Abstract
This review is devoted to the problem of increasing the response rate of
liquid-crystal (LC) devices based on nematic liquid crystals (NLCs), such as optical
switches, modulators, adjustable attenuators, and stabilizers for the near-IR region.
Along with well-known methods such as the regime in which devices operate with
displacement and dual-frequency addressing of NLCs with sign inversion of the dielectric
anisotropy, which makes it possible to control the relaxation process, the possibility
of accelerating the operation by using polymer-dispersed and polymer-stabilized LC
mixtures is considered. It is shown to be necessary to optimize the supply regimes of
the LC devices. The dynamic responses of devices that use the electrooptic S and twist
effects are compared. The prospects of using NLC devices as active components of
optical-fiber networks are considered.
© 2010 Optical Society of America
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