Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics. 2007. V. 10, N 1. P. 083-087.
https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo10.01.083


Finite-difference time-domain method calculation of light propagation through H-PDLC
V. Kubytskyi, V. Reshetnyak

Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Physics Department 2, prospect Academician Glushkov, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine E-mail: kubba@univ.kiev.ua

Abstract. Presented is the study of the diffraction properties of transmission holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (H-PDLC) grating. We constructed a two-dimensional model of H-PDLC film with cylindrical LC droplets. Director distribution inside LC droplets was calculated using the Monte-Carlo method. To calculate light propagation through the film we have solved numerically the Maxwell equations using the finite- difference time-domain method (FDTD). The FDTD analysis of diffraction was performed for s- and p-polarized incident light. Externally applied electric field influence on the diffraction efficiency was studied.

Keywords: polymer dispersed liquid crystal, Monte-Carlo simulation, electric switch, finite-difference time-domain method.

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