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Helical liquid crystals can flip light's chirality under ultralow electric fields

  • April 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Helical liquid crystals can flip light's chirality under ultralow electric fields
The direction in which the electromagnetic field of circularly polarized light rotates can be easily reversed by applying a voltage, RIKEN researchers have demonstrated. This could enable a new generation of optical devices based on circularly polarized light. The work is published in two papers in the journal Advanced Materials.

Originally published at Phys.org

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