Optical beliaviour of hybrid LC/inorganic nanostructures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6135, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wakefield, Nicholas G ^a   Elias, Anastasia L ^a   Brett, Michael J ^a   Sit, Jeremy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dichroic dye; Glancing angle deposition; Liquid crystal hybrid; Nanostructures; Optical behaviour

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EVAPORATION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; THIN FILMS;

DICHROIC DYES; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; LIQUID CRYSTAL HYBRID; OPTICAL BEHAVIOR; OPTICAL SCATTERING;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33745778010     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.646458     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. K. Kaminska and K. Robbie, "Birefringent omnidirectional reflector", Applied Optics, 43, 1570-1576, (2004).
2. K. Kaminska, T. Brown, G. Beydaghyan and K. Robbie, "Vacuum evaporated porous silicon photonic interference filters", Applied Optics, 42, 4212-4219, (2003).
3. D. L. Liu, D. X. Ye, F. Khan, F. Tang, B. K. Lim, R. C. Pieu, G. C. Wang and T. M. Lu, "Mechanics of patterned helical Si springs on Si substrate", Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 3, 492-495, (2003).
4. T. Karabacak, P. I. Wang, G. C. Wang and T. M. Lu, "Phase transformation of single crystal beta-tungsten nanorods at elevated temperatures", Thin Solid Films, 493, 293-296, (2005).
5. K. Robbie, M. J. Brett and A. Lakhtakia, "First thin film realization of a helicoidal bianisotropic medium", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 13, 2991-2993, (1995).
6. K. Robbie, M. J. Brett and A. Lakhtakia, "Chiral sculptured thin films", Nature, 384, 616-616, (1996).
7. K. Robbie and M. J. Brett, "Sculptured thin films and glancing angle deposition: Growth mechanics and applications", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 15, 1460-1465, (1997).
8. S. R. Kennedy, M. J. Brett, O. Toader and S. John, "Fabrication of tetragonal square spiral photonic crystals", Nano Letters, 2, 59-62, (2002).
9. S. R. Kennedy, M. J. Brett, H. Miquez, O. Toader and S. John, "Optical properties of a three-dimensional silicon square spiral photonic crystal", Photonics and Nanostructures, 1, 37-42, (2003).
10. J. J. Steele, K. D. Harris and M. J. Brett, in Materials Research Society Symposium L11.4.1 - L11.4.6 (Materials Research Society, Boston, 2004).
11. K. D. Harris, A. Huizinga and M. J. Brett, "High-speed porous thin film humidity sensors", Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 5, H27-H29, (2002).
12. K. D. Harris, D. Vick, E. J. Gonzalez, T. Smy, K. Robbie and M. J. Brett, "Porous thin films for thermal barrier coatings", Surface & Coatings Technology, 138, 185-191, (2001).
13. A. C. van Popta, M. M. Hawkeye, J. C. Sit and M. J. Brett, "Gradient-index narrow-bandpass filter fabricated with glancing-angle deposition", Optics Letters, 29, 2545-2547, (2004).
14. S. R. Kennedy and M. J. Brett, "Porous broadband antireflection coating by glancing angle deposition", Applied Optics, 42, 4573-4579, (2003).
15. A. C. van Popta, J. C. Sit and M. J. Brett, "Optical properties of porous helical thin films", Applied Optics, 43, 3632-3639, (2004).
16. I. J. Hodgkinson, A. Lakhtakia and Q. H. Wu, "Experimental realization of sculptured-thin-film polarization-discriminatory light-handedness inverters", Optical Engineering, 39, 2831-2834, (2000).
17. A. Lakhtakia and V. C. Venugopal, "Dielectric thin-film helicoidal bianisotropic medium bilayers as tunable polarization-independent laser mirrors and notch filters", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 17, 135-140, (1998).
18. J. C. Sit, D. J. Broer and M. J. Brett, "Alignment and switching of nematic liquid crystals embedded in porous chiral thin films", Liquid Crystals, 27, 387-391, (2000).
19. K. Robbie, D. J. Broer and M. J. Brett, "Chiral nematic order in liquid crystals imposed by an engineered inorganic nanostructure", Nature, 399, 764-766, (1999).
20. S. R. Kennedy, J. C. Sit, D. J. Broer and M. J. Brett, "Optical activity of chiral thin film and liquid crystal hybrids", Liquid Crystals, 28, 1799-1803, (2001).
21. J. C. Sit and M. J. Brett. 9-13 (Proc. SPIE, 2003).
22. H. Zocher, "Optical aelotorphy of selective absorptive substances and mechanical generation of aelotrohpy", Naturwissenschaften, 13, 1015-1021, (1925).
23. F. J. Kahn, "Orientation of Liquid-Crystals by Surface Coupling Agents", Applied Physics Letters, 22, 386-388, (1973).
24. W. M. Gibbons, P. J. Shannon, S. T. Sun and B. J. Swetlin, "Surface-Mediated Alignment of Nematic Liquid-Crystals with Polarized Laser-Light", Nature, 351, 49-50, (1991).
25. A. C. van Popta, S. R. Kennedy, D. J. Broer, J. C. Sit and M. J. Brett, in Nanomaterials and their optical applications (SPIE, San Diego, CA, USA, 2003).
26. Heilmeier, G and L. A. Zanoni, "Guest-Host Interactions in Nematic Liquid Crystals: A New Electro-optic Effect", Applied Physics Letters, 13, 91-92, (1968).
27. D. L. White and G. N. Taylor, "New Absorptive Mode Reflective Liquid-Crystal Display Device", Journal of Applied Physics, 45, 4718-4723, (1974).
28. H. S. Cole and S. Aftergut, "Dependence of Absorption and Optical Contrast of a Dichroic Dye Guest on Pitch of a Chiral Nematic Host", Applied Physics Letters, 31, 58-59, (1977).
29. E. Collett. Polarized Light: Fundamentals and Applications (Marcel Dekker, New York, 1993).