Subwavelength films for standoff radiation dosimetry

Kyle J. Alvine; Bruce E. Bernacki; Wendy D. Bennett; Alan Schemer-Kohrn; Jonathan D. Suter

doi:10.1117/12.2177140

22 May 2015 Subwavelength films for standoff radiation dosimetry

Kyle J. Alvine, Bruce E. Bernacki, Wendy D. Bennett, Alan Schemer-Kohrn, Jonathan D. Suter

Proceedings Volume 9455, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XVI; 945503 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177140
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2015, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

We present optical subwavelength nanostructure architecture suitable for standoff radiation dosimetry with remote optical readout in the visible or infrared spectral regions. To achieve this, films of subwavelength structures are fabricated over several square inches via the creation of a 2D non-close packed (NCP) array template of radiationsensitive polymeric nanoparticles, followed by magnetron sputtering of a metallic coating to form a 2D array of separated hemispherical nanoscale metallic shells. The nanoshells are highly reflective at resonance in the visible or infrared depending on design. These structures and their behavior are based on the open ring resonator (ORR) architecture and have their analog in resonant inductive-capacitive (LC) circuits, which display a resonance wavelength that is inversely proportional to the square root of the product of the inductance and capacitance. Therefore, any modification of the nanostructure material properties due to radiation alters the inductive or capacitive behavior of the subwavelength features, which in turn changes their optical properties resulting in a shift in the optical resonance. This shift in resonance may be remotely interrogated actively using either laser illumination or passively by hyperspectral or multispectral sensing with broadband illumination. These structures may be designed to be either anisotropic or isotropic, which can also offer polarization-sensitive interrogation. We present experimental measurements of a radiation induced shift in the optical resonance of a subwavelength film after exposure to an absorbed dose of gamma radiation from 2 Mrad up to 62 Mrad demonstrating the effect. Interestingly the resonance shift is non-monotonic for this material system and possible radiation damage mechanisms to the nanoparticles are discussed.

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Kyle J. Alvine, Bruce E. Bernacki, Wendy D. Bennett, Alan Schemer-Kohrn, and Jonathan D. Suter "Subwavelength films for standoff radiation dosimetry", Proc. SPIE 9455, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XVI, 945503 (22 May 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2177140

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