In this paper, geometric-phase lenses, which can not only correct wavefront aberrations but also magnify an aerial image, have been proposed for use in an aerial display system composed of a retroreflector array, an orthogonal-circular polarizatio...
Mizuho Kondo   Daijoro Kojima   Naoya Ootsuki   Nobuhiro Kawatsuki   
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 222(12) 2100097-2100097 2021年6月 [査読有り]
Hydrogen-bonded liquid crystalline polymer composites containing N-benzylideneaniline (NBA) as a photoresponsive mesogenic unit are prepared. The mesomorphic properties of the composite decrease upon exposure to UV light because of trans-to-cis ph...
A photoalignable liquid crystalline (LC) polymer comprised of phenyl benzoate with a Schiff-base end moiety is synthesized and its thermally stimulated photoinduced reorientation behavior is investigated using linearly polarized (LP) 365nm light. ...
Mizuho Kondo   Taku Yamoto   Motoki Tada   Nobuhiro Kawatsuki   
Chemistry Letters 50(4) 812-815 2021年4月 [査読有り]
Mechanochromic luminescence (MCL) compounds exhibit change of their photoluminescent color in response to mechanical stimuli. The initial molecular alignment of a liquid-crystalline MCL compound was controlled by using an alignment layer. The rubb...
A polarized laser beam steering system using multiply cascaded rotating polarization gratings (PGs) is presented. The rotating PGs steer incident circularly polarized beams with high optical throughput because the theoretical limitation of the PG ...