Publications by authors named "A Lininger"

Random lasers are highly configurable light sources that are promising for imaging and photonic integration. In this study, random lasing action was generated by optically pumping N-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-butylaniline (MBBA) liquid crystals infiltrated with gold nanoparticles and a laser dye (pyrromethene 597 (PM597)). By varying the pump energy near a lasing threshold, we show that it is possible to control intensity correlations between random lasing modes.

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Structural coloring is a photostable and environmentally friendly coloring approach that harnesses optical interference and nanophotonic resonances to obtain colors with a range of applications including display technologies, colorful solar panels, steganography, décor, data storage, and anticounterfeiting measures. We show that optical coatings exhibiting the photonic Fano Resonance present an ideal platform for structural coloring; they provide full color access, high color purity, high brightness, controlled iridescence, and scalable manufacturing. We show that an additional oxide film deposited on Fano resonant optical coatings (FROCs) increases the color purity (up to 99%) and color gamut coverage range of FROCs to 61% of the CIE color space.

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Additive manufacturing has become an important tool for fabricating advanced systems and devices for visible nanophotonics. However, the lack of simulation and optimization methods taking into account the essential physics of the optimization process leads to barriers for greater adoption. This issue can often result in sub-optimal optical responses in fabricated devices on both local and global scales.

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Metasurfaces have been extensively engineered to produce a wide range of optical phenomena, allowing exceptional control over the propagation of light. However, they are generally designed as single-purpose devices without a modifiable postfabrication optical response, which can be a limitation to real-world applications. In this work, we report a nanostructured planar-fused silica metalens permeated with a nematic liquid crystal (NLC) and gold nanoparticle solution.

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The scientific effort to control the interaction between light and matter has grown exponentially in the last 2 decades. This growth has been aided by the development of scientific and technological tools enabling the manipulation of light at deeply sub-wavelength scales, unlocking a large variety of novel phenomena spanning traditionally distant research areas. Here, the role of chirality in light-matter interactions is reviewed by providing a broad overview of its properties, materials, and applications.

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