Dynamic Tuning of Surface Plasmon Polaritons via Thermally Controlled Liquid Crystals

Cetin, Arif E.Mertiri, AlketHuang, MinErramilli, ShvamsundcrAltug, Hatice2016-08-162016-08-162016-08-16201410.1364/CLEO_QELS.2014.FTu3K.4https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/128610We present a thermally controlled plasmonic substrate in contact with a liquid crystal offering spectral tunings similar to 18.7 nm within similar to 18 degrees C at LC nematic phase. Nematic/ isotropic transition also enables similar to 12 nm spectral change only within similar to 1 degrees C.Dynamic Tuning of Surface Plasmon Polaritons via Thermally Controlled Liquid Crystalstext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper