TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-beam pulsed laser deposition
T2 - Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices: Advances in Materials and Innovations in Device Applications IX
AU - Darwish, Abdalla M.
AU - Wilson, Simeon
AU - Blackwell, Ashley
AU - Taylor, Keylantra
AU - Sarkisov, Sergey
AU - Patel, Darayas
AU - Mele, Paolo
AU - Koplitz, Brent
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 SPIE.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Huge number of new photonic devices, including light emitters, chemical sensors, and energy harvesters, etc. can be made of the nanocomposite coatings produced by the new multi-beam pulsed laser deposition (MB-PLD) process. We provide a short review of the conventional single-beam PLD method and explain why it is poorly suitable for making nanocomposite coatings. Then we describe the new MB-PLD process and system, particularly the multiple-beam matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MB-MAPLE) version with laser beam scanning and plume direction control. The latter one is particularly designed to make organic (polymer) - inorganic functionalized nanocomposite coatings. Polymer film serves as a host for inorganic nanoparticles that add a specific functionality to the film. We analyze the properties of such coatings using the examples of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films impregnated with the nanoparticles of rare-earth (RE) upconversion phosphors. They demonstrated the preservation of microcrystalline structure and bright upconversion emission in visible region of the phosphor nanoparticles after they were transferred in the polymer matrix during the MB-MAPLE process. The proposed technology has thus proven to serve its purpose: to make functionalized polymer nanocomposite coatings for a various potential applications.
AB - Huge number of new photonic devices, including light emitters, chemical sensors, and energy harvesters, etc. can be made of the nanocomposite coatings produced by the new multi-beam pulsed laser deposition (MB-PLD) process. We provide a short review of the conventional single-beam PLD method and explain why it is poorly suitable for making nanocomposite coatings. Then we describe the new MB-PLD process and system, particularly the multiple-beam matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MB-MAPLE) version with laser beam scanning and plume direction control. The latter one is particularly designed to make organic (polymer) - inorganic functionalized nanocomposite coatings. Polymer film serves as a host for inorganic nanoparticles that add a specific functionality to the film. We analyze the properties of such coatings using the examples of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) films impregnated with the nanoparticles of rare-earth (RE) upconversion phosphors. They demonstrated the preservation of microcrystalline structure and bright upconversion emission in visible region of the phosphor nanoparticles after they were transferred in the polymer matrix during the MB-MAPLE process. The proposed technology has thus proven to serve its purpose: to make functionalized polymer nanocomposite coatings for a various potential applications.
KW - Matrix assisted laser evaporation
KW - Multi-beam pulsed laser deposition
KW - Nanocomposite coatings
KW - Polymer-inorganic nanocomposite films
KW - Upconversion light emitters
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U2 - 10.1117/12.2214633
DO - 10.1117/12.2214633
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84951065677
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Photonic Fiber and Crystal Devices
A2 - Yin, Shizhuo
A2 - Guo, Ruyan
PB - SPIE
Y2 - 9 August 2015 through 10 August 2015
ER -