Liquid Crystal Optics for Applications / / Kohki Takatoh, Akihiko Mochizuki, editor.

• TeilnehmendeR: Mochizuki, Akihiko,; Takatoh, Kohki,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (112 pages)

In this Special Issue, you will find new directions in the research on liquid crystal applications. To be honest, we were surprised to find 10 papers covering a variety of application areas, with no overlap between them. The only important application without a related article was "display"! This was exactly the situation we hoped for. In this Special Issue, you can find 10 articles discussing the applications of LC devices or LC materials. The applications are liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) for optical communication, laser processing and wireless optical charging, wavelength selective filters, waveguides, smart windows, LCDs for terahertz waves, LC polymers for polarizing grating and LC material for an ink. We believe that this Special Issue will help researchers focusng on optical devices or LC materials to obtain inspiration for new devices using liquid crystals.

Table of Contents

About the Editors vii -- Preface to "Liquid Crystal Optics for Applications" ix -- Fast-Response Liquid Crystals for 6G Optical Communications 1 -- Identifying a Unique Communication Mechanism of Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Printing Ink 13 -- Beam Shaping for Wireless Optical Charging with Improved Efficiency 23 -- Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phase and Its Application to a 1.5 µm Band Wavelength Selective Filter 31 -- UV Durable LCOS for Laser Processing 39 -- Optically Tunable Terahertz Metasurfaces Using Liquid Crystal Cells Coated with Photoalignment Layers 47 -- Optical Filter with Large Angular Dependence of Transmittance Using Liquid Crystal Devices 55 -- Stabilization of Long-Pitch Supertwisted Nematic Structures 65 -- Fabrication of Polarization Grating on N-Benzylideneaniline Polymer Liquid Crystal and -- Control of Diffraction Beam 77 -- Electrical Control of Optical Liquid-Crystal-Guided Microstructures 87.