Focusing unpolarized light with a single-nematic liquid crystal layer

Tigran Galstian; Karen Allahverdyan

doi:10.1117/1.OE.54.2.025104

5 February 2015 Focusing unpolarized light with a single-nematic liquid crystal layer

Tigran Galstian, Karen Allahverdyan

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 54, Issue 2, 025104 (February 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.2.025104

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We describe a simple but very efficient optical device that allows the dynamic focusing of unpolarized light using a single-nematic liquid crystal layer. The operation principle of the proposed device is based on the combination of an electrically variable “half-lens” with two fixed optical elements for light reflection and a 90-deg polarization flip. Such an approach is made possible thanks to the close integration of the thin film wave plate and mirror. Preliminary experimental studies of the obtained electrically variable mirror show very promising results.

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Tigran Galstian and Karen Allahverdyan "Focusing unpolarized light with a single-nematic liquid crystal layer," Optical Engineering 54(2), 025104 (5 February 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.54.2.025104

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