Azo dye doped liquid crystals: Physics and applications

Andy Ying Guey Fuh, Ko Ting Cheng, Tsung Hsien Lin

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Abstract

This paper presents the physics and applications of azo dye-doped liquid crystals (LCs). The azo dye molecules doped in a LC cell undergo photo-refractive, and trans-cis isomerization effects after they are excited by suitable light. These effects induce the change of LC parameters, and/or the alignment, and allow us to fabricate various LC devices. Details are reported.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAsia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACP 2012
PublisherOptical Society of America (OSA)
PagesATh3G.2
ISBN (Print)9781557529572
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
EventAsia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACP 2012 - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 7 Nov 201210 Nov 2012

Publication series

NameAsia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACP 2012

Conference

ConferenceAsia Communications and Photonics Conference, ACP 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period7/11/1210/11/12

Keywords

  • Azo dye
  • Liquid crystal
  • Photo-alignment
  • Photo-refractive effect
  • Photoisomerization

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