Band structure controlled by chiral imprinting

P. Castro-Garay*, J. Adrian Reyes, R. Ramos-Garcia

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Abstract

Using the configuration of an imprinted cholesteric elastomer immersed in a racemic solvent, the authors find the solution of the boundary-value problem for the reflection and transmission of incident optical waves due to the elastomer. They show a significant width reduction of the reflection band for certain values of nematic penetration depth, which depends on the volume fraction of molecules from the solvent, whose handedness is preferably absorbed. The appearance of nested band gaps of both handednesses during the sorting mixed chiral process is also obtained. This suggests the design of chemically controlled optical filters and optically monitored chiral pumps.

Original languageEnglish
Article number113519
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume91
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

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