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Tunable plasmonic color device and method of making the same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1998407

A plasmonic system is disclosed. The system includes at least one polarizer that is configured to provide at least one linearly polarized broadband light beam, an anisotropic plasmonic metasurface (APM) assembly having a plurality of nanoantennae each having a predetermined orientation with respect to a global axis representing encoded digital data, the APM assembly configured to receive the at least one linearly polarized broadband light beam and by applying localized surface plasmon resonance reflect light with selectable wavelengths associated with the predetermined orientations of the nanoantennae, and at least one analyzer that is configured to receive the reflected light with selectable wavelength, wherein the relative angles between each of the at least one analyzers and each of the at least one polarizers are selectable with respect to the global axis, thereby allowing decoding of the digital data.

Research Organization:
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, IN)
Patent Number(s):
11,656,386
Application Number:
17/224,338
OSTI ID:
1998407
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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