Manufacturing of Si-based hybrid metamaterials for increasing the refractive index in interference coatings

authored by
Philipp Henning, Marco Jupé, Stefan Bruns, Thomas Melzig, Morten Steinecke, Andreas Wienke, Michael Vergöhl
Abstract

Si/SiO2 metamaterials are produced by magnetron sputtering, and allow for a high refractive index of ~3 in the visible, as shown by model calculations. In these hybrid materials the absorption edge of Si is blue-shifted due to quantization effects.

Organisation(s)
PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering - Innovation Across Disciplines
External Organisation(s)
Fraunhofer-Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST)
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
Type
Conference contribution
No. of pages
3
Publication date
2022
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanics of Materials
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1364/OIC.2022.MD.1 (Access: Closed)