胆甾相液晶电控螺旋畸变导致的布拉格反射特性

研究了平面织构胆甾相液晶在垂直于螺旋轴方向施加电场后,引起螺旋畸变导致布拉格反射光强度变化特性,利用液晶矩阵光学,琼斯矩阵法与Matlab矩阵计算软件对有螺旋畸变情况下的布拉格反射光谱特性进行了分析和数值计算.从数值计算和实验结果可知,胆甾相液晶在其垂直螺旋轴方向施加不同电压电场时,布拉格反射光中心波长不随电压改变,而布拉格反射光强会随电压的增大而减弱.提出一种电致螺旋畸变模型,对实验结果和数值计算结果给出了合理的解释,认为利用电场改变胆甾相液晶螺距进而设计电控颜色变化液晶器件的原理是不可靠的.     

胆甾相液晶实验

介绍胆甾相液晶知识和显示应用,给出胆甾相液晶平面态可见光布拉格反射和补色效应实验。该实验对丰富大学物理实验内容,拓宽学生知识具有一定的意义。     

新型驱动原理及低电压反射式双稳胆甾型液晶显示器的实验实现

通过对液晶材料参量、液晶盒结构的优化,本文研制了一种低电压驱动反射式双稳胆甾型液晶显示器.在此基础上提出了一种新型驱动方法,通过首先将液晶显示器所有像素从平面态刷新到焦锥态,可用普通的被动式矩阵驱动器件实现1ms快速驱动,新的驱动方法不存在光学延迟.     

液晶的热色效应及其应用

综合评述了液晶的热色效应及其应用，揭示了热色液晶变色的机制来源于可见光布拉格反射，提供了合理调整螺距获得各种热色液晶的方法，展望了液晶热色效应的应用前景和发展动向．     

液晶磁致旋光的研究

利用矩阵方法分析了液晶的旋光效应，导出了液晶旋光的矩阵表示. 利用JG-3型连续可调谐磁场仪搭建实验装置，红外1350 nm激光器做光源，测量了偏振光通过磁场作用下BL-009型向列相液晶的旋光角，详细分析了磁场对液晶旋光性能的影响. 通过实验测试，对液晶的阈值磁场强度进行了讨论，同时对实验结果进行了理论上的分析，得出了液晶旋光角随磁场与液晶盒表面夹角而变化的结论，验证了液晶分子轴的旋转方向与磁场的方向无关，这为更好的研究液晶的特性以及液晶器件的设计具有重要的参考价值. 关键词： 液晶 矩阵 磁致旋光     

用90°扭曲向列相液晶盒代替偏振片的液晶透镜成像方法

提出了一种用90°扭曲向列相液晶盒代替偏振片的液晶透镜成像方法。液晶透镜对焦后,在90°扭曲向列相液晶盒工作于0°旋光状态和90°旋光状态时分别获取两幅图像。通过将这两幅图像相加并减去液晶透镜未工作时获得的离焦图像,减少了未调制光引入的非理想低频分量,增强了图像对比度,降低了原来无偏振片成像处理产生的噪声。实验验证了该方法的有效性,不需要任何偏振器就可以获得清晰对焦的图像。     

SU-8光栅结构中的液晶激光特性

设计制作了SU-8光栅结构的染料掺杂手性向列相液晶激光器件,在器件正面和侧面均实现了随机激光辐射。将激光染料PM597、手性剂S-811、向列性液晶TEB30A按一定比例均匀混合,注入反平行摩擦处理的液晶盒中,器件的下基板通过光掩模法刻蚀出周期为15μm的光栅。利用532 nm的Nd∶YAG固体脉冲激光器作为泵浦源,器件的侧面既在580~590 nm范围内出现了多个离散分立的随机激光辐射峰,FWHM约0.19 nm,又在579~585 nm范围内出现独立的两个激光辐射峰,FWHM约0.19 nm;在器件正面获得了584~590 nm范围的随机激光辐射谱,FWHM约0.17 nm。加热器件至61℃,液晶相变为各向同性态,器件侧面仍出现了波长约590.60 nm、FWHM约0.24 nm的激光辐射峰。分析得出,液晶盒中引入SU-8光栅结构后,光子同时在液晶分子间多重散射和SU-8光栅中布拉格反射获得反馈放大,两种机制相辅相成。器件侧面出现的独立激光辐射峰主要由SU-8光栅布拉格反射提供反馈放大形成,而器件侧面和正面的随机激光辐射峰主要由液晶分子间多重散射提供反馈放大形成。     

液晶校正器漏光对闭环校正波前探测准确度的影响

研究了液晶分子排列对哈特曼波前探测器探测及闭环校正的影响.首先分析了分子排列对液晶校正器产生漏光强度的影响.详细探讨了在闭环校正过程中漏光对波前探测及校正准确度影响,当漏光比为40%时,产生的探测偏离误差为0.4;对于8%的漏光比,探测误差仅为0.08,可以忽略.最后分别做了扭曲和平行排列液晶校正器对静态畸变的闭环校正实验.对于漏光比为40%的扭曲液晶校正器,校正前后的PV和RMS值分别为:1.11 μm、0.25 μm和1.08 μm、 0.24 μm,说明漏光对闭环校正产生了严重影响.对于漏光比为8%的平行排列液晶校正器,通过闭环校正,波前的PV和RMS分别从1.58 m和0.22 m降到0.095 m和0.03 m,同时获得清晰的光纤束的像.结果表明,如果能够控制液晶波前校正器的漏光占总光强的比在8%以下,则可以获得高校正准确度.     

基于扭曲向列液晶空间光调制器的矢量光生成

基于扭曲向列型液晶空间光调制器的旋光特性, 根据空间光调制器所加电压和加载相位与旋光角度的对应关系, 设计了可以生成多种涡旋矢量光的通用光路. 利用该原理和光路系统, 在实验上生成了多种携带轴对称相位的矢量光以及图案般复杂的矢量光, 观察和检测了它们的偏振特性, 获得了较好的实验结果. 并且模拟了具有涡旋相位的矢量光的紧聚焦场, 分析了它们的紧聚焦特性. 由于这种生成矢量光的方法光路装置简单、操作容易, 产生矢量光的过程中几乎不损失能量, 并且不存在聚焦过程, 因此在如强激光矢量光束与物质相互作用、激光加速等方面具有重要的应用潜力.     

基于布拉格光纤的磁场调制液晶太赫兹开关

利用中空布拉格光纤结构,设计了一种新型的磁场调制液晶太赫兹开关.通过在包层中采用周期交错的高密度聚乙烯和向列相液晶E7,并施加外磁场控制液晶的取向来改变液晶的折射率,从而实现开关的功能.该设计使开关宜于与光纤耦合,损耗小且能实现单模传输.采用有限元法模拟了开关的各项参数,数值计算表明,此开关的消光比可达2634 dB. 关键词： 太赫兹开关 布拉格光纤 液晶     

Electric field-driven structural changes in cholesteric shells for optical applications

Cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) shells with planar anchoring condition were prepared by using a capillary microfluidic technology. Under the influence of an electric field, shells were studied by filling them in glass cells coated with transparent ITO working as an electrode. CLC shells with a planar texture having dark brushes at 0 V under crossed polarizers transformed into a focal conic domain, a fingerprint texture, and finally to an isotropic phase with an increase of electric field that was confirmed by inserting the Bertrand lens in the polarized light path. In addition, our studies also show that the electric-field-driven isotropic phase was due to dielectric heating and local heating effects. The calculated magnitude of the local heating result from the model was in agreement with the experimental observation together with the chiral nematic to isotropic transition due to conventional heating.     

胆甾相液晶温控旋光色散特性的研究

胆甾相液晶的螺距易受温度和电压的影响,螺距变化时,胆甾相液晶的旋光色散特性发生相应的变化。实验证明:温度对胆甾相液晶旋光色散特性的影响与所对应的波长范围有关,在不同的波长范围内,温度对其旋光色散特性的影响规律不同;温度对胆甾相液晶旋光色散特性的影响还与所测试的波长离该温度下选择反射波带的远近有关,离选择反射波带越近,温度对其旋光色散特性的影响越大。实验表明:温度变化时,胆甾相液晶的旋光色散特性的变化是偏振透射谱移动的一个重要原因。     

胆甾相液晶可见光布拉格反射实验

胆甾相液晶可见光反射行为，在某种意义上与晶体粉末样品Ｘ光衍射相似，本主要提供一个巧妙而又直观的布拉格反射实验方法，并测量胆甾相结构周期－螺距与温度的关系，进而揭示胆甾相液晶热色效应的机理。     

Texture evolution of cholesteric liquid crystal driven by a thermal process

Cholesteric liquid crystal displays (Ch-LCDs) have potential as screens in portable readers. In the present study, it is demonstrated that a Ch-LCD can be driven by a thermal process at a temperature of 90 °C. At a suitable temperature, the texture of the cholesteric liquid crystal will be transfrred from planar to focal conic. The experimental results show that the reflectance of a Ch-LCD is influenced by texture after the thermal process. After thermal treatment at 90 °C, the periodicity was reduced from 63 nm to 55 nm. A chain tilting angle of ∼29° was estimated.     

Selective reflection of light from a layer of cholesteric liquid crystal with induced inhomogeneity of helix pitch

A possibility to induce a planar defect in a plane-layer structure of a cholesteric liquid crystal via an external electric field is shown experimentally. The results of studies of behavior of the selective reflection (transmission) coefficient of light for a layer of the cholesteric liquid crystal, where planar defects are induced, are presented     

复指数矩阵法研究螺旋液晶光学传播特性

提出一种研究螺旋液晶光学特性的数学处理方法.螺旋型液晶可当作N层双折射材料晶片叠合而成,而相邻晶片的光轴依次旋转一个小角度.在光学转换矩阵中引入复数来研究螺旋型液晶光学性能,给出了相关的数学处理方法.研究了线性偏振光在螺旋液晶中的传播特性,并给出了光经过螺旋液晶后电场强度的矩阵表达式.研究发现,如果入射光波长等于螺旋液晶螺距,线偏振光经过右螺旋液晶后是左旋圆偏振光.理论上分析了螺旋液晶对可见光选择性反射机理.     

Biphotonic effect-induced phase transition in dye-doped cholesteric liquid crystals and their applications

This work studies the biphotonic effect in samples that are cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) doped with azo-C5. The experimental results show that the photo-isomerization of azo-C5 not only changes the clearing point of the sample, but also shifts the reflection band that is associated with the planar texture. Additionally, azo dye-doped CLCs (DDCLCs) have bi-stable or tri-stable states, as determined by the ambient temperature. Photo-switching between these bi-stable/tri-stable states is systematically studied. The result indicates that photo-addressing one of these states (planar, focal conic, and isotropic states) using a low- or high-intensity Ar⁺ laser beam is feasible. The results thus obtained are used to fabricate a photo-rewritable DDCLC display.     

Polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals as switchable photonic broad bandgaps

A cholesteric liquid crystal can be considered as a one-dimensional photonic crystal with a refractive index that is regularly modulated along the helix axis because of the particular arrangement of the molecules. The result is that the propagation of light is suppressed for a particular range of wavelengths (bandgap). A polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal (PSCLC), which is obtained by in situ photopolymerization of reactive liquid-crystal molecules in the presence of non-reactive liquid-crystal molecules in an oriented Bragg planar texture, is elaborated by combining the UV-curing with a thermally induced pitch variation. As a consequence, it is shown here that memory effects are introduced into the characteristics of the reflection band of the material at room temperature. In the visible spectrum, the reflection bandwidth can be tuned in agreement with the thermal ramp and broadened. In addition, the bandgap filters can be switched between broadband reflective, scattering and transparent states by subjecting them to an electric field. Related application fields of these functional materials are switchable smart windows for the control of the solar-light spectrum and white-or-black polarizer-free reflective displays.