• DocumentCode
    3006872
  • Title

    Biomimetic Optical Polymers

  • Author

    Shirk, James S. ; Beadie, Guy ; Lepkowicz, Richard S. ; Jin, Y. ; Baer, E. ; Hiltner, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A new class of nanostructured polymer optical materials can mimic biological optical materials. Application to gradient refractive index (GRIN) lenses with an unprecedented variety of index gradients and a nonlinear 1-D photonic crystal are described.
  • Keywords
    biomimetics; gradient index optics; nanostructured materials; optical polymers; biological optical materials; biomimetic optical polymers; gradient refractive index lenses; nanostructured polymer optical materials; nonlinear 1D photonic crystal; Biological materials; Biomimetics; Crystalline materials; Lenses; Nanostructured materials; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452707
  • Filename
    4452707
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3006872