Abstract
Polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) is a material promising for application in optical communications, diffractive optics and optical data storage. Diffraction gratings were optically recorded in a novel PDLC material developed at the Centre for Industrial and Engineering Optics. Details of the fabrication and preliminary results of electro-optical switching of the holographic PDLC (HPDLC) diffraction gratings are presented. The redistribution of LCs wasobserved by using phase contrast microscopy and confocal Raman spectroscopy.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 024023 |
| Journal | Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- Diffraction grating
- Holographic recording materials
- Liquid crystals
- Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals