Reconfigurable fabrication of scattering-free polymer network liquid crystal prism/grating/lens
Abstract
We report a simple reconfigurable printing method for fabricating submillisecond-response and scattering-free polymer network liquid crystal photonic devices, such as prism, grating, and lens. To suppress light scattering in the visible region, we reduce the domain sizes by controlling polymer concentration, selecting a high viscosity liquid crystal (LC) host, and performing UV curing at a low temperature. To demonstrate the configurability, we printed a LC micro-prism array with ∼300-μm feature size and a circular lens with 1.3-mm radius without any pre-patterned templates. This reconfigurable printing technique enables fast design iterations and should have widespread applications for fabricating display and photonic devices.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Apr 22, 2013
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4802919
Entities
People
- Hongwen Ren
- Jie Sun
- Shin-Tson Wu
- Su Xu
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Jeonbuk National University
- University of Central Florida