)Co.,Ltd.,Shenzhen 518118,China
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    Structure of double-layer LC lens with alignment conversion layer
    Modulation of Ex polarized light(a)and Ey polarized light(b)by LC lens
    Equivalent circuit of modal LC lens
    Distribution curves of the voltage(a)and the phase(b)of LC layer
    Fabrication flow of double-layer LC lens
    Optical path of imaging
    (a)Fuzzy image of LC lens without driving voltage;(b)Clear image under 0° polarized light by suitable driving voltage;(c)Clear image under 90° polarized light by suitable driving voltage;(d)Clear image under natural light by suitable driving voltage.
    Normalized focused light intensity of LC lens
    Mach-Zehnder interference optical path
    Imaging,interference and phase distribution diagrams at different voltage,frequency,and object distance.(a)10.12 Vrms,150 kHz,13 cm;(b)15.1 Vrms,220 kHz,12 cm;(c)22.5 Vrms,300 kHz,11 cm;(d)28.8 Vrms,350 kHz,10.5 cm.
    Lens power of the LC lens as a function of an applied voltage
    • Table 1. Performance parameters of LC lens

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      Table 1. Performance parameters of LC lens

      物距/cm驱动条件有效视场直径/mm焦距/m屈光度/D数值孔径/10-2波前误差/λ
      1310.1 Vrms,150 kHz7.571.4100.7142.6840.168
      1215.1 Vrms,220 kHz7.281.1590.8633.1410.246
      1122.5 Vrms,300 kHz6.790.9081.1013.7390.209
      10.528.8 Vrms,350 kHz5.930.6291.5904.7140.275
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    Si-ming LI, Qing LI, Xu-hui DONG. Polarizer-free modal liquid crystal lenses with an alignment conversion layer[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2022, 37(10): 1293

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 28, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 10, 2022

    The Author Email: Qing LI (liqing@seu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2022-0149

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