Simulation Study on Polarization-Independent Microlens Arrays Utilizing Blue Phase Liquid Crystals with Spatially-Distributed Kerr Constants

Author： Chen Hung-Shan Chen Michael Chang Chia-Ming Wang Yu-Jen Lin Yi-Hsin

Publisher： MDPI

E-ISSN： 2072-666x|5|4|859-867

ISSN： 2072-666x

Source： Micromachines, Vol.5, Iss.4, 2014-10, pp. : 859-867

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Abstract

Polarization independent liquid crystal (LC) microlens arrays based on controlling the spatial distribution of the Kerr constants of blue phase LC are simulated. Each sub-lens with a parabolic distribution of Kerr constants results in a parabolic phase profile when a homogeneous electric field is applied. We evaluate the phase distribution under different applied voltages, and the focusing properties of the microlens arrays are simulated. We also calculate polarization dependency of the microlenses arrays at oblique incidence of light. The impact of this study is to provide polarizer-free, electrically tunable focusing microlens arrays with simple electrode design based on the Kerr effect.