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Plasmonic nanohole electrodes for active color tunable liquid crystal transmissive pixels

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Authors

Bartholomew, RJ 
Khan, A 

Abstract

Plasmonic pixels have been shown to offer numerous advantages over pigment-based color filters used in modern commercial liquid crystal (LC) displays. However, wideband dynamic tunability across the visible spectrum remains challenging. We experimentally demonstrate transmissive electrically tunable LC-nanohole pixels operating across the visible spectrum with unpolarized input light. An ultrathin Al nanohole electrode is designed to exhibit a polarized spectral response based on surface plasmon resonances. An output analyzer in combination with a nematic LC layer enables pixel color to be electronically controlled through an applied voltage across the device. Where LC re-orientation leads to tunable mixing of the relative contributions from the plasmonic color input. The nano-structured Al layer, acting as combined electrode, polarizer and functional color filter, is highly promising for electro-optic display applications.

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0306 Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural)

Journal Title

Optics Letters

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Journal ISSN

0146-9592
1539-4794

Volume Title

42

Publisher

Optical Society of America
Sponsorship
EPSRC (1463878)
EPSRC (1241027)
Cancer Research UK (21102)
Cancer Research UK (24669)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L015455/1)
David and Susan Hibbitt Scholarship Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC): Integrated Photonic and Electronic Systems (EP/L015455/1)