Producing true-color rainbows with patterned multi-layer liquid-crystal polarization gratings
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Snik, F; Rodenhuis, M; Escuti, MJ; Brickson, L; Hornburg, K; Kim, J; Kievid, C; Groenhuijsen, S; Roosegaarde, D
Published in: Optical Materials Express
April 1, 2019
We present the technical design of the art installation Rainbow Station, that projects a 40-m diameter true-color rainbow. The core technology is comprised of a patterned polarization grating that produces the rainbow with the correct shape and correct color order. We achieve an effective grating period as small as 1.55 μm, and obtain high diffraction efficiency over the entire visible spectral range thanks to a multi-layer liquid-crystal implementation. The -1 spectral order is suppressed by circular polarization filtering.
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Optical Materials Express
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2159-3930
Publication Date
April 1, 2019
Volume
9
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4
Related Subject Headings
- 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
- 4018 Nanotechnology
- 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
- 1007 Nanotechnology
- 0205 Optical Physics
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Snik, F., Rodenhuis, M., Escuti, M. J., Brickson, L., Hornburg, K., Kim, J., … Roosegaarde, D. (2019). Producing true-color rainbows with patterned multi-layer liquid-crystal polarization gratings. Optical Materials Express, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.9.001583
Snik, F., M. Rodenhuis, M. J. Escuti, L. Brickson, K. Hornburg, J. Kim, C. Kievid, S. Groenhuijsen, and D. Roosegaarde. “Producing true-color rainbows with patterned multi-layer liquid-crystal polarization gratings.” Optical Materials Express 9, no. 4 (April 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.9.001583.
Snik F, Rodenhuis M, Escuti MJ, Brickson L, Hornburg K, Kim J, et al. Producing true-color rainbows with patterned multi-layer liquid-crystal polarization gratings. Optical Materials Express. 2019 Apr 1;9(4).
Snik, F., et al. “Producing true-color rainbows with patterned multi-layer liquid-crystal polarization gratings.” Optical Materials Express, vol. 9, no. 4, Apr. 2019. Scopus, doi:10.1364/OME.9.001583.
Snik F, Rodenhuis M, Escuti MJ, Brickson L, Hornburg K, Kim J, Kievid C, Groenhuijsen S, Roosegaarde D. Producing true-color rainbows with patterned multi-layer liquid-crystal polarization gratings. Optical Materials Express. 2019 Apr 1;9(4).
Published In
Optical Materials Express
DOI
EISSN
2159-3930
Publication Date
April 1, 2019
Volume
9
Issue
4
Related Subject Headings
- 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
- 4018 Nanotechnology
- 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
- 1007 Nanotechnology
- 0205 Optical Physics