Random lasing from dye-doped negative liquid crystals using ZnO nanoparticles as tunable scatters

This work demonstrates the realization of a lasing in scattering media,which contains dispersive solution of Zn O nanoparticles（NPs） and laser dye 4-dicyanomethylene-2-methyle-6-（p-dimethylaminostyryl）-4H-pyran（DCM） in negative liquid crystals（LCs） that was injected into a cell.The lasing intensity of the dye-doped negative LC laser can be tuned from low to high if the NPs concentration is increased.The tunability of the laser is attributable to the clusters-sensitive feature in effective refractive index of the negative LCs.Such a tunable negative liquid crystal laser can be used in the fabrication of new optical sources,optical communication,and liquid crystal laser displays.

Studies on the Technology and Mechanism of Laser Photoinduced Alignment of Liquid Crystal

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Different Approaches of Employing Cholesteric Liquid Crystals in Dye Lasers

Two ways of employing cholesteric liquid crystals in tunable dye lasers are considered: the cholesterics as distributed feedback medium and the cholesterics as resonator mirrors. In the dye doped distributed feedback cholesteric liquid crystal lasers the frequency tuning is achieved exploiting light induced effects or using a specially designed cell assembling a chiral dopant concentration gradient in combination with suitable distribution of different dyes. Another approach represents the lasing in a multilayer system consisting of a dye doped isotropic solvent sandwiched between two CLC layers.

Microstructured fluorescence in liquid crystals with femtosecond laser excitation

This study investigated direct fluorescence generation from a nematic liquid crystal(NLC)NJU-LDn-4 under femtosecond laser excitation.The absorption,transmittance,excitation,and emission spectra of the NLC were assessed.The relationship between the femtosecond pump power and fluorescence intensity was analyzed,revealing a quadratic increase and indicating that two-photon absorption(2PA)is the primary fluorescence mechanism.The LC microstructure was designed using photoalignment technology,allowing the generated fluorescence to reflect the corresponding structure.This research can establish a foundation for tunable LC microstructured fluorescence,with potential applications in fluorescence microscopy and optoelectronics.

Temperature-tunable lasing in negative dielectric chiral nematic liquid crystal

In this work, negative dielectric nematic liquid crystal SLC 12V620-400, chiral dopant S811, and laser dye DCM are used to prepare dye-doped chiral nematic liquid crystal laser sample. In order to investigate temperature-tunable lasing in negative dielectric chiral nematic liquid crystal, we measure the transmission and lasing spectrum of this sample. The photonic band gap （PBG） is observed to red shift with its width reducing from 71.2 nm to 40.2 nm, and its short-wavelength band edge moves 55.3 nm while the long-wavelength band edge only moves 24.9 nm. The wavelength of output laser is found to red shift from 614.4 nm at 20 ~C to 662.8 nm at 67 ~C, which is very different from the previous experimental phenomena. The refractive indices, parallel and perpendicular to the director in chiral nematic liquid crystal have different dependencies on temperature. The experiment shows that the pitch of this chiral nematic liquid crystal increases with the increase of temperature. The decrease in the PBG width, different shifts of band edges, and the red shift of laser wavelength are the results of refractive indices change and pitch thermal elongation.

基于液晶偏振光栅的大口径激光光束扫描系统

非机械式激光光束扫描系统具有体积小、重量轻、易集成等优势,在激光雷达、激光武器和激光通信等领域具有较大的应用前景,其通光口径决定着设备的工作距离、扫描精度和目标摧毁能力。基于液晶偏振光栅设计了一种全电控制的大口径激光光束扫描系统。采用液晶偏振光栅和液晶空间光调制器的协同工作方式,实现光束的大角度连续扫描;设计了光束扫描系统,并重点分析了级联液晶偏振光栅组的控制策略,给出了具体控制方法。最后,进行了激光光束的初步扫描实验,实现了70 mm口径光束在−16.575°~16.575°的偏转。该研究结果为激光光束的非机械式扫描控制提供了技术支撑,并在大口径激光扫描系统应用方面进行了初步探索。

基于LC-OPA的空间激光通信技术进展

液晶相控阵既可以在空间激光通信技术建立多点间空间激光通信链路,又能代替压电偏摆镜的精瞄方式。阐述液晶相控阵应用趋势;通过对液晶相控阵中液晶分子电致双折射和多缝衍射光束偏转原理,提出替压电偏摆镜配合终端进行瞄准捕获跟踪的方案;以“一对二”空间激光通信终端为例,提出基于液晶相控阵多点间空间激光通信终端方案和链路工作模式,分析方案优势,并进行未来展望。

基于编码成像的激光能量调控方法研究

为了有效提升光电成像系统焦平面探测器在外界存在激光干扰条件下的环境适应性,同时不显著降低原成像系统成像性能,提出了一种基于编码成像的激光能量调控方法,构建了一套以液晶空间光调制器为核心器件的编码成像实验系统并对该系统的成像性能进行了测试,设计了一套基于编码成像的激光能量调控实验验证系统并开展了多参数条件下编码成像抗激光干扰实验研究。实验结果表明,基于编码成像的激光能量调控方法可在不显著降低成像质量前提下有效提升焦平面探测器的抗激光干扰性能。

大动态能量自适应蓝/绿激光探测方法

针对水下无线光通信链路中近距功率饱和与远距功率不足导致的光信号采集失效的难题,提出一种大动态能量自适应蓝/绿激光探测方法。该方法在水下无线光通信系统中加入由电控液晶光阀、可调增益光电倍增管及FPGA板卡组成的增益可控探测模块,该模块在链路功率和探测器增益两个维度对通信链路形成闭环调控,以保证光电倍增管始终工作在最优状态,从而实现水下远距离、高速、大动态范围无线光通信。

TFT-LCD及触摸屏玻璃基板激光断切现象研究

激光切割技术已经成为玻璃生产及加工领域中的一种成熟的工业加工技术,具备高精度、高速度、高质量、高效率的优点。断切现象是薄膜晶体管液晶显示器(ThinFilmTransistorLiquid CrystalDisplay,TFT-LCD)及触摸屏玻璃基板激光切割的质量问题之一。文章从设备接地、激光器出光功率稳定性、光路和软体系统信号对接4个方面分析短切现象产生的原因,并给出相应的处理方法,以期为常见激光切割质量问题的处理提供参考。

Configuration optimization of laser guide stars and wavefront correctors for multi-conjugation adaptive optics

Multi-conjugation adaptive optics（MCAOs） have been investigated and used in the large aperture optical telescopes for high-resolution imaging with large field of view（FOV）.The atmospheric tomographic phase reconstruction and projection of three-dimensional turbulence volume onto wavefront correctors,such as deformable mirrors（DMs） or liquid crystal wavefront correctors（LCWCs）,is a very important step in the data processing of an MCAO＇s controller.In this paper,a method according to the wavefront reconstruction performance of MCAO is presented to evaluate the optimized configuration of multi laser guide stars（LGSs） and the reasonable conjugation heights of LCWCs.Analytical formulations are derived for the different configurations and are used to generate optimized parameters for MCAO.Several examples are given to demonstrate our LGSs configuration optimization method.Compared with traditional methods,our method has minimum wavefront tomographic error,which will be helpful to get higher imaging resolution at large FOV in MCAO.

Charge distribution into illuminated dye-doped surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal cell

Surface stabilized （anti） ferroelectric liquid crystal cells can be used as an optically addressed media for optical data processing. The structure of the cell has to contain a photo sensible agent, i.e, an absorbing dye-doped orienting layer. The all-optical generation of the diffractive grating can be done due to the switching parameters of the smectic slab within cells with a sensitive layer. This Letter considers a study of the optically induced charge generation into the dye-doped layer, and the explanation of the phenomena of the selective molecular director reorientation, while cell driving what leads to the induction of phase grating.

Fourier hologram method using Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm for parallel femtosecond laser processing

In order to improve femtosecond laser throughput,a parallel processing system consisting of liquid crystal on silicon(LCOS)device as spatial light modulator is put forward.A method is described for displaying Fourier hologram on LCOS,and a high uniformity of several diffraction peaks in the computer reconstruction is achieved.Application of this method to the parallel femtosecond laser processing is also demonstrated,and two intersecting rings and three tangent rings are fabricated respectively by one time in the photoresist.

A high precision phase reconstruction algorithm for multi-laser guide stars adaptive optics

Adaptive optics（AO） systems are widespread and considered as an essential part of any large aperture telescope for obtaining a high resolution imaging at present.To enlarge the imaging field of view（FOV）,multi-laser guide stars（LGSs） are currently being investigated and used for the large aperture optical telescopes.LGS measurement is necessary and pivotal to obtain the cumulative phase distortion along a target in the multi-LGSs AO system.We propose a high precision phase reconstruction algorithm to estimate the phase for a target with an uncertain turbulence profile based on the interpolation.By comparing with the conventional average method,the proposed method reduces the root mean square（RMS） error from 130 nm to 85 nm with a 30% reduction for narrow FOV.We confirm that such phase reconstruction algorithm is validated for both narrow field AO and wide field AO.

向列相液晶激光器件侧面辐射谱研究

研究了向列相液晶激光器件侧面激光辐射谱,并深入分析了激光辐射机制。分别制备了传统液晶盒和引入SU-8光栅结构的两种器件,并注入向列相液晶TEB30A和激光染料PM597的混合物。利用Nd:YAG固体脉冲激光器倍频出的532 nm激光作为泵浦源正面入射器件,侧面探测激光辐射谱。在传统液晶盒器件侧面,测得575~600 nm范围的随机激光辐射谱。而具有周期100μm和8μm的SU-8光栅结构器件侧面,获得了多波长激光辐射谱。随着泵浦能量增大,最高强度激光辐射峰波长位置出现在583~585 nm和588~592 nm附近,FWHM约0.3 nm。基于光波导理论结合器件结构分析得出,在传统液晶盒中引入SU-8光栅结构增强了液晶器件的光波导效应,是获得多波长激光辐射谱的主要原因。

用于高功率密度光束控制的光寻址光阀研制

为解决光寻址液晶光阀在高功率密度光束控制领域的应用限制,介绍一种可用于高功率密度激光系统的光寻址液晶光阀,该光阀开关比不低于140∶1,可在高于2300 W/cm^(2)的连续激光系统中正常工作。同时,所研制的光阀可在高重频吉瓦(GW)级功率密度的fs脉冲激光系统中正常工作,在该系统最大功率密度激光作用下,光阀未见明显温度变化,该脉冲激光系统最大平均功率密度超过300 W/cm^(2)。

平流层飞艇激光风速仪的设计和分析

准确的风场数据对于平流层飞艇实现长时间驻空任务有着重要的安全保障作用。针对20 km高度处空气稀薄的特点,为实现平流层飞艇航行环境的风场探测需求,设计了波长为532 nm的直接探测多普勒光纤激光风速仪。使用双通道法布里-珀罗标准具为鉴频器和波长可调谐的脉冲光纤激光器,完成了系统的结构设计。系统参考了相干测风激光雷达的光路设计,采用收发合置的望远镜设计方案,无探测盲区,接收视场角较小,提高了全天探测的性能。利用液晶相位延迟器的光束偏振特性可实现光路探测方向的控制。以最小的风速探测误差为标准,通过仿真分析选取了法布里-珀罗标准具的各项参数,并对系统的风场探测性能进行了分析。仿真过程中,激光器的平均功率为500 mW,积分时间为10 s,距离分辨率为100 m,分析结果表明,风速误差在500 m探测距离内小于1 m/s,计算得出的风向误差在风速大于10 m/s的情况下,其风向精度优于5°。

Flat-Panel Laser Displays Based on Liquid Crystal Microlaser Arrays

Laser displays,benefiting from the characteristic merits of lasers,have led to the revolution of next-generation display technologies owing to their superior color expression.However,the acquisition of pixelated laser arrays as self-emissive panels for flat-panel laser displays remains challenging.Liquid crystal(LC)materials with excellent processability and optoelectronic properties offer considerable potential for the construction of highly ordered multicolor laser arrays.Here,we demonstrate flat-panel laser displays on LC microlaser pixel arrays through a microtemplate-assisted inkjet printing method.Individual organic red-green-blue(RGB)microlaser pixel arrays were obtained by doping dyes into LCs with photonic band edges to obtain single-mode RGB lasing,leading to a much broader color gamut,compared with the standard RGB color space.Then we acquired periodically patterned RGB pixel matrices by positioning LC microlasers precisely into highly ordered arrays,according to the well-organized geometry of the microtemplates.Subsequently,we demonstrated full-color flat-panel laser displays using the LC microlaser pixel matrices as self-emissive panels.These results provide valuable enlightenment for the construction of next-generation flat-panel laser display devices.

High damage threshold liquid crystal binary mask for laser beam shaping

In order to improve the damage threshold and enlarge the aperture of a laser beam shaper, photolithographic patterning technology is adopted to design a new type of liquid crystal binary mask. The inherent conductive metal layer of commercial liquid crystal electro-optical spatial light modulators is replaced by azobenzene-based photoalignment layers patterned by noncontact photolithography. Using the azobenzene-based photoalignment layer, a liquid crystal binary mask for beam shaping is fabricated. In addition, the shaping ability, damage threshold, write/erase flexibility and stability of the liquid crystal binary mask are tested. Using a 1 Hz near-IR(1064 nm) laser, the multiple-shot nanosecond damage threshold of the liquid crystal mask is measured to be higher than 15 J/cm^2. The damage threshold of the azobenzenebased photoalignment layer is higher than 50 J/cm^2 under the same testing conditions.

基于VA液晶的激光扫描器件及响应速度调制

本文在带有锯齿型ITO电极的基底上制备垂直排列(Vertical Aligned,VA)的液晶器件,将激光耦合在液晶层中,调制ITO电极的电压,出射激光实现了偏转并且偏转角随电压的增加而增大直至饱和。在两个顶角为20°的锯齿电极下,激光光斑偏转了约4°。用于液晶驱动的电压为交流电信号,通过调整最低驱动电压即偏置电压,使得液晶分子从一定的起始角度开始转动,同时也是在其可快速旋转的区间内进行驱动,从而提高液晶分子的响应速度。在此策略的指导下,通过在液晶分子转动时对其偏振态的表征,来确定液晶分子的状态与驱动速度。在平衡好折射率与驱动速度的前提下,对比了不同偏置电压下液晶层分子整体的响应速度。在有一定偏置电压的情况下,液晶层驱动的响应时间从55 ms下降至2.5 ms,而断电后的弛豫时间从18 ms下降至8.5 ms。这为后续采用这种液晶层方案的激光偏转器件获得更快速的扫描频率和扫描角度提供了新的方案。