Tunable hybrid optical modes in a bounded cholesteric liquid crystal with a twist defect.

Pyatnov, Maxim V; Vetrov, Stepan Ya; Timofeev, Ivan V · Phys Rev E · 2018

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Coupling between the defect mode of a cholesteric liquid crystal and the localized mode of a cholesteric liquid crystal-phase plate-metal structure is theoretically demonstrated. It is shown that the transmittance spectrum can be tuned by changing the twist-defect angle and helix pitch, which are governed by external factors. The spectra for different circular polarizations of the incident light are different; specifically, at the nondiffracting polarization, there is no defect-mode transmittance peak.