单块偏振片反射式向列相液晶显示器的理论设计与实验制造研究

反射式液晶显示器(RLCDs)具有亮度高、无视差等优点,并且结构简单,适合于现行的制造工艺和驱动方式.本文利用我们提出的参数空间法(偏振片角度、扭曲角及双折射率的函数)研究了适用于反射式液晶显示器,这种研究表明所有的反射式液晶显示模式都可以在这个参数空间里得以表述,如扭曲向列型的电控双折射模式(TN-ECB),混合场效应模式(HFE),混合向列型模式(MTN),以及自补偿向列型模式(SCTN).在此基础上我们提出几种新的反射模式,如反射向列型及反射超扭曲向列型(通过搜索参数空间得到),二者均适用于直视型和投影型显示方式.我们已制成反射向列型及反射超扭曲向列型样品,实验结果和理论设计符合一致.     

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。     

一种反射式扭曲向列型液晶显示优化设计的新方法

基于扭曲向列型液晶的显示器件通过调制光波的偏振态实现显示的目的,因此光波的偏振状态在其中起了极为关键的作用.本文结合琼斯矩阵和表示光波偏振态的斯托克斯参量j-circle方法,提出了一种优化反射式扭曲向列型液晶显示器件的新方法.该方法与原有的空间参量方法不同的是采用了追踪光波在传播过程中偏振态变化的办法得到反射式液晶显示器件中各光学元件的参数.该方法简单直观并且可以对多个参数同时进行优化,实现了显示性能的最优化设计并得到了新的显示模式.     

可调谐液晶红外滤光片的光学特性分析

可调谐红外滤光片是高分辨率红外成像仪谱段识别和分光的重要光学器件。采用琼斯矩阵方法对平行向列相和90°扭曲向列相液晶法-珀红外滤光片的本征偏振态及光学特性进行了研究。结果表明,当非偏振光垂直入射时,平行向列相液晶法-珀滤光片在任何电压下两组本征偏振态均不发生模式混合,具有偏振敏感性;90°扭曲向列相液晶法-珀滤光片在电压较低时具有偏振敏感性,当电压大于三倍Freedericksz阈值电压时,两组本征偏振态发生模式混合,偏振敏感性消除。     

一种新型偶氮染料在扭曲向列相液晶显示取向中的应用

研究了一种新型偶氮材料sy03在光控取向中的应用。将sy03加入聚酰亚胺SE-3310(Nissan)与N,N-二甲基甲酰胺(DMF)的混合溶液中作为90°扭曲向列相液晶显示(Twisted nematic liquid crystal display,TN-LCD)的光取向材料,测量由它作为取向膜的扭曲向列型盒的电光特性与仅用SE-3310取向的扭曲向列型盒电光特性比较,发现sy03偶氮的加入使得扭曲向列型盒的响应时间短到98 ms、阈值电压也降低到1.7 V左右。而且随曝光时间的增加,响应时间和衬比度都有所提高,电光响应曲线也更为陡峭。加热到150℃后,其电光特性并没有明显变化,证明了它良好的热稳定性。最后通过测量偏振紫外吸收光谱,分析得出液晶分子易取向方向与激发光源偏振方向垂直。     

1024位液晶组页器

一、引 言 全息光存储的主要特征是高密度和大容量.它在很大程度上有赖于新的存储介质,即更有效、更灵敏和更可靠的介质以及具有增大容量和均等转移速度的二元制数字块组页器.本文报道的是应用在106位激光全息数字存储计算器模型中的1024位液晶组页器的设计考虑及实验结果,采用胆甾相一向列相转变存储模式的电光效应进行矩阵寻址模型的阵列显示.相 变模式这一作用方式的特点是既比过去使用的动态散射模式具有较快的写入时间及较好的擦除效应,又没有如扭曲场效应及电控双折射效应那样不能储存的困难及需要偏振片等缺点,特别是它没有以上这些…     

弱锚泊条件下超扭曲向列相液晶显示的光学阈值电压

在超扭曲向列相液晶显示(STN-LCD)中,用倾角θ和扭曲角φ确定液晶指向矢。基于液晶连续体理论,得到θ、φ和电势U满足的常微分方程组及其边界条件。通过松弛方法解常微分方程组两点边值问题,计算了光学阈值电压对锚泊强度的依赖关系。     

快速测量扭曲向列相液晶盒盒厚

提出了一种利用圆偏光仪测量扭曲向列相液晶盒盒厚的新方法,即:圆偏光仪组成为两端是一对起偏器和检偏器,中间放置一对四分之一波片.起偏器和检偏器平行或垂直放置,其中一个四分之一波片的快轴和起偏器透光轴成45°,另一个四分之一波片的快轴和起偏器透光轴成－45°.液晶盒样品直接插入到两四分之一波片中间,无需调整方向.不同于旋转液晶盒或偏振片寻找输出光强最大值或最小值的方法,圆偏光仪测量盒厚不需要旋转任何光学元件或液晶盒观测输出光强的变化,只需要观测检偏器在平行和垂直方向的两个强度值,能够实现快速测量,简洁而且有效.     

光源单色性对液晶器件电光特性的影响

利用迷你光谱仪,获得0~11 V电压下液晶盒的透射光谱,从透射光谱分别得到宽带(半波全宽100 nm)和窄带(半波全宽10 nm)入射光下扭曲90°、扭曲120°向列相液晶盒以及平行向列相液晶盒的电光特性曲线.实验结果表明,入射光中心波长在530~730 nm范围内时,光源的单色性对扭曲向列相液晶盒的电光特性基本没有影响,但是会影响平行排列向列相液晶盒的透射率,而且影响随着入射光中心波长的增加逐渐减弱.     

扭曲向列相液晶电光效应的研究

分析了扭曲向列相液晶的电光效应.采用溴钨灯作为光源,运用光栅单色仪选择380~1 100 nm波段的光进行照射,测量在0~8 V电压条件下扭曲向列相液晶对于不同波长入射光的透射率.     

A NEW METHOD TO ALIGN LIQUID CRYSTAL MOLECULES BY LINEAR PHOTO-POLYMERIZATION FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

A new technique to uniformly align liquid crystal molecules is presented. The technique is based on producing an anisotropic surface on the glass substrate coated with photo-polymers by photo-polymerization of linear polarized UV-light. The orientation of liquid crystal molecules is governed by the direction of the polarized vector of UV-light. Using this method, we have studied the photo-polymer PSi-CM aligning LC 6710A molecules. The liquid crystal microscopic texture between crossed polarizers, optical retardation from liquid crystal layers and electro-optical properties of twisted nematic liquid crystal display cell are obtained, which was prepared with one side -photo-alignment and the other side-rebbed substrate.     

Dielectric and electrooptical properties of hockey-stick-shaped liquid crystal with a negative dielectric anisotropy

We investigated dielectric properties of a hockey-stick-shaped liquid crystal (HLC). Two dielectric relaxation modes were observed at 0.91 kHz and 4.51 MHz. The low frequency relaxation modes in isotropic, smectic, and nematic phases are related to the motion of ions, collective tilt fluctuation, and rotation around the long molecular axis, respectively. Meanwhile, the high frequency relaxation modes in nematic and smectic phases was due to the rotation around the short axis of the molecules and hindered by the resistance of the ITO layers. We also examined the electrooptical response of the 5.0 wt% HLC-doped commercial nematic liquid crystal (LC) mixtures. The birefringence of the LC mixture was slightly increased, while the falling time and the rotational viscosity was decreased in the nematic phase.     

Multiple Polarization Encoding for Gray Image Encryption Based on Liquid Crystal Exclusive OR Logic

This work proposes and demonstrates the feasibility of gray image encryption using multiple polarization encoding, in which the cascaded twisted nematic liquid crystal devices sandwiched between a crossed polarizer pair are used to implement exclusive OR (XOR) logical encryption and decryption. The polarization encoding scheme provides a multichannel XOR logic operation to secure bit-plane images derived from a gray image, according to the adiabatic following properties of twisted nematic liquid crystal devices. Experimental data reveal that the multiple polarization encoding schemes for gray image encryption and decryption are performed with acceptable image quality by selecting appropriate polarization orientation and modulation conditions. Both analytic and experimental results are presented and discussed.     

Localized electromagnetic modes and the transmission spectrum of a one-dimensional photonic crystal with lattice defects

The properties of localized electromagnetic modes in a one-dimensional photonic crystal with a structural defect layer were studied. The role of the defect was played by an anisotropic nematic liquid crystal layer. The frequency and the damping factor of defect modes were shown to substantially depend on the defect layer thickness and the orientation of the optical axis of the nematic. The transmission spectra of photonic crystals with one and two lattice defects were studied. Taking into account the special feature of nematic liquid crystals distinguishing them from usual crystals, namely, large permittivity anisotropy, it was shown that the transmission spectrum of the photonic crystal could be controlled by varying the orientation of the optical axis of the nematic, for instance, under the action of an external electric field.     

Orientation phenomena in nematic liquid crystals under a periodic compressional deformation

The orientation behavior of homogeneous planar layers of nematic liquid crystals with open and closed ends in the field of compressional deformations caused by an acoustic effect is studied. The mechanisms determining the connection of the optical response of a nematic liquid crystal (the variable component of an optical signal and its spectrum) with the acoustic parameters (the oscillation amplitude and frequency, and the amplitude of sound pressure) and the layer thickness are revealed. The factors responsible for the mechanism and modes of acoustooptic conversion are considered. It is demonstrated that, by varying the layer thickness, it is possible to implement different modes of signal conversion. The possibility of designing a new modification of a sound receiver based on a nematic liquid crystal and the specific features of this design are discussed. Its advantages over conventional sound pressure receivers based on nematic liquid crystals are indicated, in particular, the absence of limitation of the frequency of the received signal in the low-frequency range.     

电调谐液晶波导型光滤波器的理论分析

近年来,液晶光滤波器已成为频分复用和高密度波分复用光纤通信系统中的一种重要选频器件。传统液晶光滤波器的谐振腔一般由向列相液晶和镀有高反膜的两块中行介质镜形成,单模光纤与谐振腔之间由自聚焦透镜进行耦合,基模间耦合效率低。并且谐振腔内的大量高阶横模的存在严重影响了腔的选频特性。本文提出了一种液晶波导型谐振腔结构的滤渡器,谐振腔由两个自聚焦透镜的端面和液晶波导形成,这种谐振腔结构简单紧凑,在满足模式匹配条件时,可以大大减小谐振腔与自聚焦透镜间的模式转换损耗,并能有效地抑制腔内的高阶横模。本文着重分析了液晶光滤波器的调谐、滤波原理,推导出了液晶波导谐振腔与自聚焦透镜之间的模式耦合系数和模式最佳匹配条件。     

Study of thermally induced optical bistability in a twisted nematic liquid crystal

We report the observation and study of optical bistability in the power transmitted by a twisted nematic liquid crystal bounded by crossed dichroic polarizers. A detailed study of the dependence of the phenomenon on the sample initial temperature has been performed. The effect is a good test for a simple theoretical model which describes the isotropic droplet formation in a nematic sample under laser illumination. A good agreement is found between experimental results and theoretical predictions. Applications of the effect to realize temperature sensors are envisaged.     

Analysis of photonic crystal fibers infiltrated with nematic liquid crystal

The spectral characteristic of a nematic liquid crystal photonic crystal fiber is analyzed. The locations of the transmission minima in the transmission spectrum can be evaluated by examining the modal cutoffs of specific modes in the liquid crystal inclusion. The selection criteria for these specific modes are based on the fraction of power residing in the core. Explicit expressions for these modal cutoffs are also derived.     

Planar dye lasers in isotropic and anisotropic oriented media

Planar dye lasers in isotropic and anisotropic media are described. Isotropic structures supporting real modes are considered as well as leaky modes. The anisotropic structure is obtained with an oriented liquid crystal which can be made to lase in both the nematic and smectic phase.     

Electric convection in a nematic liquid crystal in a varying electric field

The emergence of electric convection in a nematic liquid crystal under the action of a varying electric field is analyzed in the 1D approximation. A new mode of external field variation with subharmonic oscillations is proposed. The behavior of several classes of synchronous perturbations and subharmonic oscillations is analyzed; the evolution of the fields of the director and of the volume charge is studied. Parametric instability regions are specified and the critical frequencies of transitions between response modes are determined. Stability maps for a nematic liquid crystal are plotted on the frequency-amplitude plane.