Optical Switching of a Birefringent Photonic Crystal

Photonic crystals with photocontrollable polarization‐dependent stop‐bands are fabricated by infiltrating photoresponsive nematic liquid crystals into a stretched polymer inverse opal. When the liquid crystal is in a nematic phase, molecules aligned along the stretching axis generate an optical bire...

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Published in:Advanced materials (Weinheim) 2008-10, Vol.20 (19), p.3601-3604
Main Authors: Xie, Zhuo-Ying, Sun, Li-Guo, Han, Guo-Zhi, Gu, Zhong-Ze
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
birefringence
inverse opals
liquid crystals
photonic crystals
polarization
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Summary:Photonic crystals with photocontrollable polarization‐dependent stop‐bands are fabricated by infiltrating photoresponsive nematic liquid crystals into a stretched polymer inverse opal. When the liquid crystal is in a nematic phase, molecules aligned along the stretching axis generate an optical birefringent effect, which disappears when the liquid crystal is in an isotropic phase. The two states can be reversibly switched by UV‐vis light irradiation.
ISSN:0935-9648
1521-4095
DOI:10.1002/adma.200800495