Direct optical holographic fabrication of photonic crystals in polymeric dispersed nematic and isotropic liquid crystals

I. C. Khoo; Yana Williams; Kan Chen

doi:10.1117/12.563061

Direct optical holographic fabrication of photonic crystals in polymeric dispersed nematic and isotropic liquid crystals

I. C. Khoo, Yana Williams, Kan Chen

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We have fabricated 1-, 2- and 3-D photonic crystalline structures in polymer dispersed nematic and isotropic phase liquid crystals. It is observed that a particular mixture of isotropic liquid crystals and the photo-polymer will also polymerize and phase separate, forming high quality optical gratings, just as typical nematic liquid crystals. Liquid crystal droplet sizes obtained could be as small as a few 10's of nm, i.e., nano-droplets. The resultant structure exhibits excellent optical qualities, and high efficiency Bragg diffraction properties.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	21
Pages (from-to)	155-159
Number of pages	5
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5518
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563061
State	Published - 2004
Event	Liquid Crystals VIII - Denver, CO, United States Duration: Aug 2 2004 → Aug 3 2004

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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