Electrically Controlled Nanostructured Metasurface Loaded with Liquid Crystal…

Achieving an effi cient spectral tuning in liquid-crystal (LC)-loaded active photonic metamaterials has so far remained a challenge due to strong surface anchoring of LC molecules. This paper reports on a novel approach in the development of hybrid metamaterials that enables to overcome this problem and engage for the fi rst time in-plane switching of liquid-crystal molecules on the nanoscale.…