title: Electro-optic characteristics of a transparent nanophotonic device based on carbon nanotubes and liquid crystals.
abstract: We present electro-optic characteristics of a transparent nanophotonic device fabricated on quartz substrate based on multiwall carbon nanotubes and nematic liquid crystals (LCs). The nanotube electrodes spawn a Gaussian electric field to three dimensionally address the LC molecules. The electro-optic characteristics of the device were investigated to optimize the device performance and it was found that lower driving voltages were suitable for microlens array and phase modulation applications, while higher driving voltages with a holding voltage can be used for display-related applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering, Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics, University of Cambridge, 9 J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Ranjith
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajasekharan
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Timothy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Wilkinson