TY - JOUR AU - Joshi, Pankaj AU - Willekens, Oliver AU - Shang, Xiaobing AU - De Smet, Jelle AU - Cuypers, Dieter AU - Van Steenberge, Geert AU - Beeckman, Jeroen AU - Neyts, Kristiaan AU - De Smet, Herbert PY - 2017/03/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Tunable light beam steering device using polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals JF - Photonics Letters of Poland JA - Photonics Lett. Pol. VL - 9 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.4302/plp.v9i1.704 UR - https://photonics.pl/PLP/index.php/letters/article/view/9-5 SP - pp. 11-13 AB - A polarization independent and fast electrically switchable beam steering device is presented, based on a surface relief grating combined with polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals. Switching on and off times are both less than 2 milliseconds. 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