Nanostructured gradient index microoptics

Author

Buczynski, R. ; Filipkowski, A. ; Piechal, B. ; Pysz, D. ; Klimczak, M. ; Siwicki, B. ; Waddie, A.J. ; Taghizadeh, M.R. ; Stepien, R.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Phys., Univ. of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Nanostructured gradient index (nGRIN) elements are a new class of planar-surface micro-optical components which transform optical wavefront by discrete, subwavelength changes in the refractive index perpendicular to the optical axis. We have developed a series of various nanostructured micro-optical components with various functionalities using modified stack-and -draw method. All nanostructured components are developed with two types of thermally matched soft glasses with refractive index difference of 0.04 - 0.1. In this paper we present experimental and modelling results for various type of microcomponets, including spherical, elliptical and axicon lenses.

Keywords

gradient index optics; lenses; micro-optics; refractive index; GRIN; axicon lenses; elliptical lens; microcomponets; nanostructured gradient index microoptics; planar-surface micro-optical components; refractive index; spherical lens; transform optical wavefront; Fabrication; Glass; Indexes; Lenses; Microoptics; Optical fibers; Refractive index; axicons; effective medium theory; microoptics; nanostructured materials; optical fibres; soft glass;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193458

Filename

7193458