NASA NTRS · 19720012962
Electronically tuned optical filters
Abstract
A detailed account is given of efforts to develop a three layer, polychromic filter that can be tuned electronically. The operation of the filter is based on the cooperative alignment of pleochroic dye molecules by nematic liquid crystals activated by electric fields. This orientation produces changes in the optical density of the material and thus changes in the color of light transmitted through the medium. In addition, attempts to improve materials and devices which employ field induced changes of a cholesteric to a nematic liquid crystal are presented.
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Castellano, J. A., Pasierb, E. F., Oh, C. S., Mccaffrey, M. T.. 1972-01-01. Electronically tuned optical filters. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19720012962
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