Tunable Meta‐Liquid Crystals. Issue 8 (8th December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Mingkai; Fan, Kebin; Padilla, Willie; Powell, David A.; Zhang, Xin; Shadrivov, Ilya V.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 28:Issue 8(2016)
• Page Start: 1553
• Page End: 1558
• Publication Date: 2015-12-08
• Subjects: metamaterials -- meta‐mesogens -- meta‐liquid crystals; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201504924
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : Meta‐liquid crystals, a novel form of tunable 3D metamaterials, are proposed and experimentally demonstrated in the terahertz frequency regime. A morphology change under a bias electric field and a strong modulation of the transmission are observed. In comparison to conventional liquid crystals, there is considerable freedom to prescribe the electromagnetic properties through the judicious design of the meta‐atom geometry.