Abstract
Electrically controlled switching of light is a key ingredient in modern optical communication and display systems. Optoelectronic modulators and switches usually change the properties of transmitted, reflected or diffracted light beams. In contrast, optoelectronic light scattering devices are rare and mainly used for smart switchable glazing. Up to now such optoelectronic scattering devices do not take advantage of noble metal nanoparticles, which are known to act as strong light scatterers when the frequency of the light is in the spectral range of the particle plasmon resonance. This resonance frequency not only depends on particle properties but also on the refractive index of the surrounding medium.
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