Liquid crystals, compounds and mixtures with positive dielectric anisotropies are reviewed.
The mesogenic properties and physical chemical properties (viscosity, birefringence …

This work presents the application of an experimental nematic liquid crystal (LC) mixture
(1929) in a large aperture lens. The LC material is composed of terphenyl and biphenyl …

Liquid crystals are widely known for their technological uses in displays, electro-optics,
photonics and nonlinear optics, but these applications typically rely on defining and …

Reflective metasurfaces based on metallic,, and dielectric, nanoscatterers have attracted
interest owing to their ability to control the phase of light. However, because such …

The refractive index of natural transparent materials is limited to 2–3 throughout the visible
wavelength range. Wider controllability of the refractive index is desired for novel optical …

Liquid crystals are a promising candidate for development of active plasmonics due to their
large birefringence, low driving threshold, and versatile driving methods. We review recent …

A full-wave analysis technique based on the finite element-boundary integral method is
developed and used to rigorously treat the scattering from periodically structured …

A tunable-focus liquid lens using dielectrophoretic effect is demonstrated. When a voltage is
applied to a dielectric liquid droplet, the generated electric field inside the droplet is …

A scattering-free broadband (~ 120 nm bandwidth) circular polarizer is demonstrated by
stacking three chiral polymer films with different pitch lengths. Using 4x4 matrix method, we …

A tunable-focus liquid microlens array based on dielectro-phoretic effect was demonstrated.
In a lens cell, two immiscible dielectric liquids but with different dielectric constants are …