ALLOPLASM

tunAble Liquid-crystal LOng-range surface PLASMon polariton components

Coordinatore	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE    more  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Romeo Cognome: Beccherelli Email: send email Telefono: 390650000000 Fax: 390650000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	180˙084 €
EC contributo	180˙084 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-09-01   -   2013-08-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Romeo Cognome: Beccherelli Email: send email Telefono: 390650000000 Fax: 390650000000	IT (ROMA)	coordinator	180˙084.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'ALLOPLASM aims at the theoretical analysis and the experimental fabrication and characterization of liquid-crystal tunable long-range surface plasmon polariton elements. Conventional metal stripe plasmonic waveguides shall be enhanced with an electrically-switchable liquid-crystal superstrate layer. Through appropriate design, the electrical tuning of the LC-molecule tilting shall control the level of structural asymmetry and, therefore, the propagation properties, such as propagation constant and losses.

The proposed structures shall be first theoretically analyzed and optimized by means of numerical tools, e.g. finite-element method, capable of addressing the anisotropic nature of the waveguiding structures. The derived structures shall be fabricated and optically characterized. Three types of end-components are targeted: a) a variable optical attenuator, b) a Mach-Zender interferometric modulator, and c) a directional coupler switch. Finally, the fabricated prototypes shall be packaged and pig-tailed, leading to compact electrically-tunable end-components.

The fellowship aims to promote the career development of the fellow, who already possesses a strong theoretical background in optics, nanophotonics and nanomaterials, as well as in numerical tools needed to study the properties of optical waveguiding structures, which comprise both isotropic and anisotropic materials, such as liquid crystals. During this project he will receive complementary training in clean room fabrication processes, clean room processes specific to fabrication of liquid crystal guided optics devices, morphological investigation techniques, back-end processing and optical characterization of free space and guided optics devices. Training-by-research will provide him expertise in the entire chain of integrated optics devices.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

EU-funded scientists used liquid crystals for designing functional plasmonic components.