Optical phase modulation using a hybrid carbon nanotube-liquid-crystal nanophotonic device
Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 8, pp. 1237-1239 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.001237
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Abstract
The carbon nanotube-liquid-crystal (CNT-LC) nanophotonic device is a class of device based on the hybrid combination of a sparse array of multiwall carbon nanotube electrodes grown on a silicon surface in a liquid-crystal cell. The multiwall carbon nanotubes act as individual electrode sites that spawn an electric-field profile, dictating the refractive index profile within the liquid crystal and hence creating a series of graded index profiles, which form various optical elements such as a simple microlens array. We present the refractive index and therefore phase modulation capabilities of a CNT-LC nanophotonic device with experimental results as well as computer modeling and potential applications.
© 2009 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(230.0230) Optical devices : Optical devices
(230.3720) Optical devices : Liquid-crystal devices
(350.4600) Other areas of optics : Optical engineering
(350.4238) Other areas of optics : Nanophotonics and photonic crystals
ToC Category:
Optical Devices
History
Original Manuscript: January 26, 2009
Revised Manuscript: February 27, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: March 4, 2009
Published: April 10, 2009
Citation
Ranjith Rajasekharan-Unnithan, Haider Butt, and Timothy D. Wilkinson, "Optical phase modulation using a hybrid carbon nanotube-liquid-crystal nanophotonic device," Opt. Lett. 34, 1237-1239 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-34-8-1237
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