Chirality invertible superstructure mediated active planar optics

Peng Chen; Ling-Ling Ma; Wei Hu; Zhi-Xiong Shen; Hari Krishna Bisoyi; Sai-Bo Wu; Shi-Jun Ge; Quan Li; Yan-Qing Lu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10538-w

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Chirality invertible superstructure mediated active planar optics

Peng Chen,
Ling-Ling Ma,
Wei Hu,
Zhi-Xiong Shen,
Hari Krishna Bisoyi,
Sai-Bo Wu,
Shi-Jun Ge,
Quan Li,
Yan-Qing Lu

Affiliations

Peng Chen: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Ling-Ling Ma: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Wei Hu: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Zhi-Xiong Shen: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Hari Krishna Bisoyi: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University
Sai-Bo Wu: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Shi-Jun Ge: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
Quan Li: Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University
Yan-Qing Lu: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10538-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Optically reconfigurable elements are in demand for future applications. The authors report on the use of chirality-invertible cholesteric liquid crystals to actively manipulate geometric phase and create switchable planar optics elements that perform a variety of functions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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