垂直定向液晶光阀中液晶电光特性的理论分析

采用 ４×４ 矩阵法模拟计算了垂直定向液晶光阀的电光特性, 从理论上分析了影响液晶光阀电光特性的因素。根据向列液晶的弹性连续体理论及边界力矩平衡方程, 求出了垂直定向向列液晶在液晶界面之间相互作用锚泊能为有限值时的液晶指向矢分布。根据指向矢分布计算了一定外加电场下液晶光阀的电光特性, 并和锚泊能为无限大时的特性进行了比较和分析     

液晶电光特性研究

随着近几年液晶显示技术在诸多领域的广泛应用和新技术的推出,人们一直致力于改善液晶器件显示性能的研究。在液晶显示器应用中,电光特性是一个很重要的参数,介绍了采用激光测量的方法获得液晶的电光特性、阈值电压及视角特性。分析了液晶分子在交流电场作用下重新取向后的扭曲特性,测试了不同电压下液晶分子的透光率和扭曲角度,结果表明:该方法是可行的,向列相液晶具有0.92 V较低阈值电压和较为陡峭的电光曲线,水平方向上在-60~+50有较好的视角特性,垂直方向上在-40~+20有较好的视角特性。该结论为偏光器件的设计与制作提供了依据。     

频率驱动液晶光阀的电光特性研究

讨论了液晶光阀频率驱动方式的原理, 并分析了液晶光阀在频率驱动方式下的电光特性。在特定的交流电压下改变外加电场频率, 测量了TB3639型液晶光阀在频率驱动方式下的电光特性关系曲线。测量结果表明,TB3639液晶光阀在可见光区域具有电光显示灰度变化特性,不仅能实现黑白显示,也能实现不同灰度级显示。频率驱动方式在可见光的范围内对不同波长的透射率变化趋势影响大致相同,在应用中可避免出现色差较大的现象。这种新型频率驱动方式对液晶器件的显示有改善作用,将开拓液晶显示器件的新应用, 具有实际应用价值。     

电控液晶光阀中的指向矢分布特性

液晶分子具有介电和光学各向异性,在外电场作用下,液晶指向矢将会重新分布,具有高效的光学相位调制能力.本文从实验和理论角度对电控液晶光阀的光学调制特性进行了研究,结果表明:光阀阈值电压约为4V,且当外加电压高于阈值电压时,液晶光阀的透射强度随外加电压表现出非周期性特性.根据液晶连续体弹性理论,对电场作用下液晶光阀的指向矢分布特性进行数值分析,分析结果表明液晶光阀对透射光强的非周期调制特性取决于液晶体系的偏转状态,为研究液晶的偏振光调制特性提供理论依据及实验基础.     

扭曲向列相液晶电光效应的微观机理研究

为了探究液晶电光效应的微观机理,以扭曲向列相液晶为研究对象,对液晶分子的变化情况进行了理论分析。运用连续体弹性理论分析了扭曲向列相液晶分子的指向矢取向变化,并对液晶电光效应曲线不同区间范围液晶微观结构的变化进行了系统分析。结果表明:液晶分子在零电场条件下的扭曲是均匀的;当外加电场大于某一值时,液晶分子开始转向,液晶产生电光效应。研究结果对液晶显示器件设计和深入理解液晶电光效应机理具有一定的指导意义。     

聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯的光化学反应在液晶分子排列取向中的作用

研究了光聚合物材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯(CEMC)对液晶材料LC-6710A的取向作用,取向层表面在光化学反应前后的变化;测量了光控取向膜液晶盒中液晶分子的预倾角及单面光控取向扭曲向列液晶显示器(TNLCD)的电光特性和时间响应特性,研究了这种材料的光化学反应过程,以及液晶分子排列取向的机理.     

液晶显示用取向材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯的光控取向研究

通过实验研究了光聚合物材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉桂酰氧基乙酯（ＣＥＭＣ）的光化学反应过程, 以及对液晶材料ＬＣ－６７１０Ａ 的取向能力． 通过原子力显微镜（ＡＦＭ）观察了取向层表面在光化学反应前后的变化, 测量了光控取向膜液晶盒中液晶分子的预倾角及单面光控取向扭曲向列液晶显示器（ＴＮＬＣＤ）的电光特性和时间响应特性曲线, 研究了液晶分子排列取向的机理．     

液晶显示用取向材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉柱酰氧基乙酯的光控取向研究

通过实验研究了光聚合物材料聚甲基丙烯酸肉柱酰氧基乙酯（ＣＥＭＣ）的光化学反应过程,以及对液晶材料ＬＣ－６７０１Ａ的取向能力。通过原子力显微镜（ＡＦＭ）观察了取向层表面在光化学反应前后的变化,测量了光控了以向膜液晶盒中液晶分子的预倾角及单面光控取向扭曲现列液晶显示器（ＴＮＬＣＤ）的电光特性和时间响应特性曲线,研究了液晶分子排列取向的机理。     

液晶电光效应的实验研究

在原有液晶电光效应实验内容基础上,测量了0~3V电压条件下扭曲向列相液晶的透过率与光源波长的关系,分析了不同波长的光源对液晶电光效应的影响,同时测量了液晶光开关的响应时间和液晶板的视角特性.     

利用微机研究液晶的电光效应

利用微机建立了液晶电光效应的控制和探测系统，该系统不仅可以实时、精确、细致地演示和探测液晶的电控双折射效应，而且可以用来研究液晶对外加电压的瞬态响应特性参数。文中提供了液晶光阀在不同波形的驱动电压下的测试结果。     

Stability of liquid crystal systems doped with γ-Fe_2O_3 nanoparticles

In order to explore the stability of a liquid crystal(LC) system doped with γ-Fe_2O_3 nanoparticles, the physical properties(clearing point, dielectric properties), electro-optical properties and residual direct-current voltage(RDCV) of the doped LC system were measured and evaluated at different times. First, the temperature was controlled by precision hot stage, and the clearing point temperature of doped LC was observed and measured by a polarized optical microscope. Using a precision LCR meter, we measured the capacitance-voltage curves of the doped LC system at the temperature of 27℃.The dielectric constant of doped LC was calculated by the dualcell capacitance method. Then, the electro-optical properties of the doped LC system were measured. Finally, the RDCV of the doped LC system was measured and calculated. After five months, the parameters of the doped LC system were re-measured and analyzed under the same conditions to evaluate its stability. The experimental results show that, within five months, the clearing point change rate of doped LC is in the range of 0.24%–1.37%, the change of dielectric anisotropy is in the range of 0.035–0.2, the curves of electro-optical properties are basically fitted, and the change rate of saturated RDCV is about 11.2%, which basically indicate that the LC system doped with γ-Fe_2O_3 nanoparticles has good stability.     

Electro-optical properties of polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal film

Liquid crystals (LCs) and polymers are extensively used in various electro-optical applications.In this paper,normal mode polymer stabilized cholesteric LC film is prepared and studied.The effects of chiral dopant and monomer concentrations on the electro-optical properties,such as contrast ratio,driving voltage,hysteresis width and response time,are investigated.The reasons of electro-optical properties influenced by the concentrations of the materials are discussed.Through the proper material recipe,the electro-optical properties of polymer stabilized cholesteric LC film can be optimized.     

Fast Integrated Electro-Optical Switch and Beam Deflector Based on Nematic Liquid Crystal Waveguides

In this paper, the design, the realization, and the experimental characterization of an integrated electro-optical switch and a beam deflector, both based on planar nematic liquid crystal (NLC) waveguides, are reported. In order to test such devices, a particular waveguide structure consisting of a three-stage device, having a thin nematic LC film as the middle stage and two glass waveguides as the other stages, has been designed and realized. The electro-optical behavior and the response time have been studied for different configurations for both TE and TM polarized light. By a proper choice of the material parameters and because of the presence of an additional constant bias voltage, we got response time in the microsecond range. The experimental results obtained are very promising in the frame of integrated electro-optical devices, even if the effect underlying the results is not yet understood and probably needs some deeper research into liquid crystal physics and surface interactions.     

Fast Integrated Electro-Optical Switch and Beam Deflector Based on Nematic Liquid Crystal Waveguides

In this paper, the design, the realization, and the experimental characterization of an integrated electro-optical switch and a beam deflector, both based on planar nematic liquid crystal (NLC) waveguides, are reported.

In order to test such devices, a particular waveguide structure consisting of a three-stage device, having a thin nematic LC film as the middle stage and two glass waveguides as the other stages, has been designed and realized. The electro-optical behavior and the response time have been studied for different configurations for both TE and TM polarized light. By a proper choice of the material parameters and because of the presence of an additional constant bias voltage, we got response time in the microsecond range. The experimental results obtained are very promising in the frame of integrated electro-optical devices, even if the effect underlying the results is not yet understood and probably needs some deeper research into liquid crystal physics and surface interactions.     

液晶光阀的电光色散特性研究

分析液晶光阀(LCLV)的电光色散特性,重点研究扭曲向列型液晶光阀TB3639的电光色散特性。在温度为27 ℃时, 将TB3639液晶光阀置于频率为1 000 Hz的交流电场中,测出电光特性T-λ曲线,同时得到不同波长的T-V电光特性曲线,确定对比度与光波波长的函数关系k(λ),并得出电光色散特性关系曲线k(λ)～λ。分析结果表明, TB3639液晶光阀在可见光区域,具有相对较高的对比度,其色散较小。波长在450～750 nm区域其对比度均大于0.8;其中波长在550～670 nm区域其对比度变化不大,均大于0.95,其色散最小。     

Design and simulation of single-electrode liquid crystal phased arrays

Liquid crystal (LC) phased arrays and gratings have been employed in optical switching and routing [1]. These diffractive optic elements are of great interest because they can be scaled up to a large number of elements and their optical properties can be electrically addressed with a low driving voltage. LC phase gratings have been achieved either by periodic addressing of pixels or by using periodically-modified structures. The latter approach leads to less reconfigurable devices but the addressing is simpler. In this paper we focus on optical phased arrays where the phase is varied either continuously or discretely and where the periodicity is induced by electrode configuration. We first describe a possible structure based on a conductive silicon wafer. We argue that this structure can induce either continuously or discretely varying arrays while applying single voltage to the array. In the second part we simulate the behaviour of such arrays. We base the simulation on a LC synthesized at the Military University of Technology, this high-birefringence nematic LC shows in a 4-μm thick cell a linear phase shift range of more than 360° between 1.2 V and 1.8 V. We calculate the distribution of the LC molecule director and assess the performance of the array with respect to the applied voltage. Finally, the relevance of such technology for switchable phased arrays is discussed.     

基于对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体结构的电光可调谐滤波器

本文构建了含有电光材料LiNbO3的一维对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体结构,提出并设计了一种基于该结构的可调谐滤波器,并利用传输矩阵法对设计的滤波器的可调谐滤波特性进行了理论研究.数据模拟结果表明:保持对称广义Fibonacci光子晶体的几何结构不变,通过改变电极所在处施加在电光介质(LiNbO3)层上的外加电场,...