• DocumentCode
    2317833
  • Title

    Nano-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Tunable Negative-Zero-Positive Index Metamaterials

  • Author

    Liang, X. ; Weiner, B. ; Werner, D.H. ; Khoo, I.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    9-15 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    3408
  • Lastpage
    3411
  • Abstract
    Nematic LC´s offer an excellent path toward achieving tunability in a variety of different terahertz and optical devices. We have presented technology that can take advantage of the properties of LC to realize the index of refraction tuning. Metamaterials consisting of LC-dispersed coated spheres were designed to have an index of refraction that tuned from negative to zero to positive at the frequency of operation.
  • Keywords
    metamaterials; nematic liquid crystals; refraction; tuning; nanodispersed liquid crystal; negative-zero-positive index metamaterials; nematic liquid crystal; optical devices; refraction tuning; Crystalline materials; Dielectric substrates; Frequency; Gold; Liquid crystals; Metamaterials; Optical materials; Optical mixing; Periodic structures; Permittivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0877-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0878-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2007.4396269
  • Filename
    4396269