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Title: Nanostructured layer for graded index freeform optics

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for creating an optical component having a spatially controlled refractive index. The method may involve applying a thin metal material layer to a substrate. The thin metal material layer may then be heated to create a mask having a spatially varying nano-particle distribution. The substrate may then be etched, using the mask, to imprint a spatially patterned nanostructure pattern on a surface the substrate.

Inventors:
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1650736
Patent Number(s):
10612145
Application Number:
15/625,258
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B41 - PRINTING B41J - TYPEWRITERS
C - CHEMISTRY C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL C23F - NON-MECHANICAL REMOVAL OF METALLIC MATERIAL FROM SURFACE
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 06/16/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Feigenbaum, Eyal. Nanostructured layer for graded index freeform optics. United States: N. p., 2020. Web.
Feigenbaum, Eyal. Nanostructured layer for graded index freeform optics. United States.
Feigenbaum, Eyal. Tue . "Nanostructured layer for graded index freeform optics". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650736.
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patent-application, August 2011


Patterned Thin Films by Thermally Induced Mass Displacement
patent-application, January 2015


Nanomaterial Facilitated Laser Transfer
patent-application, May 2009


Methods of Fabricating Light Emitting Diodes by Masking and Wet Chemical Etching
patent-application, February 2015