Nanocomposites as Next-Generation Optical Materials

lt;b>Daniel Werdehausen strives to bridge the gulf between academic research and industrial applications. To this end, he currently serves as a Project Manager in the "Corporate Research & Technology" department of ZEISS. Before taking on this role, he completed his doctoral research as Marie-Sklodowska-Curie fellow in a joint project of ZEISS and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. During his prior education Daniel Werdehausen worked extensively on both fundamental and applied research topics in different renowned institutions including the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, and the University of Sydney. He also was awarded the Arthur-Fischer awards for one of the best combined Bsc. and Msc. degrees in Physics at the University of Stuttgart. In his free time, Daniel Werdehausen is a sports enthusiast and enjoys reading scientific literature and books from a wide range of different fields.

1 Introduction.- 2 Fundamentals of Effective Media and Diffractive Optics.- 3 Design of Bulk Optical Nanocomposites.- 4 Nanocomposites as Tunable Optical Materials.- 5 Achromatic Diffractive Optical Elements (DOEs) for Broadband Applications.- 6 The Potential of Nanocomposites for Optical Design.- 7 Outlook.- Appendix.