• DocumentCode
    2707449
  • Title

    Infrared Liquid Crystal Tunable Frequency Selective Surfaces

  • Author

    Bossard, J.A. ; Li, L. ; Werner, D.H. ; Khoo, I.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    9-14 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    4489
  • Lastpage
    4492
  • Abstract
    In this paper, micron-scale metallodielectric and all-dielectric frequency selective surfaces (FSS) are synthesized with a liquid crystal (LC) superstate to exhibit broadband tunable filter characteristics at mid-infrared (IR) wavelengths. The low loss and birefringence properties of LC span the visible to far-IR spectrum, providing potential for the development of a new class of infrared/optical switches
  • Keywords
    dielectric materials; frequency selective surfaces; optical filters; all-dielectric frequency selective surfaces; birefringence properties; broadband tunable filter characteristics; far-IR spectrum; infrared liquid crystal tunable frequency selective surfaces; infrared switch; liquid crystal superstate; micron-scale metallodielectric; mid-infrared wavelengths; optical switch; Band pass filters; Dielectric liquids; Dielectric substrates; Frequency selective surfaces; Genetic algorithms; Geometrical optics; Liquid crystals; Optical filters; Optical losses; Signal synthesis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0123-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2006.1711633
  • Filename
    1711633