title: Photorefractive control of surface plasmon polaritons in a hybrid liquid crystal cell.
abstract: We present a photorefractive hybrid liquid crystal system that allows strong photorefractive effects on surface plasmon polaritons. We demonstrate its capability to couple energy between two 1.03 eV surface plasmon polariton modes with an efficiency of 25.3±2.3%. We present the energy and grating pitch dependence of the diffraction and a model that can qualitatively explain them.
authors: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
authors: Stephen B
authors: SB
authors: Abbott
authors: Keith R
authors: KR
authors: Daly
authors: Giampaolo
authors: G
authors: D'Alessandro
authors: Malgosia
authors: M
authors: Kaczmarek
authors: David C
authors: DC
authors: Smith