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ArticleMicromachines2023

Next-Generation Reconfigurable Nanoantennas and Polarization of Light.

Tannaz Farrahi, George K Giakos

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Article in Micromachines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors.

Tannaz FarrahiDepartment of Physics, University of Colorado, Colorado, CO 80302, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2814-3631
George K GiakosDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Manhattan College, New York, NY 10463, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study is aimed at the design, calibration, and development of a near-infrared (NIR) liquid crystal multifunctional automated optical polarimeter, which is aimed at the study and characterization of the polarimetric properties of polymer optical nanofilms. The characterization of these novel nanophotonic structures has been achieved, in terms of Mueller matrix and Stokes parameter analyses. The nanophotonic structures of this study consisted of (a) a matrix consisting of two different polymer domains, namely polybutadiene (PB) and polystyrene (PS), functionalized with gold nanoparticles; (b) cast and annealed Poly (styrene-b-methyl methacrylate) (PS-PMMA) diblock copolymers; (c) a matrix of a block copolymer (BCP) domain, PS-b-PMMA or Poly (styrene-block-methy methacrylate), functionalized with gold nanoparticles; and (d) different thicknesses of PS-b-P2VP diblock copolymer functionalized with gold nanoparticles. In all cases, backscattered infrared light was studied and related to the polarization figures-of-merit (FOM). The outcome of this study indicates that functionalized polymer nanomaterials, depending upon their structure and composition, exhibit promising optical characteristics, modulating and manipulating the polarimetric properties of light. The fabrication of technologically useful, tunable, conjugated polymer blends with an optimized refractive index, shape, size, spatial orientation, and arrangement would lead to the development of new nanoantennas and metasurfaces.

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applicationscontrol of polarizationdesign and characterization of conjugated polymer nanomaterial filmsmanipulationmetasurfacesmodulationMueller matrix analysisnear-infrared light (NIR)optical multifunctional polarimeterpolarized lightreconfigurable optical nanoantennasStokes parameters

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PMID37374717
PMCPMC10301017

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