A widely tunable refractive index in a nanolayered photonic material

A class of composite polymer films is described in which the refractive index can be varied by simple mechanical forces. The films are comprised of 1024 alternating layers of an elastomer and a glassy polymer. When the layer spacing is much less than the wavelength of the probe light, these material...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2004-05, Vol.84 (18), p.3621-3623
Main Authors: Sandrock, Marie, Wiggins, Michael, Shirk, James S., Tai, Huiwen, Ranade, Aditya, Baer, Eric, Hiltner, Anne
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