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Optical Characteristics of the LGP with Nanometer-patterned Sizes on Its Both Surfaces

복합 나노미터 패턴 도광판의 광특성

  • 홍진수 (순천향대학교 전자물리학과) ;
  • 김창교 (순천향대학교 전자정보공학과) ;
  • 이병욱 (순천향대학교 전자정보공학과) ;
  • 김경래 (순천향대학교 전자물리학과)
  • Published : 2008.06.01

Abstract

The LGP with nanometer structures resulted in enhancement of optical efficiency. Its fundamental mechanism is to recycle the polarized light via one round-trip through QWP(Quarter-wave Plate) but the maximum efficiency to reach with this method is limited up to 2. To get the larger efficiency than this a LGP with 1D PC(one-dimensional photonic crystal) nanometer-patterned on its top and bottom surfaces is suggested. For its optimum design the computer simulation is performed and suggests a grating that the spatial frequency between adjacent patterns is 500nm, its height 250nm, duty cycle 50%, and its cross section is rectangular. The angles of transmitted light are nearly the same as the results expected from the generalized Snell's law. Thus the Mathematica code, developed in this experiment, will be applied to designing the optimized LGP. The LGP with nanometer-patterened 1D PC LGP on its both surfaces shows the enhancement of transmitted intensity distribution up to 5.7 times.

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