ELECTRICALLY SWITCHABLE VOLUME GRATINGS IN POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
SUTHERLAND RL TONDIGLIA VP NATARAJAN LV BUNNING TJ ADAMS WW
Citation
Rl. Sutherland et al., ELECTRICALLY SWITCHABLE VOLUME GRATINGS IN POLYMER-DISPERSED LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Applied physics letters, 64(9), 1994, pp. 1074-1076
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
64
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1074 - 1076
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)64:9<1074:ESVGIP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We report electrical switching of the diffraction efficiency in volume Bragg gratings written holographically in polymer-dispersed liquid cr ystals (PDLCs). Scanning electron microscopy confirms the volume natur e of the gratings and shows that they consist of periodic PDLC planes. The diffraction efficiency can be switched from a high value (approxi mately 50%) to a value near zero at fields approximately 11 V/mum.