Title :
Reconfigurable pressure-sensitive terahertz metamaterials using liquid metals
Author :
Jinqi Wang ; Shuchang Liu ; Guruswamy, Sivaraman ; Nahata, Ajay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a liquid metal-based reconfigurable terahertz metamaterial device that is not only pressure driven, but also exhibits pressure memory. The discrete response is obtained by injecting eutectic gallium indium into a microfluidic structure.
Keywords :
eutectic alloys; gallium alloys; indium alloys; liquid alloys; microfluidics; terahertz metamaterials; GaIn; discrete response; eutectic gallium indium; liquid metal-based reconfigurable terahertz metamaterial device; microfluidic structure; pressure memory; reconfigurable pressure-sensitive terahertz metamaterials; Arrays; Geometry; Liquids; Metals; Metamaterials; Microchannels; Optical ring resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
