File:Liquid Crystal based Spatial Light Modulator.gif
Summary
| Description |
English: As (nematic) liquid crystals are birifrangent and their orientation can be changed applying an electric field, it is possible to change the refractive index seen by an incident wave applying a voltage to a liquid crystal cell and thus control the phase retardation of the reflected wave. |
| Date | |
| Source | https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1144556106192183296 |
| Author | Jacopo Bertolotti |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
https://twitter.com/j_bertolotti/status/1030470604418428929 |
Mathematica 11.0 code
k1 = 2;
k2 = 4;
p1 = Table[
Show[
Graphics[{Polygon[{{-4.2, -6}, {-4, -6}, {-4, 6}, {-4.2, 6}}], Gray, Polygon[{{4.2, -6}, {4, -6}, {4, 6}, {4.2, 6}}], Black, Thick, Line[{{-4.1, -4}, {-5, -4}, {-5, -7}, {-3, -7}}], Disk[{-3, -7}, 0.2], Disk[{-1, -7}, 0.2], Line[{{-1, -7}, {0, -7}}], Line[{{0.5, -7}, {5, -7}, {5, -4}, {4.2, -4}}], Line[{{-3, -7}, {-3 + 2/Sqrt[2], -7 - 2/Sqrt[2]}}], Thickness[0.01], Line[{{0, -7.5}, {0, -6.5}}],
Line[{{0.5, -8}, {0.5, -6}}], Table[Rotate[Disk[{x, y}, {0.1, 0.4}], 0], {x, -3, 3, 1}, {y, -5, 5, 1}], Red, Arrow[{{12, 4}, {8, 4}}], Blue, Arrow[{{8, 0}, {12, 0}}] }],
Plot[Sin[k1 x] + 2, {x, 4.2, 15}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Red, Thick}], Plot[Sin[k2 x + 4 (k1 - k2)] + 2, {x, -4, 4}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Red, Thick}]
,
Plot[-Sin[32 - 4 k1 + \[Pi] + k2 (4 + x)] + 2, {x, -4, 4}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Thick}],
Plot[-Sin[32 - 4 k1 + \[Pi] + 4 k2 + k1 x + 4 (k2 - k1)] + 2, {x, 4.2, 15}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Thick}]
]
, {\[Phi], 2 \[Pi], 0, -0.4}];
k1 = 2;
k2 = 4;
k2old = 4;
knew = 2.5;
p2 = Table[
k2 = \[Phi]/(2 \[Pi]) knew + (1 - \[Phi]/(2 \[Pi])) k2old;
Show[
Graphics[{Polygon[{{-4.2, -6}, {-4, -6}, {-4, 6}, {-4.2, 6}}], Gray, Polygon[{{4.2, -6}, {4, -6}, {4, 6}, {4.2, 6}}], Black, Thick, Line[{{-4.1, -4}, {-5, -4}, {-5, -7}, {-3, -7}}], Disk[{-3, -7}, 0.2], Disk[{-1, -7}, 0.2], Line[{{-1, -7}, {0, -7}}], Line[{{0.5, -7}, {5, -7}, {5, -4}, {4.2, -4}}], Line[{{-3, -7}, {-1, -7}}], Thickness[0.01], Line[{{0, -7.5}, {0, -6.5}}], Line[{{0.5, -8}, {0.5, -6}}]
, Table[Rotate[Disk[{x, y}, {0.1, 0.4}], \[Phi]/4], {x, -3, 3, 1}, {y, -5, 5, 1}], Red, Arrow[{{12, 4}, {8, 4}}], Blue, Arrow[{{8, 0}, {12, 0}}] }],
Plot[Sin[k1 x] + 2, {x, 4.2, 15}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Red, Thick}], Plot[Sin[k2 x + 4 (k1 - k2)] + 2, {x, -4, 4}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Red, Thick}]
,
Plot[-Sin[32 - 4 k1 + \[Pi] + k2 (4 + x)] + 2, {x, -4, 4}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Thick}],
Plot[-Sin[32 - 4 k1 + \[Pi] + 4 k2 + k1 x + 4 (k2 - k1)] + 2, {x, 4.2, 15}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Thick}]
,
Plot[-Sin[32 - 4 k1 + \[Pi] + 4 k2old + k1 x + 4 (k2old - k1)] + 2, {x, 4.2, 15}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Dashed}]
]
, {\[Phi], 0, 2 \[Pi], 0.2}];
k1 = 2;
k2 = 4;
k2old = 4;
knew = 2.5;
p3 = Table[
k2 = \[Phi]/(2 \[Pi]) knew + (1 - \[Phi]/(2 \[Pi])) k2old;
Show[
Graphics[{Polygon[{{-4.2, -6}, {-4, -6}, {-4, 6}, {-4.2, 6}}], Gray, Polygon[{{4.2, -6}, {4, -6}, {4, 6}, {4.2, 6}}], Black, Thick, Line[{{-4.1, -4}, {-5, -4}, {-5, -7}, {-3, -7}}], Disk[{-3, -7}, 0.2], Disk[{-1, -7}, 0.2], Line[{{-1, -7}, {0, -7}}], Line[{{0.5, -7}, {5, -7}, {5, -4}, {4.2, -4}}], Line[{{-3, -7}, {-3 + 2/Sqrt[2], -7 - 2/Sqrt[2]}}], Thickness[0.01], Line[{{0, -7.5}, {0, -6.5}}],
Line[{{0.5, -8}, {0.5, -6}}], Table[Rotate[Disk[{x, y}, {0.1, 0.4}], \[Phi]/4], {x, -3, 3, 1}, {y, -5, 5, 1}], Red, Arrow[{{12, 4}, {8, 4}}], Blue, Arrow[{{8, 0}, {12, 0}}] }],
Plot[Sin[k1 x] + 2, {x, 4.2, 15}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Red, Thick}], Plot[Sin[k2 x + 4 (k1 - k2)] + 2, {x, -4, 4}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Red, Thick}]
,
Plot[-Sin[32 - 4 k1 + \[Pi] + k2 (4 + x)] + 2, {x, -4, 4}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Thick}]
,
Plot[-Sin[32 - 4 k1 + \[Pi] + 4 k2 + k1 x + 4 (k2 - k1)] + 2, {x, 4.2, 15}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Thick}]
,
Plot[-Sin[32 - 4 k1 + \[Pi] + 4 k2old + k1 x + 4 (k2old - k1)] + 2, {x, 4.2, 15}, Axes -> False, PlotRange -> All, PlotStyle -> {Blue, Dashed}]
]
, {\[Phi], 2 \[Pi], 0, -0.2}];
ListAnimate[Join[p1, p2, p3]]
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