Electrically controlled topological defects in liquid crystals as tunable spin-orbit encoders for photons

被引：62

作者：

Brasselet, Etienne ^{[1
]}

Loussert, Charles ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bordeaux 1, CNRS, Lab Ondes & Mat Aquitaine, F-33405 Talence, France

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2011年 / 36卷 / 05期

关键词：

OPTICAL VORTICES; SINGULAR OPTICS; BEAMS;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.36.000719

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate experimentally that topological defects of vertically aligned nematic liquid crystal films induced by electric fields can be used as highly efficient natural optical spin-orbit encoders that do not need machining techniques. Moreover, we show that both the operating wavelength and operation mode of such natural quantum optical interfaces can be tuned in real time using low-voltage electric fields. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：719 / 721

页数：3

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