Jones, JC orcid.org/0000-0002-2310-0800, Wahle, M orcid.org/0000-0002-2241-9975, Bailey, J et al. (3 more authors) (2019) Polarisation Independent Liquid Crystal Lenses using Embossed Reactive Mesogens. In: Proceedings of the Society for Information Display, Digest of Technical Papers. Display Week, 12-17 May 2019, San Jose, CA, USA. Society for Information Display , pp. 992-995.
Abstract
Liquid crystal lenses have promise in optical systems owing to their tunability combined with low electrical power, cost and weight. A good example of such a system is switchable contact lenses for the correction of age‐related presbyopia. Large phase modulation can be done using nematic liquid crystals. However, the birefringent materials are inherently polarisation dependent, usually requiring orthogonal polarisations to be focused separately. A novel method is presented for producing polarisation independent lenses based on reactive mesogens.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Society for Information Display. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Proceedings of the Society for Information Display, Digest of Technical Papers. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Liquid Crystal Lenses; Non Display Applications of LCD; switchable contact lens; nematic; reactive mesogens; embossing; adaptive optics |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Soft Matter Physics (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/L015188/2 Merck Ltd Not Known |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2019 09:07 |
Last Modified: | 29 May 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Society for Information Display |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/sdtp.13093 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:146855 |