Title :
Periodic surface plasmon-enhanced diffraction in cholesteric liquid crystal grating
Author :
Hung, Wen-Chi ; Tsai, Ming-Shan ; Juan, Yi-Chung ; Jiang, I-Min ; Cheng, Wood-Hi
Author_Institution :
Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Sun Yat- Sen University, Kaohsiung, 804, Taiwan, China
Abstract :
Periodic surface plasmon-enhanced diffraction effect in cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) grating is demonstrated. The CLC grating is a periodic structure and results in the excitation of a periodic surface plasmon. The surface plasmon-enhanced diffraction effect may be important in nano-optics applications.
Keywords :
Crystalline materials; Diffraction gratings; Inorganic materials; Liquid crystals; Nanoparticles; Nanoscale devices; Optical diffraction; Optical materials; Optical surface waves; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431401
