Experimental investigations of holographic diffraction PDLC structures

Authors: Semkin A. S., Sharangovich S. N., Vasiliev E. V., Vikulina I. A., Gusachenko K. O., Dudnik D. I.

Annotation: In this work we investigated the diffraction efficiency of holographic structures formed in polymer-dispersed liquid crystals and its dependence on temperature and polarity of the reading light. Liquid crystal’s concentration in investigated samples was 25 and 30% wt. We have shown the anisotropy of optical properties and the ability to control the diffraction efficiency by heating the sample. Diffraction structures was formed by He-Ne laser with wavelength 633 nm.

Keywords: pdlc, diffraction efficiency, diffraction grating, polarity, photopolymer, liquid crystal, diffraction