Nanocomposites as Next-Generation Optical Materials: Fundamentals, Design and Advanced Applications [Hardcover]

This book looks at advanced nanocomposites, introducing long-awaited concepts towards bridging the gap between nanostructured optical materials and next-generation imaging systems. It investigates nanocomposites as bulk optical materials and highlights the immense potential they hold for real-world optical elements and systems, such as smartphone cameras. It covers the full spectrum of nanocomposite optical materials from their fundamental properties to analytical modeling and detailed application examples. This book also provides an in-depth discussion of the role these new materials play in the development of broadband flat optics  diffractive optical elements used for enhancing high-end broadband imaging systems. Written by an industry expert, this book seamlessly connects fundamental research and real-world applications. It is the ideal guide both for optical engineers working towards integrating new technologies, and researchers involved with fundamental research on optical materials.

1 Introduction.- 2 Fundamentals of Effective Media and Diffractive Optics.- 3 Design of Bulk Optical Nanocomposites.- 4 Nanocomposites as Tunable Optical Materials.- 5 Achromatic Diffractive Optical Elements (DOEs) for Broadband Applications.- 6 The Potential of Nanocomposites for Optical Design.- 7 Outlook.- Appendix.

Daniel Werdehausen strives to bridge the gulf between academic research and industrial applications. To this end, he currently serves as a Project Manager in the Corporate Research & Technology department of ZEISS. Before taking on this role, he completed his doctoral research as Marie-Sklodowska-Curie fellow in a joint project of ZEISS and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. During his prior education Daniel Werdehausen worked extensively on both fundamental and applied research topics in different renowned institutions including the ?cole polytechnique f?d?rale de Lausanne, the Max Planck Institute for Solid State ReslC1