Regular Periodic Surface Structures on Indium Tin Oxide Film Efficiently Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser Direct Writing with a Cylindrical Lens
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Laser Direct Writing Setup and Sample Characterization
2.2. Real-Time Absorptance Measurement Setup
2.3. Structural Color Measurement Setup
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Formation of LSFL on ITO Film
3.2. Theoretical Simulation of Light Field Distribution
3.3. Effects of Scanning Velocity and Laser Fluence on LSFL Quality
4. Large-Area LSFL Fabrication and Applications
4.1. Fabrication of Large-Area LSFL
4.2. Structural Color Patterning
4.3. Increasing Near-Infrared Optical Transmittance
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Fluences (J/cm2) | 0 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.66 | 0.75 | 0.82 | 0.89 |
Light transmittance (%) | 37.96 | 56.83 | 65.30 | 71.32 | 76.91 | 81.32 | 90.96 |
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Chen, L.; Yang, J.; Jiang, Q.; Cao, K.; Liu, J.; Jia, T.; Sun, Z.; Xu, H. Regular Periodic Surface Structures on Indium Tin Oxide Film Efficiently Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser Direct Writing with a Cylindrical Lens. Materials 2022, 15, 5092. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155092
Chen L, Yang J, Jiang Q, Cao K, Liu J, Jia T, Sun Z, Xu H. Regular Periodic Surface Structures on Indium Tin Oxide Film Efficiently Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser Direct Writing with a Cylindrical Lens. Materials. 2022; 15(15):5092. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155092
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Long, Jian Yang, Qilin Jiang, Kaiqiang Cao, Jukun Liu, Tianqing Jia, Zhenrong Sun, and Hongxing Xu. 2022. "Regular Periodic Surface Structures on Indium Tin Oxide Film Efficiently Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser Direct Writing with a Cylindrical Lens" Materials 15, no. 15: 5092. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15155092