Holographic inscription of helical wavefronts in a liquid crystal polarization grating

Hyunhee Choi; J. H. Woo; J. W. Wu; Dong Wook Kim; Tong Kun Lim; Seok Ho Song

doi:10.1063/1.2793173

Holographic inscription of helical wavefronts in a liquid crystal polarization grating

Hyunhee Choi, J. H. Woo, J. W. Wu, Dong Wook Kim, Tong Kun Lim, Seok Ho Song

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A space-varying polarization hologram (PH) grating is fabricated in a nematic liquid crystal (LC) cell with azo-side-chain polymer alignment layers. The polarization-sensitive photoisomerization property of azo-side-chain polymer is utilized to inscribe the PH in a LC cell. Both transmission and reflection holographic configurations are adopted in fabrication. The transmission PH made by the circular orthogonal polarizations exhibits the polarization-controlled Laguerre-Gaussian beam generation, while the reflection PH made by the linear orthogonal polarizations generates a variety of Laguerre-Gaussian beam, though not polarization controlled.

Original language	English
Article number	141112
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	91
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2793173
State	Published - 2007

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