Kamal Thapa, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Oleg D. Lavrentovich
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Abstract
Conventional nonpolar nematic liquid crystals, widely known for their successful display applications, are not well suited for fast electro-optical switching because of the slow (milliseconds) field-off relaxation of the director. In this work, sub-microsecond field-on and field-off switching of a large birefringence (≈0.1) is demonstrated by applying a moderate electric field (30−100) Vµm−1, to an isotropic film of a ferroelectric nematic material. This highly efficient electro-optical switching is rooted in the recently discovered field-induced isotropic to ferroelectric nematic phase transition. The demonstrated sub-microsecond switching of ferroelectric birefringence induced by field (FBIF) has the potential for applications in fast-switching electro-optic devices, such as phase modulators, light shutters, beam steerers, switchable optical compensators.
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