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A Bacteria‐Based Remotely Tunable Photonic Device
Author(s) -
Bennet Mathieu,
Gur Dvir,
Yoon Jonghee,
Park YongKeun,
Faivre Damien
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201600617
Subject(s) - polarization (electrochemistry) , liquid crystal , photonic crystal , materials science , bacteria , photonics , optoelectronics , computer science , biology , chemistry , genetics
The bacteria‐based photonic device is analogous to liquid‐crystal‐based devices where the liquid crystals and an electric field are replaced by magnetic bacteria and a magnetic field, respectively. The controlled orientation of the bacteria in the device is used to tune the intensity and the polarization of the light.