• DocumentCode
    1770223
  • Title

    Dynamic tuning of surface plasmon polaritons via thermally controlled liquid crystals

  • Author

    Cetin, A. Enis ; Mertiri, Alket ; Min Huang ; Erramilli, Shyamsunder ; Altug, Hatice

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present a thermally controlled plasmonic substrate in contact with a liquid crystal offering spectral tunings ~18.7 nm within ~18°C at LC nematic phase. Nematic/isotropic transition also enables ~12 nm spectral change only within ~1°C.
  • Keywords
    liquid crystal phase transformations; nematic liquid crystals; optical tuning; polaritons; surface plasmons; LC nematic phase; dynamic tuning; nematic-isotropic transition; spectral tunings; surface plasmon polaritons; thermally controlled liquid crystals; thermally controlled plasmonic substrate; Liquid crystals; Optical surface waves; Plasmons; Refractive index; Surface waves; Temperature distribution; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6988808
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1770223