PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES FOR MANUFACTURE OF METASURFACES

    公开(公告)号:WO2022063705A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/075690

    申请日:2021-09-17

    摘要: The present disclosure describes techniques that, in some instances, can help reduce stress and potential damage during the manufacture of optical elements such as those that include a metastructure formed by imprinting. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing an optical element includes imprinting a stamp into a polymeric material on a substrate, wherein the stamp includes first projections corresponding to an active area of the stamp for formation of meta-atoms in the polymeric material. The stamp further includes a protective structure laterally surrounding the first projections. The protective structure includes at least one additional projection extending in parallel to the first projections. The method includes removing the stamp from the polymeric material, thereby forming openings in the polymeric material in positions corresponding to the first projections and in one or more positions corresponding to the at least one additional projection.

    MANUFACTURING OF SURFACE EMITTING LASERS INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED METASTRUCTURE

    公开(公告)号:WO2022233946A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:PCT/EP2022/062002

    申请日:2022-05-04

    IPC分类号: H01S5/183 H01S5/042

    摘要: The manufacture of surface emitting lasers that include an optical metastructure are described. For example, in accordance with some implementations, a method includes providing a sequence of semiconductor layers and processing the sequence of semiconductor layers to form an upper reflector disposed over an active layer, the active layer being disposed over a lower reflector, and the lower reflector layer being disposed over a substrate. The semiconductor layers in which the upper reflector is formed include one or more outer semiconductor layers, and the method includes forming a metastructure in the one or more outer semiconductor layers.

    OPTICAL DEVICES INCLUDING AN OPTICAL LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:WO2022175380A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:PCT/EP2022/053923

    申请日:2022-02-17

    发明人: HANSSON, Niklas

    IPC分类号: G02B1/14 B32B3/02 B32B3/06

    摘要: An optical device includes a substrate and an optical layer disposed on the substrate. In some implementations, a surface of the substrate that forms an interface with the optical layer is non-planar, and an overall surface area of the interface is greater than if the surface of the substrate were planar. Adhesion of the optical layer to the substrate can, at least in some cases, be improved by the higher surface area of the interface.

    METASTRUCTURES INCLUDING NANOPARTICLES
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2022058443A2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-24

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/075515

    申请日:2021-09-16

    发明人: EILERTSEN, James

    摘要: A method includes pressing a face of a stamp into a replication material disposed on a substrate, to cause the replication material to have a predetermined characteristic, in which a plurality of nanoparticles are embedded in the replication material, the plurality of nanoparticles having a size distribution with a first local maximum at a first diameter and a second local maximum at a second, different diameter, and in which the plurality of nanoparticles includes a first subset of nanoparticles having diameters closer to the first diameter than to the second diameter and a second subset of nanoparticles having diameters closer to the second diameter than to the first diameter; curing the replication material; and removing the face of the stamp from contact with the replication material.

    METASTRUCTURE OPTICAL ELEMENTS, METASTRUCTURE OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:WO2022058385A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-24

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/075385

    申请日:2021-09-15

    IPC分类号: B82Y20/00 G02B1/00

    摘要: The present disclosure describes metastructure optical elements, assemblies, and methods of their manufacture. In some implementations, a metastructure optical element includes a first grouping of meta-atoms having a first etch characteristic. The first grouping of meta-atoms is composed of a first etched stratum. The metastructure optical element further includes a second grouping of meta-atoms having a second etch characteristic. The second grouping of meta-atoms is composed of a second etched stratum and an etched optical etch-deceleration layer. The second etched stratum is disposed on the etched optical etch-deceleration layer, and the etch-deceleration layer is disposed on a substrate.

    REPLICATION MATERIAL REMOVAL
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:WO2021260098A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:PCT/EP2021/067324

    申请日:2021-06-24

    摘要: A method includes pressing a face of a stamp into a first portion of a replication material disposed on a substrate, to cause the replication material to have a predetermined characteristic, exposing the first portion of the replication material to illumination, to modify the first portion of the replication material, and subsequently removing a second portion of the replication material that was not exposed to the illumination. An optical device includes a substrate, a portion of replication material disposed on a first surface of the substrate, the portion of replication material forming one or more diffractive optical elements, and a masking layer disposed on a second surface of the substrate, the second surface being opposite the first surface, in which a sidewall of the replication material has a straight profile, and in which the masking layer defines an aperture aligned with the portion of the replication material.