Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses

In this work, we describe a new reversible photoalignment effect for the director in nematic liquid crystals that provides an approach for the creation of lenses whose optical power can be recorded and erased. The possibility of creating a rewritable lens has very important practical implications, f...

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Autores: Quiroga Mellado, Juan Antonio, Canga, Ignacio, Alonso Fernández, José, Crespo Vázquez, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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spelling Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lensesQuiroga Mellado, Juan AntonioCanga, IgnacioAlonso Fernández, JoséCrespo Vázquez, Daniel535Multidisciplinary sciencesÓptica (Física)2209.19 Óptica FísicaIn this work, we describe a new reversible photoalignment effect for the director in nematic liquid crystals that provides an approach for the creation of lenses whose optical power can be recorded and erased. The possibility of creating a rewritable lens has very important practical implications, for example, in the ophthalmic lens industry. A rewritable ophthalmic lens could be a convenient solution for patients whose compensation needs change over time due to age-related physiological changes, such as the onset and progression of presbyopia. Using rewritable lenses, small lens power corrections could be implemented through a rewriting procedure on the mounted lens without resurfacing or manufacturing and mounting a new lens. More generally, this new effect multiple potential applications in the creation of rewritable optical systems, such as reconfigurable optical networks, index-tunable antireflective coatings and optically rewritable phase gratings.Nature Publishing GroupUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20202020-04-0120202020-04-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6598reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Atribución 3.0 Españahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/65982026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses
title Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses
spellingShingle Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses
Quiroga Mellado, Juan Antonio
535
Multidisciplinary sciences
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
title_short Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses
title_full Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses
title_fullStr Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses
title_full_unstemmed Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses
title_sort Reversible photoalignment of liquid crystals: a path toward the creation of rewritable lenses
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Quiroga Mellado, Juan Antonio
Canga, Ignacio
Alonso Fernández, José
Crespo Vázquez, Daniel
author Quiroga Mellado, Juan Antonio
author_facet Quiroga Mellado, Juan Antonio
Canga, Ignacio
Alonso Fernández, José
Crespo Vázquez, Daniel
author_role author
author2 Canga, Ignacio
Alonso Fernández, José
Crespo Vázquez, Daniel
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 535
Multidisciplinary sciences
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
topic 535
Multidisciplinary sciences
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
description In this work, we describe a new reversible photoalignment effect for the director in nematic liquid crystals that provides an approach for the creation of lenses whose optical power can be recorded and erased. The possibility of creating a rewritable lens has very important practical implications, for example, in the ophthalmic lens industry. A rewritable ophthalmic lens could be a convenient solution for patients whose compensation needs change over time due to age-related physiological changes, such as the onset and progression of presbyopia. Using rewritable lenses, small lens power corrections could be implemented through a rewriting procedure on the mounted lens without resurfacing or manufacturing and mounting a new lens. More generally, this new effect multiple potential applications in the creation of rewritable optical systems, such as reconfigurable optical networks, index-tunable antireflective coatings and optically rewritable phase gratings.
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