A reflective polarizer-free electro-optical switch using dye-doped polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals

Opt Express. 2011 Jan 31;19(3):2556-61. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.002556.

Abstract

We demonstrate a reflective polarizer-free electro-optical switch using dye-doped polymer-stabilized blue phase liquid crystals (DDPSBP-LC). At the voltage-off state, the dye molecules and liquid crystals form the structure of the double twist cylinders. As a result, the DDPSBP-LC is in dark state due to the combination of Bragg reflection and light absorption. At the voltage-on state, the blue phase structure is unwound locally. The DDPSBP-LC is then in bright state because of the small light absorption only. The applications of such a switch are shutter glass of 3D displays, and electronic papers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Color
  • Coloring Agents / chemistry*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Liquid Crystals / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Polymers