Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.433, 267-277, 2005
Reflective display configurations based on total internal reflection and grating-grating coupling of holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals (H-PDLC)
We report on a novel electro-optical reflective configuration based on total internal reflection and grating-grating coupling fabricated in Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals (H-PDLC) materials. In this device, two symmetric slanted gratings are temporally multiplexed into a single film. A narrowband light is selected and diffracted from two coupled Bragg gratings creating a reflected image. These reflective configurations have switching voltages that are at least one-half that of H-PDLC reflective displays reported in the literature, and therefore have potential as low power, reflective display devices.