Preparation and characteristics of large aperture liquid crystal <i>q</i>-wave-plates

ZHANG Yujiao; GAO Shaohua; SONG Xiao; YU Xuanyi; WANG Jiayi; ZHANG Xinzheng

doi:10.7510/jgjs.issn.1001-3806.2019.04.002

LASER TECHNOLOGY > 2019 > 43(4): 442-447. > DOI: 10.7510/jgjs.issn.1001-3806.2019.04.002

ZHANG Yujiao, GAO Shaohua, SONG Xiao, YU Xuanyi, WANG Jiayi, ZHANG Xinzheng. Preparation and characteristics of large aperture liquid crystal q-wave-plates[J]. LASER TECHNOLOGY, 2019, 43(4): 442-447. DOI: 10.7510/jgjs.issn.1001-3806.2019.04.002

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Preparation and characteristics of large aperture liquid crystal q-wave-plates

TEDA Institute of Applied Physics and School of Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300457, China

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Received Date: October 18, 2018
Revised Date: December 03, 2018
Published Date: July 24, 2019

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In order to solve the problems of poor repeatability, cumbersome methods and aperture limitation in the preparation of liquid crystal q-wave-plates, a preparation method of liquid crystal q-wave-plates was adopted based on ultraviolet mask exposure and liquid crystal out-of-plane orientation technology. Theoretical analysis and experimental verification were carried out. The ultraviolet exposure system was built. Large aperture liquid crystal q-wave-plates were prepared with diameter of 2.54cm, topological charges q of 1 and initial angle of 0.The results show that the conversion efficiency of spin angular momentum to orbital angular momentum of the large aperture liquid crystal q-wave-plates constructed by ultraviolet mask method can reach 85%. By using the wave plate, the generation and conversion of vortices and vector vortices are realized. The method of constructing large aperture liquid crystal q-wave-plates based on ultraviolet mask has advantages of low cost, simple preparation process and fast speed. It can realize batch fabrication of liquid crystal q-wave-plates. It is conducive to the commercialization of liquid crystal q-wave-plates.
- optical devices,
- liquid crystal q-wave-plate,
- specific light field,
- vortex beam,
- Jones matrix

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