Optical modes of multilayered photonic structure containing nematic layer with abnormal electroconvective rolls

Vladimir A.Gunyakov, Mikhail N. Krakhalev, Ivan V.Timofeev, Victor Ya. Zyryanov, Vasily F.Shabanov OPTICAL MATERIALS. Том: 100. DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2019.109630

Optical modes of a multilayered photonic structure with the twisted nematic liquid crystal as a defect layer have been investigated. The electroconvective flow in the nematic makes a spatially periodic structure in the form of abnormal rolls. Non-adiabatic propagation of polarized light in the defect layer causes unique features of the optical modes corresponding to the ordinary o-waves. The decay of these modes has been demonstrated with increasing voltage due to the effect of cross-polarization diffraction loss. The modes short-wave shift resulting from the contribution of the non-adiabatic geometric phase to the total phase delay of the wave during a round-trip propagation through the photonic structure has been found both experimentally and numerically.


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