Metal-polymer nanocomposites for stretchable optics and plasmonics

Marco A. C. Potenza; Chloé Minnai; Paolo Milani

doi:10.1117/12.2246794

21 December 2016 Metal-polymer nanocomposites for stretchable optics and plasmonics

Marco A. C. Potenza, Chloé Minnai, Paolo Milani

Proceedings Volume 10174, International Symposium on Clusters and Nanomaterials; 101740G (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2246794
Event: International Symposium on Clusters and Nanomaterials, 2015, Richmond, Virginia, United States

Abstract

Stretchable and conformable optical devices open very exciting perspectives for the fabrication of systems incorporating diffracting and optical power in a single element and of tunable plasmonic filters and absorbers. The use of nanocomposites obtained by inserting metallic nanoparticles produced in the gas phase into polymeric matrices allows to effectively fabricate cheap and simple stretchable optical elements able to withstand thousands of deformations and stretching cycles without any degradation of their optical properties. The nanocomposite-based reflective optical devices show excellent performances and stability compared to similar devices fabricated with standard techniques. The nanocomposite-based devices can be therefore applied to arbitrary curved non-optical grade surfaces in order to achieve optical power and to minimize aberrations like astigmatism. Examples discussed here include stretchable reflecting gratings, plasmonic filters tunable by mechanical stretching and light absorbers.

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Marco A. C. Potenza, Chloé Minnai, and Paolo Milani "Metal-polymer nanocomposites for stretchable optics and plasmonics", Proc. SPIE 10174, International Symposium on Clusters and Nanomaterials, 101740G (21 December 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2246794

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