Active-Tuned Plasmonic Angle Modulator of Light Beams for Potential Application of 3D Display

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 677-682

  Li, Haibo ^a   Xu, Shuping ^a   Wang, Hailong ^a   Gu, Yuejiao ^a   Lombardi, John R ^b   Xu, Weiqing ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

3D display; active modulation; beam steering; extraordinary optical transmission; liquid crystals; plasmonics

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATION; PLASMONS; SILVER;

3-D DISPLAYS; ANGLE MODULATION; BEAM-STEERING; EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL TRANSMISSION; LIGHT BEAM SCANNING; OPTICAL DETECTION; PLASMONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 84925845599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph5000902     Document Type: Article

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