LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS AND ELECTROOPTIC DEVICES WITH A LIQUID CRYSTAL-CONTAINING CLADDING
    2.
    发明申请
    LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS AND ELECTROOPTIC DEVICES WITH A LIQUID CRYSTAL-CONTAINING CLADDING 审中-公开
    液晶材料和含有液晶包层的电光器件

    公开(公告)号:WO2005038497A3

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-15

    申请号:PCT/US2004034017

    申请日:2004-10-14

    摘要: Broadly, then, one aspect of the present invention is a functional optical material composed of a liquid crystal (LC) evidencing a pair of refractive indices (RI's) and a polymer in which the LC is dispersed. The refractive index (RI) of said polymer may be outside of the L C RI's by at least about 0.03. Another aspect of the present invention is a functional optical material composed of a liquid crystal (LC) and a polymer in which the LC is dispersed, wherein said LC is less than about 5% miscible in said polymer. A further aspect of the present invention is a functional optical material composed of a liquid crystal (LC) and a polymer in which the LC is dispersed, wherein the cladding contains not more than about 20wt% LC. In all of these embodiments, the functional optical material can be clad to an optical waveguide and can optionally contain a chromophore. In yet another aspect of the present invention, a functional optical waveguide is composed of a polymer having a refractive index, RIP and an optical waveguide clad having a refractive index, RIWG, wherein RIP is at least about 0.3% lower than RIWG under operating conditions of said clad optical waveguide.

    摘要翻译: 广义地说,本发明的一个方面是由表现出一对折射率(RI)的液晶(LC)和其中分散有LC的聚合物组成的功能光学材料。 所述聚合物的折射率(RI)可以在L C RI之外至少约0.03。 本发明的另一方面是由液晶(LC)和其中分散有LC的聚合物组成的功能性光学材料,其中所述聚合物中所述LC小于约5%。 本发明的另一方面是一种由液晶(LC)和其中分散有LC的聚合物组成的功能光学材料,其中包层含有不超过约20wt%的LC。 在所有这些实施例中,功能光学材料可以被包覆到光波导并且可以可选地包含发色团。 在本发明的另一方面,功能性光波导由具有折射率的聚合物RIP和包含折射率RIWG的光波导包层组成,其中RIP在工作条件下比RIWG低至少约0.3% 的所述包层光波导。

    LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS AND ELECTROOPTIC DEVICES WITH A LIQUID CRYSTAL-CONTAINING CLADDING
    4.
    发明申请
    LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS AND ELECTROOPTIC DEVICES WITH A LIQUID CRYSTAL-CONTAINING CLADDING 审中-公开
    具有液晶包层的液晶材料和电子设备

    公开(公告)号:WO2005038497A2

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-28

    申请号:PCT/US2004/034017

    申请日:2004-10-14

    IPC分类号: G02B

    摘要: Broadly, then, one aspect of the present invention is a functional optical material composed of a liquid crystal (LC) evidencing a pair of refractive indices (RI’s) and a polymer in which the LC is dispersed. The refractive index (RI) of said polymer may be outside of the L C RI’s by at least about 0.03. Another aspect of the present invention is a functional optical material composed of a liquid crystal (LC) and a polymer in which the LC is dispersed, wherein said LC is less than about 5% miscible in said polymer. A further aspect of the present invention is a functional optical material composed of a liquid crystal (LC) and a polymer in which the LC is dispersed, wherein the cladding contains not more than about 20wt% LC. In all of these embodiments, the functional optical material can be clad to an optical waveguide and can optionally contain a chromophore. In yet another aspect of the present invention, a functional optical waveguide is composed of a polymer having a refractive index, RI P and an optical waveguide clad having a refractive index, RI WG , wherein RI P is at least about 0.3% lower than RI WG under operating conditions of said clad optical waveguide.

    摘要翻译: 因此,广泛地说,本发明的一个方面是由液晶(LC)构成的功能性光学材料,该液晶(LC)表示一对折射率(RI)和分散有LC的聚合物。 所述聚合物的折射率(RI)可以在L C RI之外至少约0.03。 本发明的另一方面是由液晶(LC)和其中分散有LC的聚合物组成的功能光学材料,其中所述LC小于约5%在所述聚合物中混溶。 本发明的另一方面是由液晶(LC)和其中分散有LC的聚合物组成的功能光学材料,其中包层含有不超过约20重量%的LC。 在所有这些实施例中,功能性光学材料可以包覆到光波导并且可以任选地包含发色团。 在本发明的另一方面,功能光波导由具有折射率的聚合物RIP和具有折射率的光波导包围RIWG组成,其中RIP在操作条件下比RIWG低至少约0.3% 的所述包层光波导。