Electrically controllable liquid-crystal rotatable wave plate with variable phase retardation

被引：8

作者：

Hirabayashi, K ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NTT Corp, NTT Photon Labs, Atsugi, Kanagawa 2430198, Japan

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2005年 / 44卷 / 17期

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D O I：

10.1364/AO.44.003552

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Liquid-crystal- (LC-) based rotatable wave plates exhibiting phase retardation that is electrically controllable through more than 2 pi and rotatable azimuthal orientation of the optical axis have been achieved. One outer surface of the LC cell is coated with a transparent electrode; this controls the phase retardation. A single wave plate of this type is shown to be capable of converting an arbitrary input polarization to any desired polarization, and its applicability to feedback polarization control is demonstrated. (c) 2005 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：3552 / 3559

页数：8

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