POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE OPERATION OF FERROELECTRIC LIQUID-CRYSTAL DEVICES

被引:31
作者
WARR, ST
MEARS, RJ
机构
[1] Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, Trumpington Street
关键词
FERROELECTRIC DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES;
D O I
10.1049/el:19950515
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The accepted mode of operation of ferroelectric liquid crystal devices is to place them between crossed polarisers. The authors demonstrate that such devices may be used as diffractive modulators without polarisers. A one-to-many polarisation independent switch is presented for singlemode optical fibre networks, based on dynamic liquid crystal holograms.
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页码:714 / 716
页数:3
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