Electrically switchable multicolored filter using plasmonic nanograting integrated with liquid crystal for optical storage and encryption

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 31; no. 7; pp. 11940 - 11953
• Main Authors: Zhang, Shijie, Wang, Qi, Xu, Banglian, Hong, Ruijin, Zhang, Dawei, Zhuang, Songlin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 27-03-2023
• ISSN: 1094-4087; 1094-4087
• DOI: 10.1364/OE.485787

This study proposed the synergistic merging of twisted-nematic liquid crystals (LCs) and nanograting embedded etalon structures for plasmonic structure color generation, realizing dynamic multifunctional metadevices. Metallic nanogratings and dielectric cavities were designed to provide color selectivity at visible wavelengths. Meanwhile, the polarization for the transmission of light could be actively manipulated by electrically modulating these integrated LCs. Moreover, manufacturing independent metadevices as single storage units with electrically controlled programmability and addressability facilitated secure information encoding and secretive transfer by dynamic high-contrast images. The approaches will pave the way for the development of customized optical storage devices and information encryption.