Use of chiral liquid crystals in laser engineering

Jan Owsik; Elzbieta Szwajczak; Aleksander B. Szymanski

doi:10.1117/12.203282

1 March 1995 Use of chiral liquid crystals in laser engineering

Jan Owsik, Elzbieta Szwajczak, Aleksander B. Szymanski

Proceedings Volume 2202, Laser Technology IV: Research Trends, Instrumentation, and Applications in Metrology and Materials Processing; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203282
Event: Laser Technology: Fourth Symposium, 1993, Szczecin, Poland

Abstract

The properties of mixtures of cholesteric liquid crystals (CLC) have been studied from the point of view of application in the domain of laser engineering, particular attention being paid to optical properties, namely those of selective reflection of light from a cholesteric liquid crystal layer and circular dichroism. The properties enable us to polarize circularly laser radiation during transmission through a material layer and constitute a basis for functioning of an optical isolator. Models of a liquid crystal polarizer, isolator, and soft aperture have been designed and made.

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Jan Owsik, Elzbieta Szwajczak, and Aleksander B. Szymanski "Use of chiral liquid crystals in laser engineering", Proc. SPIE 2202, Laser Technology IV: Research Trends, Instrumentation, and Applications in Metrology and Materials Processing, (1 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.203282

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