• DocumentCode
    551986
  • Title

    Fast-switching bistable light shutters based on dual-frequency cholesteric liquid crystals

  • Author

    Hsiao, Yu-Cheng ; Lee, Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Chung Yuan Christian Univ., Chungli, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    95
  • Lastpage
    96
  • Abstract
    Fast-switching light shutter is investigated. It enables the reversably direct transitions between bistable states, and exhibits very short transition time from light-off focal conic state to light-on planar state as short as 10 ms.
  • Keywords
    cholesteric liquid crystals; optical bistability; optical elements; optical switches; bistable states; direct transitions; dual-frequency cholesteric liquid crystals; fast-switching bistable light shutters; light-off focal conic state; very short transition time; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Optical scattering; Optical switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
  • Conference_Location
    Kaohsiung
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-288-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-986-02-8974-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6015056