Electro-optical control in a plasmonic metamaterial hybridised with a liquid-crystal cell

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1633-1638

  Buchnev, O ^a   Ou, J Y ^a   Kaczmarek, M ^a   Zheludev, N I ^a   Fedotov, V A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAMATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMONS;

CONTROL SIGNAL; ELECTRO-OPTICAL; HYBRIDISATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PLASMONIC METAMATERIALS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874053713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.001633     Document Type: Article

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