Infrared Optical Metamaterials

Abstract

This memorandum presents research conducted by Dr. Sarah Brittman (Code 6818) during her Jerome and Isabella Karle Distinguished Scholar Fellowship. It describes the fabrication and preliminary characterization of two new types of infrared metamaterials: 1) binary superlattices of Cu2-xS and PbS colloidal nanocrystals to harness plasmon-exciton coupling in the short-wave infrared and 2) 3D-printed, gold-coated nanospirals to manipulate the polarization and angular momentum of far-infrared light. Both new material systems allow for their critical parameters to be tuned during fabrication, opening the door to future detailed studies of structure-function properties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 24, 2021
Accession Number
AD1137640

Entities

People

  • Sarah Brittman

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Fabrication
  • Light Sources
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Microscopes
  • Momentum
  • Negative Index Metamaterials
  • Optics
  • Orbital Angular Momentum
  • Photonic Metamaterials
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Military History
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics