Terahertz in plane and terahertz out of plane (TIP-TOP) switching of a liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Author

Ung, Benjamin S-Y ; Yu Yang ; Parrott, Edward P. J. ; Srivastava, Anurag ; Hongkyu Park ; Chigrinov, Vladimir G. ; Pickwell-MacPherson, Emma

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, ShaTin, China

fYear

2014

fDate

14-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have simulated and fabricated a liquid crystal based terahertz spatial light modulator. Our patented terahertz in plane and terahertz out of plane (TIP-TOP) switching technique enables the liquid crystal cell to be switched over two orders of magnitude faster than ordinary methods thus making it suitable for use in terahertz spatial light modulation.

Keywords

liquid crystal devices; spatial light modulators; terahertz wave devices; terahertz wave imaging; TIP-TOP switching technique; liquid crystal cell; liquid crystal spatial light modulator; terahertz in plane switching; terahertz out of plane switching; terahertz spatial light modulation; terahertz spatial light modulator; Contacts; Decision support systems; Imaging; Liquid crystal devices; Optimized production technology; Switching circuits; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956348

Filename

6956348