@article{c756f88072834539aaade22346005807,
title = "Diffractive optical element embedded in silver-doped nanocomposite glass",
abstract = "A diffractive optical element is fabricated with relative ease in a glass containing spherical silver nanoparticles 30 to 40 nm in diameter and embedded in a surface layer of thickness ~10 µm. The nanocomposite was sandwiched between a mesh metallic electrode with a lattice constant 2 µm, facing the nanoparticle containing layer and acting as an anode, and a flat metal electrode as cathode. Applying moderate direct current electric potentials of 0.4 kV and 0.6 kV at an elevated temperature of 200°C for 30 minutes across the nanocomposites led to the formation of a periodic array of embedded structures of metallic nanoparticles. The current-time dynamics of the structuring processes, optical analyses of the structured nanocomposites and diffraction pattern of one such fabricated element are presented.",
keywords = "Microstructure fabrication, Nanomaterials, Glass and other amorphous materials, Diffractive optics",
author = "Fleming, {Lauren A.} and Stefan Wackerow and Hourd, {Andrew C.} and Gillespie, {W. Allan} and Gerhard Seifert and Amin Abdolvand",
note = "Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1364/OE.20.022579",
language = "English",
volume = "20",
pages = "22579--22548",
journal = "Optics Express",
issn = "1094-4087",
publisher = "Optical Society of America",
number = "20",
}