Title :
Mechanically stretchable and reversibly deformable liquid metal-based plasmonics
Author :
Wang, Jinqi ; Liu, Shuchang ; Vardeny, Z. Valy ; Nahata, Ajay
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that liquid metals are attractive materials for active plasmonic devices at terahertz frequencies. Using a liquid metal injected into an elastomeric mold, we measure the static and stretched transmission properties of aperture arrays.
Keywords :
elastomers; liquid metals; plasmonics; active plasmonic devices; elastomeric mold; liquid metals; mechanically stretchable liquid metal-based plasmonics; reversibly deformable liquid metal-based plasmonics; terahertz frequencies; transmission properties; Apertures; Liquids; Metals; Optical variables measurement; Plasmons; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
