Leader: Kenneth Singer

Multilayer polymer films may have a number of interesting optical and electronic applications that are being investigated in this project.  Some projects exploit the optical interference effects inherent in these one-dimensional photonic crystal structures.  Such effects include the slowing down of light near the photonic bandgap edge which has allowed us to construct high performance surface emitting dye lasers.  Many of the projects involve the inclusion of active nanoparticles and/or organic molecules in multilayer polymers to enable a variety of important applications.  These projects involve the fine control of refractive index at the nano and microscale afforded by multilayer polymer films.

Projects include:

• Lasers and Light Emission
• 3-D Optical Data Storage
• Advanced Optical Filters
• Gradient Refractive Index Optics
• Multilayer Films for Solar Energy

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