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Journal Article Reconfigurable dual-mode optical encryption enabled by block copolymer photonic crystal with micro-imprinted holographic metasurface

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Authors: Seungsoo Mun, Tae Hyun Park, Jin Woo Oh, Taebin Kim, Kyuho Lee, Chang Eun Lee, HoYeon Kim, Jong Woong Park, Seungbae Jeon, Du Yeol Ryu, Sanghoon Cheon, Yong-Hae Kim, Seung-Yeol Lee, Chi-Sun Hwang, Joo Yeon Kim, Cheolmin Park

Abstract: Dual-mode optical encryption based on holographic metasurfaces and color components is of great attraction because of their enhanced information security and storage; however, the realization of independently as well as reversibly encodable holographic metasurfaces and color components remains unreported. Herein, we present reconfigurable dual-mode encryptions of structural colors (SC) and holograms, achieved through stimuli-responsive block copolymer (BCP) photonic crystals (PCs) with micro-imprinted holographic metasurfaces. Holographic images appear when the micro-imprinted BCP PCs, consisting of self-assembled alternating lamellae of two dielectrics, are exposed to an incident laser. A characteristic SC develops in the visible range when the imprinted film is immersed in a liquid agent that can swell one of the dielectrics, allowing for dual-mode holographic and SC encodings in the solid and liquid states, respectively. The dual-mode optical encoding is reconfigured. The holographic image can be erased and replaced with another micropattern, while preserving the SC. Moreover, an SC, set by crosslinking of the swellable lamellae, is reset by chemical de-crosslinking and subsequent transient re-crosslinking, enabling the SC reconfigurability of the BCP PC film. A prototype of a high-security reconfigurable dual encryption has been developed, wherein true information is decrypted when holographic passwords are confirmed with full-color visible SC passwords.

KSP Keywords: Block copolymer(BCP), Dual-Mode, Full-color, Optical encryption, Stimuli-responsive, Visible range, information security, optical encoding, photonic crystal(PC), self-assembled, structural color