Electrically Tunable Transparent Displays for Visible Light Based on Dielectric Metasurfaces
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Zou, Chengjun; Komar, Andrei; Fasold, S.; Bohn, Justus; Muravsky, Alexander; Murauski, Anatoli; Pertsch, Thomas; Neshev, Dragomir; Staude, Isabelle
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Tunable dielectric metasurfaces able to manipulate visible light with high efficiency are promising for applications in displays, reconfigurable optical components, beam steering, and spatial light modulation. Infiltration of dielectric metasurfaces with nematic liquid crystals (LCs) is an attractive tuning approach, which is highly compatible with existing industrial platforms for optical and electronic devices. Here, we demonstrate electrically tunable transparent displays based on nematic...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Zou, Chengjun | |
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dc.contributor.author | Komar, Andrei | |
dc.contributor.author | Fasold, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bohn, Justus | |
dc.contributor.author | Muravsky, Alexander | |
dc.contributor.author | Murauski, Anatoli | |
dc.contributor.author | Pertsch, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | Neshev, Dragomir | |
dc.contributor.author | Staude, Isabelle | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-02T02:05:55Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2330-4022 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/201991 | |
dc.description.abstract | Tunable dielectric metasurfaces able to manipulate visible light with high efficiency are promising for applications in displays, reconfigurable optical components, beam steering, and spatial light modulation. Infiltration of dielectric metasurfaces with nematic liquid crystals (LCs) is an attractive tuning approach, which is highly compatible with existing industrial platforms for optical and electronic devices. Here, we demonstrate electrically tunable transparent displays based on nematic LC-infiltrated tunable dielectric metasurfaces at visible frequencies. Importantly, the technique of photoalignment of LCs is adopted to improve the LC prealignment quality and thus the tuning accuracy and contrast in the visible. By applying a voltage across the infiltrated metasurface cell, we observe resonance shifts that are more than twice larger than their line width. We track the spectral shifts of the electric and magnetic dipole resonances as they move into and out of the so-called Huygens’ regime of high transparency originating from spectrally overlapping electric and magnetic dipole resonances. Furthermore, we realize a switchable metasurface display with a measured modulation depth of 53% at 669 nm operation wavelength for an applied voltage of 20 V. The novel LC tuning platform demonstrated in our work may lead to the development of next-generation LC display devices that are able to overcome current limitations of minimal pixel size and speed of operation. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the Project Identifier 13N14147; responsibility for the content of this work resides with the authors. Financial support by the Thuringian State Government within its ProExcellence initiative (ACP2020) and by the German Research Foundation (STA 1426/2-1) is also gratefully acknowledged. Furthermore, this project was supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) through the funds of the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). A.K. and D.N.N. acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council. This work was performed in part at the ACT node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility, a company established under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy to provide nano- and microfabrication facilities for Australia’s researchers. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | American Chemical Society | |
dc.rights | © 2019 American Chemical Society | |
dc.source | ACS Photonics | |
dc.title | Electrically Tunable Transparent Displays for Visible Light Based on Dielectric Metasurfaces | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 6 | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 020503 - Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u3102795xPUB3409 | |
local.publisher.url | https://pubs.acs.org/ | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Zou, Chengjun, Friedrich Schiller University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Komar, Andrei, College of Science, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Fasold, S., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Bohn, Justus, Friedrich Schiller University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Muravsky, Alexander, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Murauski, Anatoli, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Pertsch, Thomas, Friedrich Schiller University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Neshev, Dragomir, College of Science, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Staude, Isabelle, Friedrich‐Schiller‐University Jena | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 6 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1533 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 1540 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1021/acsphotonics.9b00301 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970102 - Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-11-25T07:38:15Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-85066150261 | |
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