Title :
Plasmonic- and Blue-Phase liquid crystalline photonics materials
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
We present a critical review of recent work on novel liquid crystal cladded plasmonic nano-structures and Blue-Phase liquid crystals containing photosensitive molecules, including tunable metamaterials, reflective or transmission optics, large optical nonlinearities and random lasing action.
Keywords :
claddings; laser tuning; light reflection; light transmission; liquid crystals; liquid lasers; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optics; optical metamaterials; plasmonics; reviews; blue-phase liquid crystalline photonics materials; liquid crystal cladded plasmonic nanostructures; optical nonlinearity; photosensitive molecules; plasmonic-phase liquid crystalline photonics materials; random lasing action; reflective optics; review; transmission optics; tunable metamaterials;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
