Optical properties of a polymer-stabilized liquid crystal microlens

被引：19
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作者：
Masuda, S [1 ]
Nose, T [1 ]
Sato, S [1 ]
机构：
[1] Akita Univ, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Akita 010, Japan
来源：
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1998年 / 37卷 / 10B期
关键词：
liquid crystal; liquid crystal microlens; polymer stabilization; UV curable liquid crystal; photopolymerization; optical property;
D O I：
10.1143/JJAP.37.L1251
中图分类号：
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
We propose and demonstrate, for the first time, the fabrication of a polymer-stabilized gradient-index-type microlens using a liquid crystalline composite system containing a UV curable liquid crystal (LC) that can be photopolymerized by UV irradiation. The gradient-distribution state of nematic LC molecules in the LC microlens can be stabilized by the polymer network formed by the UV curable LC, and the focusing property of the microlens is maintained without applying voltage. Furthermore, the optical property of the microlens can be varied by applying voltage after photopolymerization. As a result, it is confirmed that the polymer-stabilized LC microlens overcomes the drawback of conventional LC microlenses.
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页码：L1251 / L1253
页数：3
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