Abstract-Voltage-controlled liquid-crystal terahertz phase shifter with indium–tin–oxide nanowhiskers as transparent electrodes

Chan-Shan Yang, Tsung-Ta Tang, Po-Han Chen, Ru-Pin Pan, Peichen Yu, and Ci-Ling Pan  »View Author Affiliations

Optics Letters, Vol. 39, Issue 8, pp. 2511-2513 (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.002511

http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-39-8-2511

Indium–tin–oxide nanowhiskers were employed as transparent electrodes in a liquid-crystal terahertz phase shifter. Transmittance of the device was as high as ∼75%. Phase shift exceeding π/2 at 1.0 THz is achieved in a ∼500  μm-thick cell. The driving voltage required for the device operating as a quarter-wave plate was as low as 17.68 V (rms), an improvement of nearly an order of magnitude over previous work.

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