Tunable infrared reflectance by phonon modulation
| Patent Number: | 9,909,233 |
| Issued: | 3/6/2018 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | The present invention pertains to the use of mobile coherent interfaces in a ferroelectric material to interact with optical phonons and, ultimately, to affect the material's optical properties. In altering the optical phonon properties, the optical properties of the ferroelectric material in the spectral range near-to the phonon mode frequency can dramatically change. This can result in a facile means to change to the optical response of the ferroelectric material in the infrared. |
| Filed: | 9/21/2017 |
| Application Number: | 15/711,122 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |