Nanosphere dispersed liquid crystals for tunable negative–zero–positive index of refraction in the optical and terahertz regimes

I. C. Khoo; D. H. Werner; X. Liang; A. Diaz; B. Weiner

doi:10.1364/OL.31.002592

Nanosphere dispersed liquid crystals for tunable negative–zero–positive index of refraction in the optical and terahertz regimes

I. C. Khoo, D. H. Werner, X. Liang, A. Diaz, B. Weiner

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An analysis of aligned nematic liquid crystal cells containing core-shell nanospheres shows that it is possible to devise a new type of metamaterial whose index of refraction is tunable from negative, through zero, to positive values. The design parameters for the constituents can be scaled for application in the optical as well as very long wavelength (e.g., terahertz and microwave) regions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2592-2594
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.002592
State	Published - Sep 1 2006

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Nanosphere dispersed liquid crystals for tunable negative–zero–positive index of refraction in the optical and terahertz regimes

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