Electric field tuning of ferroelectric liquid-crystal microlaser

Anna V. Ryzhkova; Pratibha Ramarao; Maryam Nikkhou; Igor Muševič

doi:10.1117/12.2545802

25 February 2020 Electric field tuning of ferroelectric liquid-crystal microlaser

Anna V. Ryzhkova, Pratibha Ramarao, Maryam Nikkhou, Igor Muševič

Proceedings Volume 11303, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XV; 113030K (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545802
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We discuss the electric field tuning of ferroelectric liquid crystal microlasers. The microlasers were made of 90:10 wt % mixture of CE3 and CE14 ferroelectric liquid crystals (FLCs), which was doped with ~0.1% Pyrromethene 580 fluorescent dye. The ferroelectric Sm C* phase was observed between 42°C and 74°C. The droplets were embedded into the CYTOP CTX-809A, a polymer with low electric conductivity and high viscosity. Within the temperature range 42-60°C the droplets obtained good homeotropic structure with the perpendicular anchoring of the molecules to the surface of the droplets. When the droplets were illuminated with a 532 nm pulsed laser light, Whispering Gallery Mode lasing was observed. The application of a low frequency electric field induced a red-shift of the WGM resonance peaks. The shift was reversible and had a quadratic dependency on the electric field. The observed tuning range was 4.5 nm for 2 V/μm applied electric field. The observed behaviour is explained by the soliton-like deformation of the helical ferroelectric Sm C* structure in an external electric field.

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Anna V. Ryzhkova, Pratibha Ramarao, Maryam Nikkhou, and Igor Muševič "Electric field tuning of ferroelectric liquid-crystal microlaser", Proc. SPIE 11303, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XV, 113030K (25 February 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2545802

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