Figure 7
Optical and Thermal Modeling. (a) Schematic of modeled geometry. (b) Power dissipation density contours (in W/m3) for 450 nm wavelength and incident field intensity of 1 V/m. E shows direction of electric field polarization and k shows direction of wave propagation. (c) Calculated optical energy dissipated in the nanowires for a 1 V/m incident electric field. Calculated temperature contours (°C) at end of pulse duration for (d) nanowire-fiber ensemble and (e) for the fiber only. (f) SEM images of the Ag nanowire-fabrics for 10 kW/cm2 irradiance and 300 µs pulse duration. (g) Embedding of nanowires into the polyester fiber surface. (h) Sintering of nanowires at their contacts.
