Terahertz optical properties of polymethacrylates after thermal annealingShow others and affiliations
2019 (English)In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Nanotechnology and Microelectronics, ISSN 2166-2746, E-ISSN 2166-2754, Vol. 37, no 6, article id 062924Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Polymer-based stereolithographic additive manufacturing has been established for the rapid and low-cost fabrication of terahertz (THz) optical components due to its ability to construct complex 3D geometries with high resolution. For polymer-based or integrated optics, thermal annealing processes are often used to optimize material properties. However, despite the growing interest in THz optics fabricated using stereolithography, the effects of thermal annealing on the THz dielectric properties of polymethacrylates compatible with stereolithography have not yet been studied. In this paper, the authors report on the THz ellipsometric response of thermally annealed polymethacrylates prepared using UV polymerization. The findings indicate that the investigated polymethacrylates maintain a stable optical response in the THz spectral range from 650 to 950 GHz after thermal annealing at temperatures up to 70 degrees C for several hours. Published by the AVS.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
A V S AMER INST PHYSICS , 2019. Vol. 37, no 6, article id 062924
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Textile, Rubber and Polymeric Materials
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-165205DOI: 10.1116/1.5122801ISI: 000522021700075OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-165205DiVA, id: diva2:1424549
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Funding Agencies|National Science Foundation (NSF) within the I/UCRC Center for MetamaterialsNational Science Foundation (NSF) [1624572]; U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) [W911NF-14-1-0299]; Department of Physics and Optical Science of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Swedish Agency for Innovation SystemsVinnova [2014-04712]
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