Title :
Refractive index of nanolayered polymeric optical materials
Author :
Brindza, Michael ; Rosenberg, A. ; Beadie, G. ; Shirk, James S. ; Ponting, M. ; Baer, E.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Sci. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally tested a predictive model of refractive index proposed for nanolayered polymer films for use in designing and fabricating biologically inspired GRIN lenses, which enables good estimation of index based on component weight fractions.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; lenses; nanostructured materials; optical polymers; refractive index; biologically inspired GRIN lenses; component weight fractions; index estimation; nanolayered polymer films; nanolayered polymeric optical materials; predictive model; refractive index; Films; Indexes; Lenses; Mathematical model; Polymers; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
