Optoelectronics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue 6, 411(2014)

Novel metal-dielectric metameric optical filters for optical security devices

Rong GUO1, Nan CHEN1, Lu-jian CHEN1, Xiao-zhong WANG1, Zhi-ping CAI1, Yan-kai LI2, and Yi-kun BU1、*
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  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • 2Energetic Opto (Fujian) Technology Co. Ltd, Putian 351115, China
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    Optical security devices play an essential role in the fight against counterfeiting. In this paper, we study and design a pair of metal-dielectric optical filters based on metameric effect, which offer a hidden image effect by the color shift at a specific angle of observation. Compared with all-dielectric multilayer system, the metal-dielectric multilayer structure has larger color shift with varying incident angle, higher color saturation and fewer layers. Finally, the stacks with 5 layers and 7 layers are achieved, and the color difference index is only 0.71, which shows good metameric matching effect. Simultaneously, the sensitivity of filters to deposition errors is analyzed when the thickness deviation is ±2%, and the results show that the two filters have good manufacturability.

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    GUO Rong, CHEN Nan, CHEN Lu-jian, WANG Xiao-zhong, CAI Zhi-ping, LI Yan-kai, BU Yi-kun. Novel metal-dielectric metameric optical filters for optical security devices[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2014, 10(6): 411

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    Paper Information

    Received: Aug. 19, 2014

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 12, 2017

    The Author Email: Yi-kun BU (buyikun139@163.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s11801-014-4150-3

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