Three-dimensional plasmonic stereoscopic prints in full colour

Xiao Ming Goh, Yihan Zheng, Shawn J. Tan, Lei Zhang, Karthik Kumar, Cheng-Wei Qiu () and Joel K. W. Yang ()
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Xiao Ming Goh: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
Yihan Zheng: National University of Singapore
Shawn J. Tan: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
Lei Zhang: National University of Singapore
Karthik Kumar: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)
Cheng-Wei Qiu: National University of Singapore
Joel K. W. Yang: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research)

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Metal nanostructures can be designed to scatter different colours depending on the polarization of the incident light. Such spectral control is attractive for applications such as high-density optical storage, but challenges remain in creating microprints with a single-layer architecture that simultaneously enables full-spectral and polarization control of the scattered light. Here we demonstrate independently tunable biaxial colour pixels composed of isolated nanoellipses or nanosquare dimers that can exhibit a full range of colours in reflection mode with linear polarization dependence. Effective polarization-sensitive full-colour prints are realized. With this, we encoded two colour images within the same area and further use this to achieve depth perception by realizing three-dimensional stereoscopic colour microprint. Coupled with the low cost and durability of aluminium as the functional material in our pixel design, such polarization-sensitive encoding can realize a wide spectrum of applications in colour displays, data storage and anti-counterfeiting technologies.

Date: 2014
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