OPTICAL COMPONENT MADE OF AN INORGANIC-ORGANIC-HYBRID MATERIAL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF REFRACTIVE INDEX GRADIENT LAYERS WITH HIGH LATERAL RESOLUTION, THEIR USE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to a hybrid material comprising a soluble organic polymer and a single-core or multi-core highly refractive metal complex with photopolymerizable or thermally polymerizable ligands and optionally cross-linkable monomers and/or oligomers, photoinitiators or thermoinitiators, plasticizers and other additives and which is suitable for the formation of refractory index gradients. The solid or viscous hybrid material is irradiated or heated locally, resulting in the formation of a concentration gradient of the metal complexes and an increase in the refractory index thereof in the illuminated areas. The refractory index gradient structure thus produced can be fixed by hardening. The produced materials having a refractory index gradient are, for instance, particularly well suited for optical elements having a gradient structure for applications in imaging optics, for planar wave guides, holographic images, light conducting elements and optical data memories.