液晶微胶囊制备宽波反射凝胶

手征向列相(N*)液晶能够选择性反射入射光,但其反射波宽一般小于150nm。利用负介电各向异性的向列相液晶SLC10V513-200与手性化合物R1011、CB15配制出5种N*液晶,其反射波长能够覆盖整个可见光波段。使用异佛尔酮二异氰酸酯(IPDI)界面聚合法制备出平均粒径为8.0μm的5种N*液晶聚脲微胶囊之后,将相同质量的5种微胶囊混入OP-10与IPDI中制备出微胶囊的凝胶。对80.0μm厚微胶囊凝胶薄膜施加交流电场,使微胶囊中的液晶处于平面织构状态,紫外固化微胶囊中的液晶性单体,固定微胶囊中N*液晶的平面织构,从而制备出可以反射可见光波段的微胶囊凝胶薄膜。     

Design Optimization of Reflective Polarizers for LCD Backlight Recycling

We systematically study and optimize the design of multilayer birefringent reflective polarizers for recycling the backlight of liquid crystal displays. Factors affecting the Bragg reflection are analyzed in detail, including number of layers for establishing Bragg reflection, refractive index difference, effective refractive index, and thickness ratio. Different methods for achieving broadband reflection are investigated, so that the reflective polarizer could cover the entire visible wavelengths and a large incident angle. In addition, the effects of material dispersion on the device design are analyzed.      

基于Berreman 4×4矩阵对胆甾相液晶Bragg反射带宽的模拟研究

利用Berreman 4×4矩阵和Matlab编程模拟了胆甾相液晶的反射光谱,分析了螺旋数(液晶厚度)、基板的折射率、双折射、折射率色散、固定螺距、梯度螺距和入射角等因素对反射光谱带宽的影响。结果表明,要得到理想的Bragg反射带宽,液晶层的厚度即螺旋数N需达到N≥10;基板折射率会影响最大反射率,基板折射率ng与寻常光折射率no相比,ngno时,最大反射率比较低,ng越小越影响明显,当ng≥no时,具有很好的反射率;折射率的色散和大的入射角会使带宽变窄,而大的双折射Δn和螺距P可以得到较宽的反射带宽,但拓宽效果有限。通过梯度螺距的函数表达式,理论模拟了具有螺距梯度的胆甾相液晶的反射带宽,其对于胆甾相液晶宽波反射的实验研究具有一定的意义。     

Easily Processable and Programmable Responsive Semi‐Interpenetrating Liquid Crystalline Polymer Network Coatings with Changing Reflectivities and Surface Topographies

The fabrication of stimulus‐responsive coatings that change both reflectivity and topography is hampered by the lack of easy processable, patternable, and programmable elastomers. Here, an easily applied reflective coating based on a semi‐interpenetrating polymer network composed of a liquid crystal elastomer and a liquid crystal network (>15 wt%) is reported. The reflective wavelength of these polysiloxane elastomer photonic coatings can be readily programed by the concentration of chiral reactive mesogen dopant that forms the network. The coatings show a fast and reversible decrease in reflection band intensity with increasing temperature, which can be tuned by the polymer network density. In addition, hierarchical surface relief structures are prepared, which can be reversibly changed with temperature.     

含氟二苯乙炔类蓝相液晶的研究进展

蓝相液晶具有高度流动的自聚集的三维立方缺陷结构,在高度手性的液晶中,它们存在于狭窄的温度区间。分子中引入适当的手性中心可以制得蓝相液晶。由于氟原子的特殊性,在液晶核分子中引入含氟二苯乙炔,可以得到黏度低、双折射率及清亮点高的液晶材料。文中介绍了6类含手性端基的含氟液晶化合物(其中有一个化合物不含氟原子)。通过偏光显微镜和DSC对其相变行为进行了研究。结果表明:共有13个化合物显示蓝相;化合物结构中手性中心的细微差别都会导致蓝相的出现或消失。     

紫外吸收染料诱导的具有宽波反射特性的胆甾相液晶聚合物薄膜

利用紫外光吸收染料诱导胆甾相液晶体系形成螺距梯度,制备了具有宽波反射特性的胆甾相液晶聚合物薄膜。研究表明,由于紫外光吸收染料的存在,在紫外光诱导聚合的过程中,在复合材料中将形成紫外光强度梯度,进而形成手性单体的浓度梯度,最终制备了可反射可见光区红蓝绿三色光的胆甾相液晶聚合物薄膜。扫描电镜测试结果表明,胆甾相液晶聚合物薄膜的断面形貌具有螺距的梯度分布。该类材料在可调控光的智能玻璃和光学元器件等领域具有应用潜力。     

Electrically Tunable Reflective Terahertz Phase Shifter Based on Liquid Crystal

We present a reflective spatial phase shifter which operates at terahertz regime above 325 GHz. The controllable permittivity of the nematic liquid crystals was utilized to realize a tunable terahertz (THz) reflective phase shifter. The reflective characteristics of the terahertz electromagnetic waves and the liquid crystal parameters were calculated and analyzed. We provide the simulation results for the effect of the incident angle of the plane wave on the reflection. The experiment was carried out considering an array consisting of 30?×?30 patch elements, printed on a 20?×?20 mm quartz substrate with 1-mm thickness. The phase shifter provides a tunable phase range of 300° over the frequency range of 325 to 337.6 GHz. The maximum phase shift of 331° is achieved at 330 GHz. The proposed phase shifter is a potential candidate for THz applications, particularly for reconfigurable reflectarrays.     

胆甾相与蓝相液晶的布拉格反射和旋光能力研究

采用时域有限差分法(FDTD)研究了胆甾相液晶与蓝相液晶的旋光能力。首先计算了圆偏振光在平面态胆甾相液晶与蓝相液晶中的布拉格反射现象,从晶格结构和分子排列的角度对模拟结果做了讨论,研究了液晶折射率和螺距对布拉格反射现象的影响。其次研究了胆甾相与蓝相液晶夹在两正交偏振片间的漏光情况,用液晶的旋光能力对二者的相似和不同的现象进行了解释。     

用于户外巨型显示的新型反射式固态液晶光阀薄膜

聚合物分散螺旋织构（PDCT）液晶固态薄膜显示器是一种新型高反射率高对比度反射式液晶显示器。PDCTLC模式同时综合运用了对入射光的两种散射和一种反射机制,成功实现了光学关断态的类纸型亮白色态。这种类纸型薄膜光阀尤其适用于反射式超大屏幕显示装置。     

液晶红外ECB效应的研究

液晶的红外ECB效应应用广泛，但是目前国内在这一领域的研究没有考虑液晶分子的吸收效应。在考虑液晶红外吸收效应的前提下，以向列相液晶BL－009为例研究了液晶的红外电控双折射效应，得到了入射光波长1300nm和1550nm下液晶双折射随电压变化关系曲线，同时得到了吸收系数随电压变化关系曲线。     

实现激光等离子体X射线诊断的椭圆弯晶谱仪研究

按照布拉格衍射的基本原理,利用从一个焦点发出的光线经过椭圆面反射后汇聚于另一个焦点的特点,研制了双通道椭圆弯晶谱仪,分析出其测量的波长范围为0.2nm至2nm,布拉格角的覆盖范围是30°至67.5°。并阐明弯晶分析器的制作过程。在＂星光-Ⅱ＂激光装置上对分别使用LiF、PET、KAP和Mica四种弯晶分析器的双通道椭圆弯晶谱仪进行激光打靶实验,得到了铝、钛和金激光等离子体X射线的发射谱。     

A Printable Optical Time‐Temperature Integrator Based on Shape Memory in a Chiral Nematic Polymer Network

An optical and irreversible temperature sensor (e.g., a time‐temperature integrator) is reported based on a mechanically embossed chiral‐nematic polymer network. The polymer consists of a chemical and a physical (hydrogen‐bonded) network and has a reflection band in the visible wavelength range. The sensors are produced by mechanical embossing at elevated temperatures. A relative large compressive deformation (up to 10%) is obtained inducing a shift to shorter wavelength of the reflection band (>30 nm). After embossing, a temperature sensor is obtained that exhibits an irreversible optical response. A permanent color shift to longer wavelengths (red) is observed upon heating of the polymer material to temperatures above the glass transition temperature. It is illustrated that the observed permanent color shift is related to shape memory in the polymer material. The films can be printed on a foil, thus showing that these sensors are potentially interesting as time‐temperature integrators for applications in food and pharmaceutical products.     

Asymmetric Tunable Photonic Bandgaps in Self‐Organized 3D Nanostructure of Polymer‐Stabilized Blue Phase I Modulated by Voltage Polarity

Electrically responsive photonic crystals represent one of the most promising intelligent materials for technological applications in optoelectronics. In this research, a polymer‐stabilized blue phase (PSBP) I film with the self‐organized 3D nanostructure is fabricated, and an electrically tunable photonic bandgap (PBG) is achieved. Interestingly, the large‐scale shift of the PBG covering the entire visible spectrum is found to be asymmetric and can be modulated by the polarity and magnitude of bias voltage. Moreover, to demonstrate the usability in optical devices, blue phase lasers are developed by doping the PSBP material with fluorescent dyes. And mirrorless lasing emission with electrically tunable wavelength is observed. This self‐assembled soft material is prospective to produce large‐scale electrically responsive photonic crystals in facile fabrication process and has enormous potential applications in intelligent optoelectronic devices, such as 3D tunable lasers, reflective full‐color displays, or photonic integrated circuits.     

Alcohol‐Responsive,Hydrogen‐Bonded,Cholesteric Liquid‐Crystal Networks

Hydrogen‐bridged, cholesteric liquid‐crystal (CLC) polymer networks are adopted as an optical sensor material to distinguish between ethanol and methanol. Fast uptake of the alcohols is facilitated by an incorporated porosity created by breaking the hydrogen bridges and by a previously removed non‐reactive liquid‐crystal agent. The discrimination between the alcohols is based on the diversity in molecular affinity of ethanol and methanol with the hydrogen‐bridged CLC polymer networks. The CLC networks are molecular‐helix‐based, one‐dimensional bandgap materials with a discrete reflection band in the visible part of the spectrum that depends on the pitch of the molecular helix. The changes in positions of the reflection bands of the CLC network accurately discriminate between the alcohol types and provide information on their ratio in case they are blended.     

Broad Stopband Characteristic of Dielectric Chiral Photonic Crystals

In this paper, a novel chiral photonic crystal structure is presented. The formula of reflection coefficient of multi-layer chiral media is applied to dielectric-chiral photonic crystal structure, which is composed of thin chiral layers sandwiched by conventional media. To compare with previous literature, we consider the dielectric structure with alternate glass and GaAs layers. The power reflectance as a function of wavelength for this photonic crystal structure has been calculated. The results are in good agreement with that of Reference. However, our method is simpler. From these graphs, it is found that 100% reflectance is only in finite wavelength ranges, and reflection bandwidth is also small for conventional photonic crystal structure. For chiral photonic crystal, the results show that the chiral photonic band gap (PBG) structure gives nearly 100% reflections in the near-infrared region in addition to some parts of the visible region of the wavelengths. Therefore, it can be used as a broadband reflector and filter.     

LED芯片DBR反射镜优化设计

讨论了反射镜反射率对LED光提取效率的影响,并基于芯片与封装协同设计的原理,针对蓝光和黄光波段,通过TFcalc膜系仿真软件设计和优化了分布式布拉格反射镜(DBR)膜系。仿真结果表明,单堆栈DBR结构最大反射带宽为134nm,而双堆栈DBR结构最大反射带宽可拓展至216nm。利用参考波长红移的方式,可以缓解DBR反射特性随入射角度增加而出现的反射谱线蓝移现象。金属增强型DBR结构能够减小反射偏振效应,提高反射带宽和平均反射率,并能够减小DBR厚度,从而显著改善芯片的散热性能。     

多孔硅吸收光谱和反射光谱

测定了多孔硅的吸收光谱和反射光谱，结果发现其吸收边对应于可见光区域。同单昌硅要比，其吸收边发生了蓝移，并且吸收强烈。由多孔硅反射谱曲一，利用Ｋ－Ｋ关系对其光学常数进行了简单的计算和分析。     

新型光子晶体调谐滤波器的研究

提出了一种在光子晶体中引入液晶缺陷层的光子晶体调谐滤波器.用传输矩阵法给出了含液晶层时光子晶体的光谱透过率公式,对电压和液晶材料参数对调谐滤波器透射谱的影响进行了数值计算.结果表明,改变电压时光子晶体滤波器的透射峰波长和带宽作周期性变化,在适当电压作用下光子晶体具有多通道滤波功能,而液晶的厚度和固有双折射的改变几乎不能实现光子晶体滤波器的调谐作用.     

导波法测量光通信波段液晶的折射率

用导波法对光通信波段下液晶的折射率进行了测量，给出了5CB液晶从可见光波段到光通信波段的色散曲线及对应的Sellmeier公式的系数。详细介绍了实验原理、装置、结果及其分析。还初步探索了液晶在光通信波段的双折射特性与其分子结构之间的关系，为寻找高双折射液晶提供一些建议。     

正十边形光子晶体光纤布拉格光栅传感特性的研究

研究了正十边形对称结构光子晶体光纤布拉格光栅(PCFBG)特性,分析了不同空气孔层数以及不同占空比对布拉格光栅反射谱的影响.在此基础上,对正十边形光子晶体光纤光栅的传感特性进行了研究.研究表明:随着温度的增加,该光纤光栅的反射谱谐振波长明显向长波方向偏移;随着应力的改变,光纤光栅的反射谱谐振波长变化趋势不明显.该光栅具有对温度敏感,对应变不敏感的特点.这种空气孔排列为正十边形对称结构的光子晶体光纤光栅有望应用在光子晶体光纤光栅的传感领域中.