• DocumentCode
    2315736
  • Title

    Infrared metamaterials tuned by liquid crystals

  • Author

    Minovich, A. ; Farnell, J. ; Neshev, D.N. ; Powell, D.A. ; Shadrivov, I.V. ; McKerracher, I. ; Tan, H.H. ; Jagadish, C. ; Kivshar, Y.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-15 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    27
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the tunability of a left-handed fishnet metamaterial at near infra-red frequencies. The structure is infiltrated by a liquid crystal and the tunability is achieved due the reorientation of liquid crystal molecules.
  • Keywords
    metamaterials; molecular reorientation; nematic liquid crystals; infiltration; infrared metamaterials; left-handed fishnet metamaterial; liquid crystal molecule reorientation; near infrared frequency; refractive index; tunability; Face; Metamaterials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Canberra, ACT
  • ISSN
    1097-2137
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7334-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1097-2137
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMMAD.2010.5699761
  • Filename
    5699761