Na Rong

Polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal grating cured with interfered visible light

In this paper, we demonstrate a holographic polymer-stabilized blue-phase liquid crystal grating fabricated using a visible laser. As blue phase is stabilized by the interfered light, polymer-concentration gradient is achieved simultaneously. With the application of a uniform vertical electric field, periodic index distribution is obtained due to polymer-concentration gradient. The grating exhibits several attractive features such as polarization-independency, a broad temperature range, sub-millisecond response, simple fabrication, and low cost, thus holding great potential for photonics applications.

High-Efficiency Video-Rate Holographic Display Using Quantum Dot Doped Liquid Crystal

We demonstrate a real-time holographic display using quantum-dot doped liquid crystal with a build-up time of several to tens of milliseconds, and the maximum diffraction efficiency is measured up to 30%. Holographic videos of red, green, and blue colors at a refresh rate of 60 Hz are realized. The dependences of response time on the recording intensity, applied voltage, and grating period are investigated.

Polymer-Stabilized Blue-Phase Liquid Crystal Fresnel Lens Cured With Patterned Light Using a Spatial Light Modulator

In this paper, we use a dynamic mask lithography system to fabricate a polymer-stabilized blue-phase Fresnel lens. Fresnel-zone patterned light is directly generated by a programmable spatial light modulator and then projected onto the blue phase precursor. As blue phase is cured, a Fresnel-zone refractive index distribution is achieved simultaneously. The fabricated Fresnel lens features polarization-insensitivity, a broad temperature range, submillisecond response and high spatial frequency. With easy fabrication and programmable flexibility, this method has great potential for various optical applications.

Transmissive and Transflective Blue-Phase LCDs With Double-Layer IPS Electrodes

A double-layer in-plane-switching electrode design is proposed for transmissive and transflective blue-phase liquid crystal displays. The new design significantly reduces the operating voltage in transmissive display by 60%; in transflective displays where the bottom-layer electrodes are made of conductive reflectors, it increases transmittance to 98%, achieves single gamma driving and enhances sunlight readability.

Highly photorefractive hybrid liquid crystal device for a video-rate holographic display.

In this paper, we demonstrate a dynamic holographic display in a quantum dot (ZnS/InP) doped liquid crystal device, where one of the interior cell surfaces is covered by a ZnSe layer. Such a hybrid device shows substantially improved photorefractive sensitivity of 2.2 cm3/J, which is almost 300 times larger than that in ZnS/InP doped liquid crystal device without the ZnSe layer. The holographic grating can form at intensities as low as ~0.8 mW/cm2, and exhibit a fast optical response of several to tens of milliseconds. Exploiting the superior performances of photosensitivity and fast response of this device, we obtain dynamic holographic videos of red, green, and blue colors, as well as a reconstructed image of high gray-scale fidelity.