Development of a metamaterial structure for large-area surfaces with specified infrared emissivity

Raghwendra Kumar; Amit K. Agarwal; S. Anantha Ramakrishna

doi:10.1117/1.OE.57.8.087109

31 August 2018 Development of a metamaterial structure for large-area surfaces with specified infrared emissivity

Raghwendra Kumar, Amit K. Agarwal, S. Anantha Ramakrishna

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 57, Issue 8, 087109 (August 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.8.087109

Abstract

Metamaterial band-selective perfect absorbers are attractive for constructing surfaces with specified infrared emissivity. The difficulty in realizing such surfaces arises from the complexity in the manufacturing of multilayered (usually trilayered) and micro or nanostructures with high fidelity over large areas. Here, we develop and experimentally realize a simplified design for large-area metamaterials with specified infrared emissivity by utilizing the resonant excitations in a bilayered microstructure. The design is validated using computational models, and the origin of absorption in the metamaterial structure is identified. The design of the metamaterial allows for a simplification in the fabrication processes, and it is fabricated in sequential steps of fabrication of a master pattern by laser interference lithography, microstructuring on arbitrary surfaces by soft imprint lithography, and vacuum deposition of two layers of thin films. The methods are suitable for fabricating the metamaterial over flexible and extremely rough surfaces also and can be adopted easily for rapid prototyping and roll-to-roll manufacturing.

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Raghwendra Kumar, Amit K. Agarwal, and S. Anantha Ramakrishna "Development of a metamaterial structure for large-area surfaces with specified infrared emissivity," Optical Engineering 57(8), 087109 (31 August 2018). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.57.8.087109

Received: 2 May 2018; Accepted: 31 July 2018; Published: 31 August 2018

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