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Influence of the alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer thickness on the characteristics of electrically controlled optical modulators

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The screening effect of the amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) alignment layer and its dependence on the thickness of a dual-frequency nematic liquid crystal (NLC) layer have been studied. Optimization of the a-C:H layer thickness allows a threshold voltage for the optical S-effect to be reduced and the characteristic switching time and relaxation time of 0.5 and 2.5 ms, respectively, to be obtained for a phase retardation of 2π at a wavelength of 0.86 μm.

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    V. N. Vasil’ev, E. A. Konshina, D. S. Kostomarov, M. A. Fedorov, L. P. Amosova & E. O. Gavrish

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Original Russian Text © V.N. Vasil’ev, E.A. Konshina, D.S. Kostomarov, M.A. Fedorov, L.P. Amosova, E.O. Gavrish, 2009, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 35, No. 11, pp. 33–38.

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Vasil’ev, V.N., Konshina, E.A., Kostomarov, D.S. et al. Influence of the alignment layer and the liquid crystal layer thickness on the characteristics of electrically controlled optical modulators. Tech. Phys. Lett. 35, 498–500 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785009060054

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