Invited Paper: Liquid Crystal Lasers: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities

Philip J. W. Hands; Calum Brown; Daisy Dickinson; Stephen M. Morris; Jia-De Lin

doi:10.1002/sdtp.15516

Invited Paper: Liquid Crystal Lasers: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities

Philip J. W. Hands, Calum Brown, Daisy Dickinson, Stephen M. Morris, Jia-De Lin

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Liquid crystal (LC) lasers use a layer of chiral nematic liquid crystal to form a self-organising resonant cavity. When doped with fluorescent dye and suitably excited, they form versatile micro-lasers with high efficiencies, low thresholds, and selective wavelength emission across a continuous range of the visible spectrum. This, combined with their scalable fabrication, makes them attractive candidates for a wide variety of photonic applications, including laser displays. This paper includes a review of the principles of operation, of recent enhancements that are advancing the technology closer to market, and concludes with demonstrations of LC lasers used for medical imaging and low-speckle holography.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Society for Information Display 2022 International Symposium
Subtitle of host publication	Digest of Technical Papers Oral Sessions
Publisher	Society for Information Display
Pages	440-443
Volume	53
Edition	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.15516
Publication status	Published - 28 Jun 2022

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Diode pumping of liquid crystal lasers
Brown, C., Dickinson, D. & Hands, P., Aug 2021, In: Optics and laser technology. 140, 107080.
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Overcoming repetition rate limitations in liquid crystal laser systems
Normand, M. C., Chen, P., Can, C. & Hands, P. J. W., 26 Sept 2018, In: Optics Express. 26, 20, p. 26544-26555 12 p.
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Principal's Innovation Award
Hands, Philip (Recipient) & Brown, Calum (Recipient), 2020
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Hands, P. J. W., Brown, C., Dickinson, D., Morris, S. M., & Lin, J.-D. (2022). Invited Paper: Liquid Crystal Lasers: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities. In Society for Information Display 2022 International Symposium: Digest of Technical Papers Oral Sessions (1 ed., Vol. 53, pp. 440-443). Article 36-1 Society for Information Display. https://doi.org/10.1002/sdtp.15516

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Invited Paper: Liquid Crystal Lasers: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities

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Diode pumping of liquid crystal lasers

Overcoming repetition rate limitations in liquid crystal laser systems

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Principal's Innovation Award

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