• DocumentCode
    2304620
  • Title

    Long-range plasmonic waveguides controlled by nematic liquid crystals

  • Author

    Beccherelli, R. ; Zografopoulos, D.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Ist. per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi (IMM), Rome, Italy
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    684
  • Lastpage
    685
  • Abstract
    The optical properties of gold stripe waveguides enhanced with a liquid-crystal overlayer are theoretically investigated. Extensive tunability of modal effective index, area and losses can be achieved via the electro-optic control of the nematic molecules.
  • Keywords
    gold; nematic liquid crystals; optical waveguides; plasmonics; electro-optic control; gold stripe waveguides; liquid crystal overlayer; long range plasmonic waveguides; modal effective index; nematic liquid crystals; nematic molecules; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical attenuators; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Plasmons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358806
  • Filename
    6358806