Abstract
A lot of research on liquid crystal polarization gratings (LCPGs) that can separate circularly polarized light with 100% diffraction efficiency has been conducted in the visible and near-infrared wavelength regions. In this paper, we tried to design and fabricate the LCPGs that are available for use in the mid- and far-infrared (MIR and FIR) wavelength regions. The materials for making LCPGs were selected in view of low absorption characteristics measured by the use of a Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer. LCPGs designed for 3.88µm and 9.5-10.6µm were fabricated, and we evaluated their diffraction properties experimentally. The MIR and FIR LCPGs should open new application fields of LC technologies including polarimetry, spectroscopy, and beam steering.
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