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Opportunity:

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its low-temperature fabrication method of bulk metamaterial structures for heat sensitive materials technology.

Background:

Optical metamaterials fabricated with nanoscale level structures have the ability to manipulate light in novel and more advantageous ways than possible with conventional optics. Optical metamaterials have opened up a plethora of practical applications including spectral selectivity, wavefront and polarization control, and the control of light radiation and detection. Current optical metasurface fabrication technologies utilize metasurface mask generation and pattern transfer processes that are not compatible with heat sensitive materials.

Description:

Heat sensitive materials such as piezoelectric and MEMS devices and assemblies, magnetic sensors, nonlinear optical crystals, laser glass or solid-state laser materials, etc. cannot be exposed to excess temperatures which in the context of this invention, means materials that cannot be exposed to temperatures greater than 50°C (122°F). LLNL’s invention describes a low-temperature method of fabricating bulk metamaterial structures based on a combination of compatible metasurface mask generation and pattern transfer processes.

Advantages/Benefits:

• Enables optical metasurfaces to be fabricated on bulk materials not previously possible with current process methods.

Potential Applications:

• Creating optical metasurfaces on heat sensitive materials such as piezoelectric and MEMS devices and assemblies, magnetic sensors, nonlinear optical crystals, laser glass or solid-state laser materials, etc.

Development Status:

Current stage of technology development: TRL 3

LLNL has filed for patent protection on this invention.

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Innovation and Partnerships Office

P.O. Box 808, L-779

Livermore, CA 94551-0808

Attention: IL-13840

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