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Osaka University

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Schematic illustration of a cholesteric liquid crystal device with lens functionality (left) and photos of reflected beam spots (right). The parabolic profile of the helix phase converts the incident plane wave to a converging beam, which focuses to a spot.

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Osaka Univeresity

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