Buchnev, O., Ou, J-Y., Kaczmarek, M., Zheludev, N.I. and Fedotov, V.A. (2013) Electrically tunable liquid crystal plasmonic metamaterials. 12th European Conference on Liquid Crystals (ECLC 2013), Greece. 22 - 27 Sep 2013. 1 pp .
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate an efficient electrical modulation and control of the near-IR response of liquid crystal (LC) loaded plasmonic metamaterials by exploiting micro-scale volume and (for the first time) nano-scale in-plane LC-switching modes. We also show that in the resulting hybrid optical cell the metamaterial nano-structure can replace all three essential components of an LC device: (i) LC-alignment layer; (ii) transparent electrode and (iii) polarizer; making the hybrid cell more compact than the conventional LC devices and easier to integrate into plasmonic and nano-photonic circuits. The relative ease of on-demand resonant band engineering (i.e. colours) and tailoring reflection/refraction phenomena in metamaterials is particularly appealing for application in emerging, high-resolution display technologies including near-to-eye and virtual retina displays, holographic and 3D imaging
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Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics > Optoelectronics Research Centre (pre 2018 reorg) - Faculties (pre 2018 reorg) > Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering (pre 2018 reorg) > Physics & Astronomy (pre 2018 reorg) > Quantum, Light & Matter Group (pre 2018 reorg)
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