Issue 29, 2015

Laser directed writing of flat lenses on buckypaper

Abstract

Laser directed patterning of carbon nanotubes-based buckypaper for producing a diffractive optical device is presented here. Using a laser ablation method the buckypaper was patterned into a binary Fresnel zone plate lens. Computational modelling was performed which revealed excellent focusing performance of the lens for both visible and THz radiations. SEM and Raman measurements of the lens were studied to analyse the laser–material interaction. The focusing properties of the lens were characterized and a good agreement with the simulations was achieved. Hence, we exploited a new way to fabricate thin flat lens. The one-step fabrication process is economical, convenient and has great potential for industrial scale up.

Graphical abstract: Laser directed writing of flat lenses on buckypaper

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Apr 2015
Accepted
11 Jun 2015
First published
23 Jun 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale, 2015,7, 12405-12410

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Laser directed writing of flat lenses on buckypaper

S. Deng, P. Penchev, J. Liu, Y. Wang, K. Jiang, S. Dimov, Z. Zhang, Y. Liu, J. Leng and H. Butt, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 12405 DOI: 10.1039/C5NR02481A

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