Title :
Polymer-nanocomposite anti-reflective coating fabricated by resonant IR matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation
Author :
Mayo, Daniel C. ; Singaravelu, Senthilraja ; Hee-Kuwon Park ; Grigoropoulos, Costas P. ; Schriver, Kenneth E. ; Haglund, R.F.
Author_Institution :
Interdiscipl. Mater. Sci. Program, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a multilayer anti-reflective conformal coating for polycarbonate substrates, using a a polymer nanocomposite, fabricated by resonant infrared pulsed laser evaporation. The coating has 97% transmission, and less than 0.6% reflectivity over the visible spectrum.
Keywords :
antireflection coatings; evaporation; infrared spectra; laser materials processing; nanocomposites; nanofabrication; nanophotonics; optical fabrication; optical multilayers; optical polymers; reflectivity; visible spectra; multilayer antireflective conformal coating; optical transmission; polycarbonate substrates; polymer-nanocomposite antireflective coating; polymer-nanocomposite fabrication; reflectivity; resonant infrared matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation; visible spectrum; Coatings; Ethanol; Nanoparticles; Polymers; Reflectivity; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
