Tunable lasing from a cholesteric liquid crystal film embedded with a liquid crystal nanopore network.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Continuous tuning of lasing wavelength is achieved in cholesteric liquid crystal lasers by embedding a network of nanopores with an average size of 10 nm filled with liquid crystals inside a polymerized matrix with helical order. The device possesses both high transparency and a fast response time because the tuning is driven by local reorientation of the liquid crystal molecules in the nanopores.
Medical subject headings
- Lasers
- Liquid Crystals
- Nanopores