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Multi-Wavelength Filters of Templated Blue Phase Liquid Crystal

Journal

CRYSTALS
Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst9090451

Keywords

blue phase liquid crystal; filters; polymer template; reflection bandwidth

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [61727808, 61775135]

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The multi-wavelength filters in the visible light band using the blue phase liquid crystal (BPLC) template was investigated. A multi-layer templated BPLC (T-BPLC) filter without intermediate dielectric layers was fabricated, which may reflect multi-wavelength in one filter. Compared with the cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) filter, the T-BPLC filter may get a much narrower reflection bandwidth (<15 nm), show better angular stability of incident light, and have a more stable wavelength and bandwidth with a temperature shift. Furthermore, the central wavelength and bandwidth can be easily controlled by the fabrication process and the optimization of the material concentration. When the incident angle varies, the shift of the center wavelength of the T-BPLC filter is much smaller than that of the CLC filter. The multi-wavelength filter shows a potential application in color filters and high-density wavelength division multiplexed networks.

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