Analysis of tunable characteristics of liquid-crystal-based hyperbolic metamaterials

References

• Pendry JB. Negative refraction makes a perfect lens. Phys Rev Lett. 2000;85:3966–3969. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3966.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zhang BL. Electrodynamics of transformation-based invisibility cloaking. Light-Sci Appl. 2012;1:1–9.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Scalora M, D’Aguanno G, Mattiucci N, et al. Negative refraction and sub-wavelength focusing in the visible range using transparent metallo-dielectric stacks. Opt Exp. 2007;15:508–523. doi:10.1364/OE.15.000508.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jacob Z, Smolyaninov II, Narimanov EE. Broadband Purcell effect: radiative decay engineering with metamaterials. Appl Phys Lett. 2012;100:181105–181107. doi:10.1063/1.4710548.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zheludev NI, Kivshar YS. From metamaterials to metadevices. Nat Mater. 2012;11:917–924. doi:10.1038/nmat3431.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pawlik G, Tarnowski K, Walasik W, et al. Liquid crystal hyperbolic metamaterial for wide-angle negative-positive refraction and reflection. Opt Lett. 2014;39:1744. arXiv preprint arXiv:14011761. doi:10.1364/OL.39.001744.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bossard JA, Liang X, Li L, et al. Tunable frequency selective surfaces and negative-zero-positive index metamaterials based on liquid crystals. IEEE Trans Antennas Propag. 2008;56:1308–1320. doi:10.1109/TAP.2008.922174.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alihosseini F, Ahmadi V, Mir A. Design and analysis of a tunable liquid crystal switch/filter with metallic nano-slits. Liq Cryst. 2015;42:1638–1642.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kowerdziej R, Parka J, Nyga P, et al. Simulation of a tunable metamaterial with nematic liquid crystal layers. Liq Cryst. 2011;38:377–379. doi:10.1080/02678292.2010.549614.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peroukidis SD, Yannopapas V, Vanakaras AG, et al. Plasmonic response of ordered arrays of gold nanorods immersed within a nematic liquid crystal. Liq Cryst. 2014;41:1430–1435. doi:10.1080/02678292.2014.923538.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Minovich A, Neshev DN, Powell DA, et al. Tunable fishnet metamaterials infiltrated by liquid crystals. Appl Phys Lett. 2010;96:193103. doi:10.1063/1.3427429.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kowerdziej R, Parka J, Krupka J. Experimental study of thermally controlled metamaterial containing a liquid crystal layer at microwave frequencies. Liq Cryst. 2011;38:743–747. doi:10.1080/02678292.2011.571820.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kowerdziej R, Stańczyk T, Parka J. Electromagnetic simulations of tunable terahertz metamaterial infiltrated with highly birefringent nematic liquid crystal. Liq Cryst. 2015;42:430–434. doi:10.1080/02678292.2014.1000406.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dardano P, Gagliardi M, Rendina I, et al. Ellipsometric determination of permittivity in a negative index photonic crystal metamaterial. Light-Sci Appl. 2012;1:1–5.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Prokes SM, Glembocki OJ, Livenere JE, et al. Hyperbolic and plasmonic properties of Silicon/Ag aligned nanowire arrays. Opt Exp. 2013;21:14962–14974. doi:10.1364/OE.21.014962.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xu T, Agrawal A, Abashin M, et al. All-angle negative refraction and active flat lensing of ultraviolet light. Nature. 2013;497:470–474. doi:10.1038/nature12158.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Elser J, Wangberg R, Podolskiy VA, et al. Nanowire metamaterials with extreme optical anisotropy. Appl Phys Lett. 2006;89:261102–261104. doi:10.1063/1.2422893.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sihvola A. Electromagnetic mixing formulas and applications. Stevenage: The Institution of Engineering and Technology; 1999.
   Google Scholar
• Kitzerow H-S, Lorenz A, Matthias H. Tuneable photonic crystals obtained by liquid crystal infiltration. Phys Status Solidi A. 2007;204:3754–3767. doi:10.1002/pssa.v204:11.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khoo IC. Nonlinear optics, active plasmonics and metamaterials with liquid crystals. Prog Quant Electron. 2014;38:77–117. doi:10.1016/j.pquantelec.2014.03.001.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Liu YM, Bartal G, Zhang X. All-angle negative refraction and imaging in a bulk medium made of metallic nanowires in the visible region. Opt Exp. 2008;16:15439–15448. doi:10.1364/OE.16.015439.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yao J, Liu ZW, Liu YM, et al. Optical negative refraction in bulk metamaterials of nanowires. Science. 2008;321:930–930. doi:10.1126/science.1157566.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wu ST, Wu CS, Warenghem M, et al. Refractive-index dispersions of liquid-crystals. Opt Eng. 1993;32:1775–1780. doi:10.1117/12.143988.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar