Method for fabricating pixelated, multicolor polarizing films

Alethia G. de León; Yvo Dirix; Yannick Staedler; Kirill Feldman; Georg Hähner; Walter R. Caseri; Paul Smith

doi:10.1364/AO.39.004847

Method for fabricating pixelated, multicolor polarizing films

Alethia G. de León, Yvo Dirix, Yannick Staedler, Kirill Feldman, Georg Hähner, Walter R. Caseri, Paul Smith

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Abstract

Pixelated, multicolor polarizing filters-of potential use in full-color displays-were produced by what we believe to be a novel method, i.e., masked evaporation of silver and gold onto glass substrates partially covered with separated sub-micrometer-wide strips of oriented poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE), prepared by friction deposition. The evaporated metal films preferentially nucleated at the glass surface and, consequently, formed parallel arrays in between the PTFE strips. The structures thus produced feature a strong angle-dependent absorption of polarized visible light, allowing for optical switching between red and blue and between green and yellow.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4847-4851
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	39
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.39.004847
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2000

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