Chiral ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals as materials for versatile laser devices
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| author | Folcia, César L. Ortega, Josu Sierra, Teresa Martínez-Bueno, Alejandro Etxebarria, Jesús |
| author_facet | Folcia, César L. Ortega, Josu Sierra, Teresa Martínez-Bueno, Alejandro Etxebarria, Jesús |
| contents | We present a liquid-crystal laser device based on the chiral ferroelectric nematic phase (NF*). The laser medium is obtained by mixing a ferroelectric nematic material with a chiral agent and a small proportion of a fluorescent dye. Notably, in the NF* phase very low electric fields perpendicular to the helical axis are able to reorient the molecules, giving rise to a periodic structure whose director profile is not single harmonic but contains the contribution of various Fourier components. This feature induces the appearance of several photonic bandgaps whose spectral ranges depend on the field, which can be exploited to build tunable laser devices. Here we report the characterization of home-made NF* lasers that can be tunable under low electric fields and present laser action in two of the photonic bands of the material. The obtained results open a promising route for the design of new and more versatile liquid-crystal based lasers. |
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| spellingShingle | Chiral ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals as materials for versatile laser devices Folcia, César L. Ortega, Josu Sierra, Teresa Martínez-Bueno, Alejandro Etxebarria, Jesús Optics Soft Condensed Matter We present a liquid-crystal laser device based on the chiral ferroelectric nematic phase (NF*). The laser medium is obtained by mixing a ferroelectric nematic material with a chiral agent and a small proportion of a fluorescent dye. Notably, in the NF* phase very low electric fields perpendicular to the helical axis are able to reorient the molecules, giving rise to a periodic structure whose director profile is not single harmonic but contains the contribution of various Fourier components. This feature induces the appearance of several photonic bandgaps whose spectral ranges depend on the field, which can be exploited to build tunable laser devices. Here we report the characterization of home-made NF* lasers that can be tunable under low electric fields and present laser action in two of the photonic bands of the material. The obtained results open a promising route for the design of new and more versatile liquid-crystal based lasers. |
| title | Chiral ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals as materials for versatile laser devices |
| topic | Optics Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12420 |