Application of Tunablef Self-collimation in LCD Photonic Crystals

DOI

10.2991/icmemtc-16.2016.342How to use a DOI?

Keywords

tunability; photonic crystals; self-collimation; liquid crystals; self-collimation

Abstract

Photonic crystals with liquid-crystlal materials are extensively studied for their tunabilities. However, until now the studies mainly focused on the tunable photonic band gap properties. In this article, the tunable self-collimation in liquid-crystal-filled photonic crystals is discussed in detail. The impact of the twist angle of liquid crystals on the self-collimating frequencies is presented by using the plane wave expansion method. Moreover, the light propagation in the photonic crystal is simulated with the finite-difference time-domain method. The simulations show that the self-collimating frequencies are tunable by changing the liquid-crystal twist angle so that the self-collimating photonic crystals can be applied in different frequency bands.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiaohui Li
AU  - Huiyu Yang
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DA  - 2016/04
TI  - Application of Tunablef Self-collimation in LCD Photonic Crystals
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 3rd International Conference on Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Technology and Control
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmemtc-16.2016.342
DO  - 10.2991/icmemtc-16.2016.342
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