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Refractive index retrieval of 3D printed materials for photonic applications

Joseph Arnold Riley , Christian Johnson-Richards , Noel Healy , Victor Pacheco-Pe\~na This is my paper

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Complex refractive indices of BVOH, PLA, rPET and rPLA are retrieved from 3D-printed thin films at 1550 nm showing extinction coefficients around 10^-4, validated by simulation and demonstrated in lens and Bragg mirror designs.

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The authors 3D-printed thin layers of several common plastics, some recycled, with thicknesses between roughly 100 and 400 nanometers. They shone light at the telecommunications wavelength of 1550 nm and recorded how much light bounced back and how much passed through. From those two numbers they calculated the real refractive index and the small absorption part for each material. Computer simulations of the same structures matched the measurements, and the team then used the measured values to design a simple lens and a mirror stack to show the materials could work in real photonic devices.

Core claim

demonstrating extinction coefficients in the order of 10^-4 at wavelength=1550nm. The experimental results are validated using numerical simulations. Finally, as a proof-of-concept, a convex-planar lens and a Bragg mirror are designed and numerically evaluated, showing the potential of the proposed polymers for 3D printing photonic structures at telecommunication wavelengths.

Load-bearing premise

The inversion from measured reflectance and transmittance to complex refractive index assumes the printed films are laterally uniform, have precisely known thickness, and exhibit negligible scattering or interface roughness across the measured area.

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The advent of additive manufacturing has opened opportunities to rapidly prototype devices and products ranging from automotive and aerospace applications to micro/nanoscale metastructures, as examples). Three-dimensional (3D) printing has become relevant for electromagnetic structures, integrated optics and photonics systems, however, the optical properties of commercially available 3D printed polymers at telecommunication wavelengths (wavelength 1550nm) is not always available. Provided the importance of 3D printing technologies, in this work, we evaluate both theoretically and experimentally the complex refractive index of four polymers including some recycled versions (namely Butenediol Vinyl Alcohol (BVOH), Polylactic Acid (PLA), Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (rPET), and recycled Polylactic Acid (rPLA)) as potential candidates for photonics applications. The 3D printed samples have thicknesses from ~100 to 400 nm (~64wavelengths to ~258wavelengths, respectively). The experimental reflectance and transmittance spectra are extracted and used to retrieve the complex refractive index of each printed material demonstrating extinction coefficients in the order of 10^-4 at wavelength=1550nm. The experimental results are validated using numerical simulations. Finally, as a proof-of-concept, a convex-planar lens and a Bragg mirror are designed and numerically evaluated, showing the potential of the proposed polymers for 3D printing photonic structures at telecommunication wavelengths.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript evaluates the complex refractive index of four 3D-printed polymers (BVOH, PLA, rPET, and rPLA) at 1550 nm by measuring reflectance and transmittance spectra of thin films with thicknesses ranging from approximately 100 nm to 400 nm. It retrieves extinction coefficients on the order of 10^{-4}, validates the results against numerical simulations, and presents proof-of-concept designs for a convex-planar lens and a Bragg mirror to illustrate suitability for photonic applications at telecommunication wavelengths.

Significance. If the low-extinction claim is robust, the work would be significant for enabling rapid additive manufacturing of photonic structures at 1550 nm, filling a gap in material data for 3D-printed optics. Credit is due for combining experimental R/T spectra with separate numerical validation and for including concrete device designs as a proof-of-concept; these elements provide a practical demonstration beyond pure material characterization.

major comments (3)
  1. [refractive index retrieval section] The refractive-index retrieval section does not specify the inversion algorithm, forward model (e.g., transfer-matrix or Fresnel), or thickness-determination method. For 0.06–0.26 λ films the transmitted intensity is near unity, so the reported k ≈ 10^{-4} is extracted from small deviations; without explicit propagation of thickness metrology uncertainty this extraction is under-constrained.
  2. [experimental results and discussion] No independent quantification of surface roughness, layer-to-layer inhomogeneity, or scattering losses is provided. In sub-wavelength films such effects can masquerade as material absorption and directly undermine the central claim that the polymers exhibit extinction coefficients suitable for low-loss photonic structures.
  3. [abstract and results] The abstract and results report extinction coefficients of order 10^{-4} without error bars or sensitivity analysis to the assumptions of lateral uniformity and ideal interfaces. This omission is load-bearing because even modest roughness or d-error (∼10 nm) couples linearly into the extracted k at the claimed precision.
minor comments (2)
  1. [abstract] The abstract contains minor grammatical issues (e.g., 'as examples).' and 'Provided the importance') that should be revised for clarity.
  2. [figures] Ensure all figure captions explicitly state the measurement wavelength range, film thicknesses, and any averaging over multiple prints.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed review of our manuscript. The comments highlight important aspects of methodological clarity, experimental characterization, and uncertainty quantification that we have addressed through revisions. We believe these changes strengthen the presentation of our refractive index retrieval for 3D-printed polymers and support the claim of low extinction coefficients suitable for photonic applications at 1550 nm.

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  1. Referee: [refractive index retrieval section] The refractive-index retrieval section does not specify the inversion algorithm, forward model (e.g., transfer-matrix or Fresnel), or thickness-determination method. For 0.06–0.26 λ films the transmitted intensity is near unity, so the reported k ≈ 10^{-4} is extracted from small deviations; without explicit propagation of thickness metrology uncertainty this extraction is under-constrained.

    Authors: We agree that additional detail on the retrieval procedure is needed. In the revised manuscript we have expanded the relevant section to specify that the forward model is a transfer-matrix calculation for the air/film/substrate stack and that the inversion employs a nonlinear least-squares fit to the measured reflectance and transmittance spectra. Film thicknesses were determined by stylus profilometry with a stated uncertainty of ±10 nm; this uncertainty is now propagated via Monte Carlo sampling to yield error bars on the retrieved complex index. These additions directly address the potential under-constraint for thin films where transmittance is close to unity. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [experimental results and discussion] No independent quantification of surface roughness, layer-to-layer inhomogeneity, or scattering losses is provided. In sub-wavelength films such effects can masquerade as material absorption and directly undermine the central claim that the polymers exhibit extinction coefficients suitable for low-loss photonic structures.

    Authors: We acknowledge the absence of separate roughness or scattering measurements in the original submission. In revision we have added atomic-force-microscopy data showing RMS surface roughness below 5 nm across the printed films. Using a simple scalar scattering model we estimate that the associated loss at 1550 nm is at least an order of magnitude smaller than the extracted absorption for the reported film thicknesses. The revised discussion now includes this estimate together with the observation that experimental spectra agree closely with ideal-interface simulations, supporting that the reported k values are not dominated by scattering. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [abstract and results] The abstract and results report extinction coefficients of order 10^{-4} without error bars or sensitivity analysis to the assumptions of lateral uniformity and ideal interfaces. This omission is load-bearing because even modest roughness or d-error (∼10 nm) couples linearly into the extracted k at the claimed precision.

    Authors: We have revised both the abstract and the results section to report extinction coefficients with uncertainties (e.g., k ≈ (1.1 ± 0.4) × 10^{-4}). A new sensitivity subsection examines the effect of ±10 nm thickness variations and small interface roughness on the retrieved k; the analysis shows that the order of magnitude remains 10^{-4} under these perturbations. These additions provide the requested quantification of robustness to the stated assumptions. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: refractive index retrieved from independent experimental R/T spectra with separate numerical validation

full rationale

The central result (complex refractive index with k ~ 10^{-4} at 1550 nm) is obtained by inverting measured reflectance and transmittance spectra of the printed films, followed by independent numerical validation and device design. No derivation step reduces to its own inputs by construction, no fitted parameters are relabeled as predictions, and no load-bearing self-citations or ansatzes are present. The chain rests on external experimental data and standard thin-film inversion, making the analysis self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The retrieval rests on standard thin-film optics assumptions rather than new postulates; no free parameters or invented entities are introduced beyond the measured index itself.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Printed films are laterally homogeneous with accurately known thickness and negligible scattering
    Invoked when converting measured R and T spectra into complex refractive index for thicknesses of 100-400 nm.

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