High contrast modulation of plasmonic signals using nanoscale dual-frequency liquid crystals

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 15265-15274

  Smalley, Joseph S T ^a   Zhao, Yanhui ^a   Nawaz, Ahmad Ahsan ^a   Hao, Qingzhen ^a   Ma, Yi ^a   Khoo, Iam Choon ^a   Huang, Tony Jun ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTALS; PLASMONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALL-OPTICAL; DESIGN STRUCTURE; DUAL FREQUENCY LIQUID CRYSTALS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; FUTURE DESIGNS; HIGH CONTRAST; MODULATION DEPTH; NANO SCALE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PLASMONIC; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SWITCHING ENERGY; SWITCHING SPEED; TWO-STATE; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED;

MODULATION;

NANOMATERIAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79961076095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.015265     Document Type: Article

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