Two methods to achieve the tunability of optical fishnet metamaterials

Alexander Minovich

doi:10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193990

Two methods to achieve the tunability of optical fishnet metamaterials

Alexander Minovich^*

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Abstract

In this work we propose two ways of tuning of the optical properties of a fishnet metamaterial infiltrated by liquid crystal. The first method is to control the hole mode of the structure via the reorientation of the liquid crystal molecules. We show that in this case the system is mainly sensitive to the refractive index change occurring inside the holes. The second technique is to tune surface-plasmon polariton modes. In this instance the structure becomes sensitive mainly to the refractive index change at the metal-liquid crystal interface. We demonstrate that controlling the surface modes one can achieve higher variation of the effective index (more than 300 times index enhancement), however transmission in such a system is lower than for the case of the hole mode control.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf
Pages	2142-2144
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193990
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Duration: 28 Aug 2011 → 1 Sept 2011

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Name	2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.

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Conference	2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney, NSW
Period	28/08/11 → 1/09/11

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Minovich, A. (2011). Two methods to achieve the tunability of optical fishnet metamaterials. In 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf (pp. 2142-2144). Article 6193990 (2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.). https://doi.org/10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193990

Minovich, Alexander. / Two methods to achieve the tunability of optical fishnet metamaterials. 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf. 2011. pp. 2142-2144 (2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.).

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Minovich, A 2011, Two methods to achieve the tunability of optical fishnet metamaterials. in 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf., 6193990, 2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf., pp. 2142-2144, 2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 28/08/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193990

Two methods to achieve the tunability of optical fishnet metamaterials. / Minovich, Alexander.
2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf. 2011. p. 2142-2144 6193990 (2011 Int. Quantum Electron. Conf., IQEC 2011 and Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating the Australasian Conf. Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conf.).

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