Printable ink lenses, diffusers, and 2D gratings
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Author(s)
Ahmed, Rajib
Yetisen, Ali K
El Khoury, Anthony
Butt, Haider
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Advances in holography have led to applications including data storage, displays, security labels, and colorimetric sensors. However, existing top-down approaches for the fabrication of holographic devices are complex, expensive, and expertise dependent, limiting their use in practical applications. Here, ink-based holographic devices have been created for a wide range of applications in diffraction optics. A single pulse of a 3.5 ns Nd:YAG laser allowed selective ablation of ink to nanofabricate planar optical devices. The practicality of this method is demonstrated by fabricating ink-based diffraction gratings, 2D holographic patterns, optical diffusers, and Fresnel zone plate (FZP) lenses by using the ink. The fabrication processes were rationally designed using predictive computational modeling and the devices were fabricated within a few minutes demonstrating amenability for large scale printable optics through industrial manufacturing. It is anticipated that ink will be a promising diffraction optical material for the rapid printing of low-cost planar nanophotonic devices.
Date Issued
2017-01-07
Date Acceptance
2016-11-22
Citation
Nanoscale, 2017, 9 (1), pp.266-276
ISSN
2040-3364
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Start Page
266
End Page
276
Journal / Book Title
Nanoscale
Volume
9
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017. This article is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Physics, Applied
Chemistry
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
Physics
BEAM LITHOGRAPHY
LASER-ABLATION
FLAT LENSES
BROAD-BAND
HOLOGRAMS
NANOSTRUCTURES
ARCHITECTURES
FABRICATION
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2016-11-23