Tunable Diffraction Effects From Hybrid Liquid Crystal And Carbon Nanotube Based Devices

Mark Warner (Editor), Ananta Palani, Kanghee Won, Haider Butt, Ammar Ahmed Khan, Timothy D. Wilkinson

Research output: Contribution to conference (unpublished)Paperpeer-review

Abstract

Hybrid carbon nanotube (CNT) and liquid crystal (LC) devices provide the ability to electrically control the far-field diffraction pattern and device efficiency. By varying the electric field voltage levels it is possible to cause the nanotubes to affect the liquid crystal predominantly (low voltage), the indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes predominantly (high voltage), or varying combinations in between. This allows the creation of a mutli-dimensional diffraction grating that can be useful for integral imaging, 3D microscopy, tunable gratings, and optical switching.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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