Abstract
The current work demonstrates a liquid crystalline polymer microlens array (LCP MLA) with an alloptically tunable and multistable focal intensity through photochemical phase transition. The operational mechanism of the optical tuning is associated with the photoisomerization effect. The proposed LCP MLA device has a focusing unit based on a birefringence LCP and a tuning unit with a light responsive material to control the polarization state of the incident probe beam. The optically variable refractive indices of LCP enable a positive or negative MLA that can control the polarization of incident light to be realized.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5883-5888 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Applied optics |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 30 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 Oct 20 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering