Structural coloring with low-index polymer nanostructures via multipolar decomposition-based design and optimization

Rabiul Islam Sikder; Myung Gi Ji; Jaeyoun Kim

doi:10.1117/12.3002806

12 March 2024 Structural coloring with low-index polymer nanostructures via multipolar decomposition-based design and optimization

Rabiul Islam Sikder, Myung Gi Ji, Jaeyoun Kim

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Proceedings Volume 12899, MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXIII; 128990K (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002806
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2024, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Recently, there have been notable advances in nanophotonic structural color generation which enabled various applications in display, anti-counterfeiting, sensors and detectors. However, most advances in this domain have been achieved through the use of high-index materials which require expensive and complex fabrication. In this work, we enable low-index polymer nanostructures to generate structural colors using the multipolar decomposition technique which allows a better understanding and design of the scattering process by identifying the dominant multipole modes from the scattered fields. We set a polymeric (n~1.56) cuboid as the structural color generation platform, examined the contributions of various multipoles from the wave scattered by it, and synthesized the desired color spectrum by adjusting only the height of the cuboid. To validate our findings, we fabricated the designed structural color pixels via light-controlled, low-pressure nanoimprinting and measured the color and spectrum from them. Our experimental results agreed well with the simulation results, providing insights for bringing further advances to structural coloring.

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Rabiul Islam Sikder, Myung Gi Ji, and Jaeyoun Kim "Structural coloring with low-index polymer nanostructures via multipolar decomposition-based design and optimization", Proc. SPIE 12899, MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XXIII, 128990K (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002806

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