Abstract
We show that designed nanophotonic structures could become multi-band building-block elements of a relativistic light sail, due to their ability to achieve substantial reflectivity and low absorption in the near-IR, significant emissivity in the mid-IR, and a very low mass.
© 2018 The Author(s)
PDF ArticleMore Like This
Grover A. Swartzlander, Ying-Ju Lucy Chu, and Prateek R. Srivastava
JTu2A.37 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2018
L. Veisz, D.E. Cardenas, L. Di Lucchio, T. Ostermayr, L. Hofmann, M. F. Kling, J. Schreiber, and P. Gibbon
HT2A.1 High Intensity Lasers and High Field Phenomena (HILAS) 2018
Tracee L. Jamison, Chad Sheng, Robert Bousquet, Debra Cope, John Canham, and Melanie Ott
LTuK2 Laser Science (LS) 2007