Ultra-high refractive index difference optical materials-integration for optical thin-film structures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyri Paulasaari ◽  
Juha Rantala ◽  
Jukka Perento ◽  
Janne Kylma ◽  
Mikko Poutanen
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Materials ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Thin Film ◽  
Materials Integration ◽  
Refractive Index Difference

Design of Optical Thin Film Filter for Sensor Network

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahideh Khadem Hosseini ◽  
Mohammad Taghi Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Silicon Dioxide ◽  
Human Body ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Optical Thin Film ◽  
Fabry Perot ◽  
Detection Of Objects ◽  
Low Refractive Index

Human body detection is very important especially in the countries prone to earthquakes. Fabry-Perot filter as an ideal option in this field needs to be explored. This filter is useful for detection of objects that have temperature around that of the human body. In the presented research, an optical thin film Fabry-Perot filter (FPF) at the wavelength about 8 um to 14 um is investigated. The important factors on transmission spectrum and the band width of filter are discussed. Additionally structural factors such as layers material and their thickness are explored. Various materials with high and low refractive index are examined by TFCalc3.5 for thin film layers. Germanium (Ge) with the refractive index 4.20 is selected for layer with high refractive index and Silicon Dioxide (SiO2) with the refractive index 1.46 is selected for low refractive index layer. Our simulation results lead to optimum parameters as: Germanium layer with 196nm thickness and Silicon Dioxide layer with 451nm thickness. Simulation of proposed filter indicated that the transfer coefficient is more than 90% in desired spectrum. Filter structure can be used on Infrared detectors to improve their resolutions and detection.

scholarly journals Multi-Layer Anti-Reflection Film Based on SiOx and NbOx by DC Pulse Sputter System with Inductively Coupled Plasma Source

Crystals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 424
Author(s):  
Hanbin Lee ◽  
Minjeong Park ◽  
Minhyon Jeon ◽  
Byeongcheol Kim
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Visible Light ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Mechanical Tests ◽  
Optical Simulation ◽  
Optical Thin Film ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Refractive Index Material

The research on anti-reflection (AR) optical thin film has long sought to obtain high-performance reflection and transmission properties in photovoltaic and photonic devices. The study of multi-layer AR (M-AR) film with low- and high-refractive-index materials is essential to increase the selective transmittance and reflectance at visible light wavelengths. However, M-AR film exhibits low substrate adhesion and slow deposition rates. We developed a DC pulse sputter system incorporating an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source of high density to obtain high-quality M-AR film. Six-layer AR optical thin film was simulated using SiOx as a low-refractive-index material and NbOx as a high-refractive-index material. The multi-layer AR film based on SiOx and NbOx (M-SiNb) was fabricated using DC pulse sputtering which incorporated an ICP source. M-SiNb film exhibited better properties than the optical simulation results at 550 nm (transmittance: 99.19%, reflectance: 0.87%). Similarly, the M-SiNb film fabricated using the ICP source had high transmittance and reflectance in the visible light region and excellent adhesion to the substrate notwithstanding the various mechanical tests it was subjected to. Consequently, the development of the DC pulse sputter system included the ICP source, and this study represents important research in the field of optical film.

scholarly journals Suppression of scattering for small dielectric particles: anapole mode and invisibility

2017 ◽  
Vol 375 (2090) ◽  
pp. 20160069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Luk'yanchuk ◽  
Ramón Paniagua-Domínguez ◽  
Arseniy I. Kuznetsov ◽  
Andrey E. Miroshnichenko ◽  
Yuri S. Kivshar
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Electric Dipole ◽  
Fano Resonance ◽  
Optical Materials ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Destructive Interference ◽  
Total Scattering ◽  
Dipole Radiation ◽  
New Horizons ◽  
Dielectric Particles

We reveal that an isotropic, homogeneous, subwavelength particle with high refractive index can produce ultra-small total scattering. This effect, which follows from the inhibition of the electric dipole radiation, can be identified as a Fano resonance in the scattering efficiency and is associated with the excitation of an anapole mode in the particle. This anapole mode is non-radiative and emerges from the destructive interference of electric and toroidal dipoles. The invisibility effect could be useful for the design of highly transparent optical materials. This article is part of the themed issue ‘New horizons for nanophotonics’.

Effects of One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal on Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells

2013 ◽  
Vol 827 ◽  
pp. 49-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Wang ◽  
Hai Na Mo ◽  
Zi Qiao Lou ◽  
Ke Meng Yang ◽  
Yue Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Photonic Crystal ◽  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Energy Conversion Efficiency ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Si Solar Cells ◽  
Refractive Index Difference

We have designed lateral contact thin film silicon-based solar cells with and without one-dimensional photonic crystals as back surface field layer. The photonic crystal comprises a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) for trapping the light. Simulations demonstrate that energy conversion efficiency and short circuit current ISCfor c-Si solar cells with the photonic crystal structure are increased to 21.11% and 27.0 mA, respectively, from 18.33% and 22.8mA of the one without photonic crystal. In addition, the effects of DBRs consisting of different materials are investigated in our simulations. When the refractive index difference between sub-layers of the DBR is larger, the forbidden band width is broader, the reflectance of the DBR is higher, and more photons are reflected and trapped into the active region, then the absorption efficiency and the energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell are both increased. The bigger the refractive index difference of the DBRs sub-layers is, the broader the forbidden band width is. In addition, a-Si solar cells with and without DBR are also discussed.

scholarly journals Enhancement of artificial magnetism via resonant bianisotropy

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Markovich ◽  
Kseniia Baryshnikova ◽  
Alexander Shalin ◽  
Anton Samusev ◽  
Alexander Krasnok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Materials ◽  
Magnetic Interaction ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Spherical Particles ◽  
Magnetic Response ◽  
Geometrical Arrangement ◽  
Flexible Control ◽  
Illumination Direction ◽  
Displacement Currents

Abstract All-dielectric “magnetic light” nanophotonics based on high refractive index nanoparticles allows controlling magnetic component of light at nanoscale without having high dissipative losses. The artificial magnetic optical response of such nanoparticles originates from circular displacement currents excited inside those structures and strongly depends on geometry and dispersion of optical materials. Here an approach for enhancing of magnetic response via resonant bianisotropy effect is proposed and analyzed. The key mechanism of enhancement is based on electric-magnetic interaction between two electrically and magnetically resonant nanoparticles of all-dielectric dimer. It was shown that proper geometrical arrangement of the dimer in respect to the incident illumination direction allows flexible control over all vectorial components of the magnetic moment, tailoring the latter in the dynamical range of 100% and delivering enhancement up to 36% relative to performances of standalone spherical particles. The proposed approach provides pathways for designs of all-dielectric metamaterials and metasurfaces with strong magnetic responses.

scholarly journals Fabrication of High Refractive Index ZrO2 Thin Film by a Layer-by-layer Self-assembly Method

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-203
Author(s):  
Chang-Sik Choi ◽  
Ji-Sun Lee ◽  
Mi-Jai Lee ◽  
Young-Jin Lee ◽  
Dae-Woo Jeon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
High Refractive Index ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Zro2 Thin Film ◽  
Assembly Method
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