电控聚合物分散液晶全息透镜及特性研究

报道位相型电控聚合物分散液晶(H-PDLC)全息衍射透镜的研制及特性研究,理论上,根据耦合波理论,研究了不同的相分离程度系数下,理想位相型电控聚合物分散液晶(H-PDLC)全息衍射透镜在可见光波长(400—800nm)的衍射特性.实验研制了衍射效率最高为70%的电控H-PDLC变焦透镜样品,研究表明H-PDLC透镜具有优良的成像特性,和快速响应的电控开关特性,在光学成像系统,光通信系统中具有良好的应用前景.     

连续变焦的聚合物分散液晶电控透镜

介绍了一种基于聚合物分散液晶材料的连续调焦电控透镜.在聚合物分散液晶盒的上表面电极上刻蚀圆孔,形成一个非对称电极,在液晶盒上下极板之间,诱发一个非均匀电场,从而引起聚合物分散液晶材料的折射率非均匀分布,形成电控变焦透镜.阐述了聚合物分散液晶可调焦透镜的基本原理,分析了透镜孔径对聚合物分散液晶透镜焦距的影响,在直径3mm和6mm的圆孔条件下,分别测量了透镜焦距随电压的变化关系.结果表明:电压从50V加到170V的过程中,透镜焦距逐渐减短,刻蚀3mm圆孔的聚合物分散液晶盒焦距从1.361 63m到0.429 21m,刻蚀6mm圆孔的聚合物分散液晶盒焦距从1.769 92m到0.548 43m.     

便携式电控聚合物分散液晶全息透镜的电源及结构设计

根据聚合物分散液晶材料的光电特性及需要,在研究基于聚合物分散液晶光电器件时必须设计合适的电源驱动系统。介绍了在电控聚合物分散液晶全息透镜器件研制中,将电池输出的直流低压升高变频到70～100V、1000Hz频率交流高电压的电路系统设计。并介绍了变焦透镜装置总体结构的机械设计。实验结果表明,该电源设计能够满足聚合物分散液晶全息透镜器件中的液晶分子光轴驱动的需要,并能实现器件的小型化和便捷式。     

电场作用下的变焦非球面液滴微透镜

提出了一种制作变焦非球面液滴微透镜并在线检测其光学性能的新方法。在实时进行光学检测的条件下,选择光固化材料,利用电场作用操控液滴透镜的面形实现变焦,在检测到较好的透镜面形和聚焦状态时,采用紫外光固化技术使液滴透镜固化,可制作具有良好光学成像和聚焦性能的非球面微透镜。研制了紫外光固化非球面液滴微透镜制作平台及在线检测系统,实验观察并讨论了液滴透镜面形和聚焦光斑随电场作用的变化规律,成功实现了液滴透镜的变焦,并获得了良好的非球面面形和聚焦光斑,证明了用此方法制作高成像性能的非球面微透镜的可行性。     

基于PDMS基片的可变焦柱透镜

设计并制作了一种基于聚二甲基硅氧烷（Polydimethylsiloxane,PDMS）基片的可变焦微型柱透镜。这种柱透镜主要由一根埋入PDMS基片中的玻璃毛细管构成,通过选择毛细管内液体的折射率实现变焦功能。液体折射率为1.451 8～1.550 2时,柱透镜焦距可由21.369 mm减小到3.362 mm,变焦倍数达到6.4倍。用散射光成像方法观察并拍摄了平行光通过这种可变焦柱透镜后的光线轨迹图;用ZEMAX光学设计软件摸拟了成像过程,模拟结果和实验图像相符;用高斯光学的逐次成像方法推导出了这种柱透镜的焦距公式,焦距的计算结果和实验以及模拟结果吻合。PDMS基片中可变焦微型柱透镜的成功制作,为＂芯片上的实验室＂提供了一种重要的光学成像元件。     

新型聚合物分散液晶材料研制的电控体全息光栅

报道了聚合物分散液晶材料全息光栅元件的研制，并研究了聚合物分散液晶材料光栅的衍射特性及电控开关特性。该光栅结合了聚合物分散液晶材料的电控光开关特性和全息光栅的优点，在光通信器件、可调窗口、液晶显示等领域具有广泛的应用前景和巨大的潜在生产力。     

纳米银掺杂的高效率全息聚合物分散液晶光栅制备

报道了一种基于掺杂纳米银聚合物分散液晶(PDLC)材料的高衍射率全息电控光栅的制备及特性。通过在原有聚合物分散液晶材料体系中添加适量的纳米银颗粒以制备体全息光栅,实验研究了掺杂不同质量比的纳米银颗粒对全息聚合物分散液晶(H-PDLC)体光栅的衍射效率、驱动阈值电压、响应时间的影响。实验结果表明,通过掺杂纳米银材料,能够优化聚合物和液晶两相分离结构,使聚合物与液晶分离更加彻底,显著提高H-PDLC体光栅的一级衍射效率,同时能改善体光栅的电光特性,缩短响应时间。初步分析表明,由于纳米银颗粒的表面等离子体效应和体系折射率匹配的优化改善了H-PDLC光栅的特性。     

基于液体变焦透镜和振镜的三维光片显微成像系统

搭建了一种基于液体变焦透镜和振镜的三维光片显微成像系统,设计了振镜、液体变焦透镜、相机的同步控制采集成像系统,通过调谐振镜和液体变焦透镜,使得光片激发样品和成像同步,获得样品不同切面的图像堆栈并实现样品的三维重建。当采用数值孔径为0.3、放大倍率为10的成像物镜时,该系统的轴向扫描范围为507μm,横向视场达到1970μm×1300μm,横向分辨率为1.32μm,轴向分辨率可达12.75μm。在轴向扫描过程中,系统的放大倍率保持恒定,可以用于对一定尺寸生物样品的成像实验和相关研究,并通过对斑马鱼胚胎进行成像验证所提系统对厚生物样品成像的可行性。     

应变液晶的负压光效应和反式压光效应

介绍聚合物分散液晶和应变液晶概念,给出聚合物分散液晶调光玻璃的"正压光效应"、"负压光效应"和"反式压光效应"三种效应定义.实验制备出负压光效应和反式压光效应新型应变调光玻璃样品,测试样品散射态雾度90%以上,半透明态透光率接近30%.用偏光显微术研究压光效应原理,表明对样品施加垂面按压或拉伸的应力诱导作用会引起液晶微滴中液晶分子具有某些特殊排列方式,导致样品光学性质发生显著变化.建立垂面拉伸液晶微滴模型,计算模拟所绘出的图形与偏光显微镜照片独特花样十分相似,进而合理解释了实验现象.应变液晶压光效应研究具有聚合物分散液晶基础研究意义和开发非电控调光玻璃的实际应用价值.     

表面摩擦处理对全息聚合物分散液晶光栅电光特性的影响

为了提高全息聚合物分散液晶光栅的衍射效率并降低其驱动电压,改善光栅的电光特性,研究了表面平行摩擦取向对全息聚合物分散液晶光栅电光特性的影响.理论分析认为,改善相分离结构和降低液晶微滴之间的有序度差异是优化光栅电光特性的根本所在.由于进行表面取向处理后的液晶和单体之间达到扩散匹配,使得相分离的程度大幅提高,在衍射能力增强的同时驱动电压也实现了大幅下降,而且,表面取向作用也使光栅内的液晶分子均匀排列,降低了液晶微滴之间的有序度差异,从而减少了光栅的散射损失.实验结果表明:进行取向处理后的光栅其衍射效率由传统光 关键词： 全息聚合物分散液晶 衍射效率 驱动电压     

Study on the algorithm of computational ghost imaging based on discrete fourier transform measurement matrix

We have developed a model and realized an algorithm for the calculation of the coefficient of coherent (direct) transmission of light through a layer of liquid crystal (LC) droplets in a polymer matrix. The model is based on the Hulst anomalous diffraction approximation for describing the scattering by an individual particle and the Foldy-Twersky approximation for a coherent field. It allows one to investigate polymer dispersed LC (PDLC) materials with homogeneous and inhomogeneous interphase surface anchoring on the droplet surface. In order to calculate the configuration of the field of the local director in the droplet, the relaxation method of solving the problem of minimization of the free energy volume density has been used. We have verified the model by comparison with experiment under the inverse regime of the ionic modification of the LC-polymer interphase boundary. The model makes it possible to solve problems of optimization of the optical response of PDLC films in relation to their thickness and optical characteristics of the polymer matrix, sizes, polydispersity, concentration, and anisometry parameters of droplets. Based on this model, we have proposed a technique for estimating the size of LC droplets from the data on the dependence of the transmission coefficient on the applied voltage.     

Angular structure of radiation scattered by monolayer of polydisperse droplets of nematic liquid crystal

We considered light scattering by a polydisperse ensemble of droplets of a nematic liquid crystal. To model light scattering by a monolayer of polymer-dispersed spherical droplets of a nematic liquid crystal with cylindrical symmetry of its internal structure, we proposed a semianalytical modeling method. The method is based on interference approximation of the theory of multiple wave scattering, anomalous diffraction approximation, and effective-medium approximation. The method takes into account cooperative optical effects in concentrated, partially ordered layers and can be used to analyze the small-angle structure of the intensity of scattered radiation in relation to the concentration, size, polydispersity of liquid crystal droplets, orientation of their optical axes, and refractive indices of the liquid crystal and polymer. The obtained relations can be applied to solving direct and inverse problems of light scattering in composite liquid crystal materials using data of polarization measurements. We present graphical results of solving the direct problem for components of the polarization vector of scattered wave. These results illustrate the formation of an angular structure for monolayers with a high concentration of polydisperse droplets of the liquid crystal in the range of small scattering angles (0 < θ _s ≤ 8°).     

Morphological and electro-optical responses of dichroic polymer dispersed liquid crystal films

Dichroic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (DPDLC) films containing different concentration of dichroic dye have been prepared by polymerization induced phase separation technique using nematic liquid crystal material in UV curable polymer NOA 65 and anthraquinone dichroic dye. The effects of applied voltage and temperature on the LC droplet morphology and its optical characteristics were studied in detail. Liquid crystal droplets containing low concentration of dye (0.25%) in polymer matrix exhibit bipolar configuration at lower applied voltage (10 V) whereas at relatively higher voltage (15 V) maltese type liquid crystal droplets were seen. In addition, low concentration DPDLC film shows better optical transmission and higher contrast ratio.     

Electro-optic study of acrylate based holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals with broad band photosensitivity

We describe the electro-optic (EO) modulation of diffraction in holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals, recently developed for broad band photosensitivity, ranging from visible to near infrared. More than 90% EO modulation achieved for relatively low electric fields confirms the phase separation and formation of liquid crystal sub-micrometer sized droplets in the polymer matrix. Molecular reorientation induced by the applied voltage and a residual electrical current induced heating are at the origin of the EO modulation.     

Coherent transmittance of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal film in a strong field: Effect of correlation and polydispersity of droplets

A method for computing the coherent transmittance of a film of polymer dispersed nematic liquid crystals aligned by an external field in the case of an oblique incidence of light is developed, and a theoretical analysis of this quantity is performed. The effects of close packing are considered in terms of the interference approximation of the theory of multiple wave scattering. The correlation arising in the spatial distribution of polydisperse droplets is taken into account by introducing partial distribution functions. It is shown that an increase in the concentration of liquid crystal droplets is accompanied by an increase in the coherent transmittance of the film.     

大变焦范围电调谐液晶变焦透镜的研究

基于向列相液晶指向矢随施加电场作用发生变化的特性, 结合几何光学和液晶理论提出了一种液晶透镜结构模型, 研究了电极大小、隔垫物厚度等液晶透镜参数对液晶透镜焦距的影响. 通过优化参数, 得到结构简单、变焦范围较大的新型液晶透镜样品, 在驱动电压0 V_RMS–250 V_RMS下可调的焦距范围为75–230 mm, 达到155 mm.