Towards liquid crystalline elastomer optically tunable photonic microstructures

S. Nocentini; D. Martella; C. Parmeggiani; S. Zanotto; D. S. Wiersma

doi:10.1117/12.2239404

16 September 2016 Towards liquid crystalline elastomer optically tunable photonic microstructures

S. Nocentini, D. Martella, C. Parmeggiani, S. Zanotto, D. S. Wiersma

Proceedings Volume 9920, Active Photonic Materials VIII; 992025 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239404
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper we investigate the potentials of liquid crystalline elastomer microstructures for the realization of optically tunable photonic microstructures. While certain limitations regarding the compromise between feature size and structure warping have been observed, it turns out that the simultaneous presence of a refractive index tuning effect and of a shape tuning effect intrinsic to the LCE material can be harnessed to design tunable photonic devices with unique behavior.

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S. Nocentini, D. Martella, C. Parmeggiani, S. Zanotto, and D. S. Wiersma "Towards liquid crystalline elastomer optically tunable photonic microstructures", Proc. SPIE 9920, Active Photonic Materials VIII, 992025 (16 September 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239404

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