Polarization-independent multiple selective reflections from bichiral liquid crystal films

被引：9

作者：

Ha, Na Young ^{[1
,4
]}

Jeong, Soon Moon ^{[2
]}

Nishimura, Suzushi ^{[2
]}

Takezoe, Hideo ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Ajou Univ, Dept Phys, Suwon 443749, South Korea

[2] Nippon Oil Corp, Cent Tech Res Lab, Naka Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2310815, Japan

[3] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Organ & Polymer Mat, Meguro Ku, Tokyo 1528552, Japan

[4] Ajou Univ, Div Energy Syst Res, Suwon 443749, South Korea

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2010年 / 96卷 / 15期

基金：

新加坡国家研究基金会;

关键词：

chirality; cholesteric liquid crystals; light polarisation; liquid crystal polymers; liquid films; metamaterials; optical multilayers; polymer films; visible spectra; SCARAB BEETLES; COLOR GAMUT; LIGHT; REFLECTANCE;

D O I：

10.1063/1.3393996

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We have demonstrated polarization-independent multiple reflections covering overall visible region from a bichiral liquid crystal (LC) film with both chiral structures. The bichiral LC film was fabricated by an all-solution process using left-handed and right-handed polymeric cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) films with a single pitch and an isotropic polymer film. The multiple reflections exceeding 50% reflectance were clearly observed at various polarizations of normally incident light. This characteristic can extend practical applications of CLCs to polarization-independent devices over broad-band regions.

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