2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a liquid crystal optical resonator coupled with optical confinement of a hollow fiber
| Project/Area Number |
22760237
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Electronic materials/Electric materials
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| Research Institution | 防衛大学校 |
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Principal Investigator |
OZAKI Ryotaro 防衛大学校, 電気情報学群, 助教 (90535361)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2011
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| Keywords | 液晶 / フォトニック結晶 / 光共振器 |
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| Research Abstract |
Cholesteric liquid crystals, which have a helical structure formed by self-assembly, have recently attracted much attention because their helical structure can be regarded as a one-dimensional pseudo-photonic crystal. In this research, the optical confinement of a cholesteric liquid crystal in an optical hollow fiber is investigated. The cholesteric liquid crystal, which has a one-dimensional orientation, is oriented in two-dimension in the hollow fiber. This indicates that the hollow fiber structure enables to create a higher order structure for cholesteric liquid crystals.
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