Electrically tunable selective reflection of light from ultraviolet to visible and infrared by heliconical cholesterics.

ABSTRACT: Electrical tuning of selective reflection of light is achieved in a very broad spectral range from ultraviolet to visible and infrared by an oblique helicoidal state of a cholesteric liquid crystal in a wide temperature range (including room temperature). The phenomenon offers potential applications in tunable smart windows, lasers, optical filters and limiters, as well as in displays.

SUBMITTER: Xiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4683668 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature