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Nanometre optical coatings based on strong interference effects in highly absorbing media
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It is shown that under appropriate conditions interference can instead persist in ultrathin, highly absorbing films of a few to tens of nanometres in thickness, and a new type of optical coating comprising such a film on a metallic substrate, which selectively absorbs various frequency ranges of the incident light is demonstrated.Abstract:
Optical coatings usually consist of many multilayers of thin films to achieve the desired properties A new approach using interference effects between an absorbing dielectric film and a metallic substrate now enables ultrathin optical coatings that could also find applications as thin solar cells or photodetectorsread more
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Flat Optics With Designer Metasurfaces
Nanfang Yu,Federico Capasso +1 more
TL;DR: This Review focuses on recent developments on flat, ultrathin optical components dubbed 'metasurfaces' that produce abrupt changes over the scale of the free-space wavelength in the phase, amplitude and/or polarization of a light beam.
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Metasurfaces: From microwaves to visible
Stanislav Glybovski,Sergei A. Tretyakov,Pavel A. Belov,Yuri S. Kivshar,Yuri S. Kivshar,Constantin Simovski,Constantin Simovski +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the basic physics and applications of planar metamaterials, often called metasurfaces, which are composed of optically thin and densely packed planar arrays of resonant or nearly resonant subwavelength elements, are reviewed.
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Phase-change materials for non-volatile photonic applications
TL;DR: Materials whose optical properties can be reconfigured are crucial for photonic applications such as optical memories and phase-change materials offer such utility and recent progress is reviewed.
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Electrically Tunable Metasurface Perfect Absorbers for Ultrathin Mid-Infrared Optical Modulators
TL;DR: It is shown that a widely tunable metasurface composed of optical antennas on graphene can be incorporated into a subwavelength-thick optical cavity to create an electrically tunable perfect absorber.
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Plasmonic colour generation
Anders Kristensen,Joel K. W. Yang,Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi,Stephan Link,Peter Nordlander,Naomi J. Halas,N. Asger Mortensen +6 more
TL;DR: Plasmonic colours are structural colors that emerge from resonant interactions between light and metallic nanostructures as mentioned in this paper, which can be used to colour large surfaces, can be mass-produced and dynamically reconfigured, and can provide sub-diffraction resolution.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss various topics about optics, such as geometrical theories, image forming instruments, and optics of metals and crystals, including interference, interferometers, and diffraction.
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Thin-film optical filters
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theoretical analysis of thin-film dielectric materials and apply it to filter and coating applications, showing that layer uniformity and thickness monitoring are important factors affecting layer and coating properties.
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Optical Waves in Layered Media
Pochi Yeh,Michael Hendry +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Electromagnetic Field and its interaction with Matter are discussed, and a matrix formulation for Isotropic Layered Media is proposed. But it is not shown how to apply it to a single homogeneous and isotropic layer.
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Optical waves in layered media
TL;DR: Optics of Semiconductor Quantum Wells and Superlattice Structures: Optics of A Single Homogeneous and Isotropic Layer and some Applications of Isotropic Layered Media.