A Simplified Model for the Optimization of LC Photonic Elements

Author

Li Tan ; Ho, Jacob Y. ; Srivastava, Abhishek K. ; Hoi-Sing Kwok

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong, China

Volume

26

Issue

11

fYear

2014

fDate

1-Jun-14

Firstpage

1096

Lastpage

1099

Abstract

Recently, liquid crystal (LC) polarization gratings (PGs), because of several advantages, have become extremely popular although the process for analysis and optimization of different optical characteristics is still very complicated. Here, we reveal a simplified model (SM) to evaluate and optimize the performance of LCPGs. Unlike the existing extended Jones matrix (EJM) method, the SM excludes the layer-by-layer analysis and considers an effective twist that reduces the complexity of the calculations. In addition, obtained results from the SM have been compared with the EJM model for variety of conditions and found in good agreement. Furthermore, the proposed SM can also be used for variety of LC photonic elements viz., polarization convertors, polarization rotators, and so on.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; light polarisation; liquid crystal devices; EJM method; LC photonic element optimization; extended Jones matrix method; layer-by-layer analysis; liquid crystal polarization gratings; polarization convertors; polarization rotators; simplified model; Diffraction; Diffraction gratings; Gratings; Holography; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Liquid crystal devices; diffraction; gratings;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2315492

Filename

6786330