Title :
Tunable cholesteric liquid crystal diffraction grating based on the effect of localized surface plasmons
Author :
Hung, Wen-Chi ; Jiang, I-Min ; Tsai, Ming-Shan ; Yeh, Pochi ; Cheng, Wood-Hi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
Tunable cholesteric liquid crystals (CLC) diffraction grating based on the effect of localized surface plasmons (LSP) was investigated. To doping metal nanoparticles into CLC grating, a particular diffraction was observed due to LSP effect.
Keywords :
cholesteric liquid crystals; diffraction gratings; liquid crystal devices; nanoparticles; surface plasmons; diffraction grating; localized surface plasmons; metal nanoparticles; tunable cholesteric liquid crystals; Biomedical optical imaging; Diffraction gratings; Liquid crystals; Nanoparticles; Optical diffraction; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
