dc.contributor.author | Ruan, Lizhen | en_GB |
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Fuzi | en_GB |
dc.contributor.author | Sambles, J. Roy | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-03-02T16:41:36Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-25T11:55:06Z | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-20T13:09:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-10-26 | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | Surface plasmons on silver in the visible domain are excited using a several micron thick layer of liquid crystal as the optical tunnel barrier. This thickness is possible when the orientation of the director in the liquid crystal varies from homeotropic at the entrance surface (against the coupling prism) to homogeneous on the thick silver layer at the other side of the cell, with the director tilting in a plane normal to the plane of incidence. This geometry also allows the excitation of guided modes, which mixes with the surface plasmon resonance. Both types of mode are then explored as a function of applied voltage. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 95 (17), article 171102 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1063/1.3242363 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10036/93429 | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | American Institute of Physics | en_GB |
dc.subject | metallic thin films | en_GB |
dc.subject | molecular orientation | en_GB |
dc.subject | nematic liquid crystals | en_GB |
dc.subject | silver | en_GB |
dc.subject | surface plasmon resonance | en_GB |
dc.title | Otto-coupled surface plasmons in a liquid crystal cell | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2010-03-02T16:41:36Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-25T11:55:06Z | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-20T13:09:21Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-6951 | en_GB |
dc.description | Copyright © 2009 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters 95 (2009) and may be found at http://link.aip.org/link/?APPLAB/95/171102/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Applied Physics Letters | en_GB |