title: Tunable Meta-Liquid Crystals.
abstract: Meta-liquid crystals, a novel form of tunable 3D metamaterials, are proposed and experimentally demonstrated in the terahertz frequency regime. A morphology change under a bias electric field and a strong modulation of the transmission are observed. In comparison to conventional liquid crystals, there is considerable freedom to prescribe the electromagnetic properties through the judicious design of the meta-atom geometry.
authors.affiliation: Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Mingkai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.|Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Kebin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.
authors.forename: Willie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Padilla
authors.affiliation: Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
authors.forename: Ilya V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Shadrivov
keywords: meta-liquid crystals; meta-mesogens; metamaterials