Harnessing diffraction grating in an in-plane switching cell submitted to zigzag lattice.

Programmable diffraction gratings are relevant in optical data processing. One of the adequate device candidates is the in-plane switching liquid crystal cell. This technology, developed initially for liquid crystal screens, has also been studied with two inter-digital electrodes as a diffraction grating. Recently, the apparition of programmable zigzag wall lattices in an in-plane switching configuration has been reported. Here, we report a theoretical and experimental study of programmable diffraction grating in an in-plane switching cell.