Design, fabrication and characterization of polymer-based distributed Bragg reflectors for resonant cavities

M. B. Vaello; J. Tito; Ricardo Marin Mallavia; M. M. Sanchez; S. Fernandez de Avila; A. L. Alvarez

doi:10.1117/12.528044

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19 November 2003 Design, fabrication and characterization of polymer-based distributed Bragg reflectors for resonant cavities

M. B. Vaello, J. Tito, Ricardo Marin Mallavia, M. M. Sanchez, S. Fernandez de Avila, A. L. Alvarez

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Proceedings Volume 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528044
Event: 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, 2002, Florence, Italy

Abstract

Multilayer structures of alternating polymers, poly(9-vinylcarbazole) and poly(vinyl alcohol), with reflectance peaks centered in the range 500 - 610 nm, have been deposited on silica glass subtrates by spin-coating. The dependence of their reflectance, transmittance and absorbance on the incident wavelength have been characterized by spectrophotometry. Feedback from a similar characterization on thin single layers (≈ 100 nm), together with the evaluation of thicknesses by a non-contact profilometer, have provided the input parameters to modelize numerically the spectral response of structures with 5 or 10 pairs of layers. Despite the approximations assumed, good agreement among theory and experiment has been achieved, opening the way to perform easy and inexpensive resonant cavities, in which the properties of spontaneous emission might be controlled. (Summary only available)

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M. B. Vaello, J. Tito, Ricardo Marin Mallavia, M. M. Sanchez, S. Fernandez de Avila, and A. L. Alvarez "Design, fabrication and characterization of polymer-based distributed Bragg reflectors for resonant cavities", Proc. SPIE 4829, 19th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for the Quality of Life, (19 November 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.528044

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