Variable optical attenuator based on polymer stabilized twisted nematic liquid crystal

Yan Qing Lu; Fang Du; Yi-Hsin Lin; Shin Tson Wu

doi:10.1364/OPEX.12.001221

Variable optical attenuator based on polymer stabilized twisted nematic liquid crystal

Yan Qing Lu^*, Fang Du, Yi-Hsin Lin, Shin Tson Wu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Photonics

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Abstract

A variable optical attenuator (VOA) based on polymer stabilized twisted nematic (PSTN) liquid crystal (LC) is demonstrated. Comparing with the normal twisted nematic LC-based VOA, PSTN exhibits a much faster response time. Moreover, the polymer networks effectively eliminate the backflow effect which exists in the normal TNLC cell. The attenuation mechanism of the PSTN LC was studied. Both polarization rotation and light scattering effects are found to contribute to the optical attenuation. The ratio between these two mechanisms can be adjusted by changing the polymer concentration and polymer network domain size.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1221-1227
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	12
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.12.001221
State	Published - 1 Jan 2004

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