Liquid crystal lasers: the last decade and the future

J Mysliwiec, A Szukalska, A Szukalski, L Sznitko - Nanophotonics, 2021 - degruyter.com
The demonstration of the first ruby laser in 1960 led to a revolution in science and
technology. The lasers have significantly influenced the development of new approaches to …

Recent advances in liquid crystal droplet-based biosensors

L Jiang, Q Shui, B Han, R Huang, J Deng, N Hu… - TrAC Trends in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid crystals (LCs), as stimuli-responsive soft materials with optical anisotropy, have
shown great potential in the development of LC-based photonic devices. In recent years, the …

Electrically controlled white laser emission through liquid crystal/polymer multiphases

A Adamow, A Szukalski, L Sznitko, L Persano… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
White lasers are becoming increasingly relevant in various fields since they exhibit
unprecedented properties in terms of beam brightness and intensity modulation. Here we …

Fabrication of a chalcogenide glass microlens array for infrared laser beam homogenization

F Zhang, Q Yang, H Bian, S Wang, M Li, X Hou, F Chen - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Infrared (IR) microlens arrays (MLA) have attracted increasing interest for use in infrared
micro-optical devices and systems. However, the beam homogenization of IR laser light is …

A Spectrally Programmable Liquid‐State Active System for High‐Performance (SPLASH) Multicolor Lasing and White Emission

A Szukalska, M Czajkowski, J Cybinska… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of a Spectrally Programmable Liquid‐State Active System for High‐
performance (SPLASH) is introduced, which allows for multicolor lasing and White Emission …

Perylene-Based chromophore as a versatile dye for light amplification

A Szukalska, A Szukalski, J Stachera, D Zajac… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
One of the challenges for modern optoelectronics is to find versatile, easily adaptable
components for novel laser-based technologies. A very attractive perylene-derivative …

Tunable multi-mode laser based on robust cholesteric liquid crystal microdroplet

H Lu, J Shi, Q Wang, Y Xue, L Yang, M Xu, J Zhu… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
To date, various studies have been dedicated to the development of cholesteric liquid crystal
(CLC) microdroplet omnidirectional lasers. In this work, a stable and tunable multi-mode …

Thermally and optically tunable lasing properties from dye-doped holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal in capillaries

M Chen, H Dai, D Wang, Y Yang, D Luo… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we investigated tunable lasing properties from the dye-doped holographic
polymer dispersed liquid crystal (HPDLC) gratings in capillaries with thermal and optical …

Multicolour Laser Emission Based on the Polystyrene Dust

A Szukalska, J Mysliwiec, A Szukalski - Crystals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multicolour emission, independently of the considered mechanism, constitutes an appealing
application for modern technologies and an interesting phenomenon for the various fields of …

Electrically switchable and optically tunable liquid crystal/silicone oil based non-aqueous emulsions for electro-optical device applications

RK Shukla, A Chaudhary, KK Raina - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid crystal/silicone oil based emulsions have been prepared and characterized for
interfacial interactions, optical and electro-optical behaviour. Emulsions are stabilized …