title: Electrically tunable liquid-crystal wave plate in the infrared.
abstract: Phase retardance of a liquid-crystal-based, electrically tunable wave plate as a function of voltage and incident light intensity at 10.6 microm is measured using the Stokes-MacCullaugh ellipsometry technique. At intensities of up to 900 W/cm(2), device performance is found to be driven by thermal effects and not optically induced reorientation effects.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Resler
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hobbs
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dorschner