Dual mode switching of cholesteric liquid crystal device with three-terminal electrode structure

Opt Express. 2012 Oct 22;20(22):24376-81. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.024376.

Abstract

We propose a cholesteric liquid crystal device with a three-terminal electrode structure that can be operated in both the dynamic and the bistable modes. Fast switching (less than 5 ms) between the planar and the in-plane-field-induced states can be realized by applying an in-plane electric field, and conventional bistable switching between the planar and focal conic states can be realized by applying a vertical electric field.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't