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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
