Electrically controlled liquid crystal plasmonic metamaterials
Electrically controlled liquid crystal plasmonic metamaterials
In this work we experimentally demonstrate high-contrast electrical modulation of the near-IR spectra of plasmonic metamaterials, hybridised with liquid crystals by exploiting volume and, for the first time, in-plane switching regimes. We also show that in the resulting hybrid liquid-crystal (LC) optical cells the metamaterial structure can replace all three essential components of a LC device, namely (i) LC-alignment layer; (ii) transparent electrode and (iii) polarizer; making the hybrid cell much more compact than the conventional LC devices and easy to integrate with plasmonic and nano-photonic circuits. The relative ease of on-demand engineering of resonant bands (i.e. colours) in plasmonic nano-structures is particularly appealing for applications in high-resolution and emerging micro-display technologies, such as near-to-eye and virtual retina displays.
Buchnev, O.
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Ou, J-Y.
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Kaczmarek, M.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Fedotov, V.A.
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May 2013
Buchnev, O.
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Ou, J-Y.
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Kaczmarek, M.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Fedotov, V.A.
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Buchnev, O., Ou, J-Y., Kaczmarek, M., Zheludev, N.I. and Fedotov, V.A.
(2013)
Electrically controlled liquid crystal plasmonic metamaterials.
2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC) and International Quantum Electronics Conference, , Munich, Germany.
12 - 16 May 2013.
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Abstract
In this work we experimentally demonstrate high-contrast electrical modulation of the near-IR spectra of plasmonic metamaterials, hybridised with liquid crystals by exploiting volume and, for the first time, in-plane switching regimes. We also show that in the resulting hybrid liquid-crystal (LC) optical cells the metamaterial structure can replace all three essential components of a LC device, namely (i) LC-alignment layer; (ii) transparent electrode and (iii) polarizer; making the hybrid cell much more compact than the conventional LC devices and easy to integrate with plasmonic and nano-photonic circuits. The relative ease of on-demand engineering of resonant bands (i.e. colours) in plasmonic nano-structures is particularly appealing for applications in high-resolution and emerging micro-display technologies, such as near-to-eye and virtual retina displays.
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Published date: May 2013
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2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC) and International Quantum Electronics Conference, , Munich, Germany, 2013-05-12 - 2013-05-16
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Optoelectronics Research Centre, Quantum, Light & Matter Group
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/368805
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V.A. Fedotov
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