LC Material Studies for Atmospheric Compensation Using a Liquid Crystal Light Valve
作者:
AnnaM. Lackner,
WillisH. Smith,
J.David Margerum,
Connie Petrusis,
期刊:
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 263,
issue 1
页码: 547-558
ISSN:1058-725X
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1080/10587259508033615
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Atmospheric compensation has been demonstrated using a liquid crystal light valve as a monolithic, integrated, wavefront sensor-corrector in a closed loop, all-optical configuration. For successful demonstration of this device, liquid crystal candidates were surveyed for high birefringence and fast time response in the blue region. BDH-E44 was selected with the highest figure of merit and a birefringence of 0.342 at 410 nm. Accelerated photostability studies indicated that the exclusion of oxygen/moisture extended the LC lifetime by twofold, while photo-exposure and applied electrical signal limited the lifetime due to photoinduced electrochemical degradation. A sealed BDH-E44 test cell after 60 Wh/cm2of 405 × 20 nm light and electrical exposure exhibited 3% decrease in the effective δn and a 12% shift in the operating voltage. However, the LC recovered from the sealed test cell after photo exposure showed no significant change in composition.
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