Widely tunable nonlinear liquid crystal-based photonic crystals

Iam-Choon Khoo; Yana Zhang; Andrew Diaz; Jianwu Ding; Ivan Borissov Divliansky; Kito Holliday; Theresa S. Mayer; V. Crespi; David Andrew Scrymgeour; V. Gopalan

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12 December 2002 Widely tunable nonlinear liquid crystal-based photonic crystals

Iam-Choon Khoo, Yana Zhang, Andrew Diaz, Jianwu Ding, Ivan Borissov Divliansky, Kito Holliday, Theresa S. Mayer, V. Crespi, David Andrew Scrymgeour, V. Gopalan

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Proceedings Volume 4799, Liquid Crystals VI; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453287
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2002, Seattle, WA, United States

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We report theoretical and experimental studies of 1-D and 2-d tunable nonlinear photonic crystals made of liquid crystal or liquid crystal infiltrated periodic structures. Theoretical modeling shows that such structures exhibit tunable bandgap, and sugar-prism effect. Experimentally, we have demonstrated the possibility of writing dynamic or permanent [but switchable] index gratings to dye-doped LC films that act as planar waveguides.

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Iam-Choon Khoo, Yana Zhang, Andrew Diaz, Jianwu Ding, Ivan Borissov Divliansky, Kito Holliday, Theresa S. Mayer, V. Crespi, David Andrew Scrymgeour, and V. Gopalan "Widely tunable nonlinear liquid crystal-based photonic crystals", Proc. SPIE 4799, Liquid Crystals VI, (12 December 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.453287

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