In order to realize the controllability of orthogonal change of polarization direction of the polarized light in the whole visible wavelength range
we research the achromatic polarized light switch composed of liquid crystal wave-plates. The polarization rotation and response characteristics of a liquid crystal wave-plate are analyzed synthetically
and compared with the polarizing effect of the traditional wave-plate. Then
the achromatic polarized light switch is designed by referring to the design of the combined achromatic wave-plates. Two polarized light switches with two different structures are simulated by Tech Wiz LCD 1D software
and its polarization rotation effect and response characteristics were obtained. The contrast ratio of different wavelength polarized light was calculated. The simulation results show that the liquid crystal achromatic polarized light switches showed in this paper can realize the orthogonal change of the polarized direction of polarized light in the wide visible wavelength
and the polarized light has a high degree of polarization. Under the 20 V driving voltage
the turn on time is 0.3 ms and the turn off time is 4.5 ms for the polarization rotation switch. The results are fit for the requirements for achromatic polarized light switch.
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