Omnidirectional reflector
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1. An omnidirectional structural color (OSC) having a non-periodic layered structure, said OSC comprising:
- a multilayer stack having an outer surface and at least five layers, said at least five layers having at least two first index of refraction oxide material layers A1 and A2, at least two second index of refraction oxide material layers B1 and B2, said at least two layers A1 and A2 and at least two layers B1 and B2 alternately stacked on top of each other;
said at least A1, A2, B1 and B2 layers having a predefined thickness of dA1, dA2, dB1 and dB2, with said dA1 thickness not generally equal to said dA2, dB1 or said dB2 thickness such that said multilayer stack has a non-periodic layered structure; and
said multilayer stack defining a reflector, said reflector having a single first reflection band with a center wavelength in the visible light spectrum, said single first reflection band being a reflectance of more than 50% of said center wavelength of a band of reflected electromagnetic radiation, said first reflection band also having a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than 200 nanometers and a shift of said center wavelength of less than 50 nanometers when said outer surface is exposed to a generally broad band of electromagnetic radiation at angles between 0 and 45 degrees with respect to the normal of said outer surface.
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An omnidirectional structural color (OSC) having a non-periodic layered structure. The OSC can include a multilayer stack that has an outer surface and at least two layers. The at least two layers can include at least one first index of refraction material layer A1 and at least one second index of refraction material layer B1. The at least A1 and B1 can be alternately stacked on top of each other with each layer having a predefined thickness dA1 and dB1, respectively. The dA1 is not generally equal to the dB1 such that the multilayer stack has a non-periodic layered structure.
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1. An omnidirectional structural color (OSC) having a non-periodic layered structure, said OSC comprising:
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a multilayer stack having an outer surface and at least five layers, said at least five layers having at least two first index of refraction oxide material layers A1 and A2, at least two second index of refraction oxide material layers B1 and B2, said at least two layers A1 and A2 and at least two layers B1 and B2 alternately stacked on top of each other; said at least A1, A2, B1 and B2 layers having a predefined thickness of dA1, dA2, dB1 and dB2, with said dA1 thickness not generally equal to said dA2, dB1 or said dB2 thickness such that said multilayer stack has a non-periodic layered structure; and said multilayer stack defining a reflector, said reflector having a single first reflection band with a center wavelength in the visible light spectrum, said single first reflection band being a reflectance of more than 50% of said center wavelength of a band of reflected electromagnetic radiation, said first reflection band also having a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than 200 nanometers and a shift of said center wavelength of less than 50 nanometers when said outer surface is exposed to a generally broad band of electromagnetic radiation at angles between 0 and 45 degrees with respect to the normal of said outer surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A process for omnidirectionally reflecting a band of electromagnetic radiation, the process comprising:
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providing a multilayer stack having an outer surface and at least five layers, the at least five layers having at least two first index of refraction oxide material layers A1 and A2, at least two second index of refraction oxide material layers B1 and B2, the at least two layers A1 and A2 and at least two layers B1 and B2 alternately stacked on top of each other; the at least A1, A2, B1 and B2 layers having a predefined thickness of dA1, dA2, dB1 and dB2, with the dA1 thickness not generally equal to the dA2, dB1 or dB2 thickness such that the multilayer stack has a non-periodic layered structure and defines a reflector; and providing a source of broadband electromagnetic radiation; exposing the multilayer stack to the broad band electromagnetic radiation at angles between 0 and 45 degrees with respect to the normal of the outer surface; and the reflector reflecting a single first reflection band with a center wavelength in the visible light spectrum, the single first reflection band being a reflectance of more than 50% of the center wavelength of a band of reflected electromagnetic radiation, the single first reflection band also having a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than 200 nanometers wide and a shift of the center wavelength of less than 50 nanometers when an outer surface of the multilayer stack is exposed to the generally broad band of electromagnetic radiation at angles between 0 and 45 degrees with respect to the normal of the outer surface. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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