Title :
Voltage controlled liquid crystal terahertz quarter wave plate
Author :
Hsieh, Cho-Fan ; Chen, Hung-Lung ; Chen, Chao-Yuan ; Pan, Ru-Pin ; Pan, Ci-Ling
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electrophys., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate an electrically switchable THz quarter wave plate using nematic liquid crystals.
Keywords :
liquid crystal devices; microwave photonics; nematic liquid crystals; optical retarders; voltage control; electrical switching; liquid crystal quarter wave plate; nematic liquid crystals; terahertz quarter wave plate; voltage control; Birefringence; Copper; Dielectric substrates; Electrodes; Liquid crystals; Optical retarders; Phase shifters; Photonic crystals; Threshold voltage; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548343