• DocumentCode
    2226304
  • Title

    Gradient-index adiabatic impedance matching (GRIN-AIM) antireflective diffractive optics

  • Author

    Chang, Chih-Hao ; Dominguez-Caballero, Jose A. ; Choi, Hyungryul J. ; Barbastathis, George

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We have experimentally demonstrated suppression of reflection diffracted orders by at least 100× in a silicon grating by tapered nanostructures emulating adiabatic index matching. Novel fabrication using self-assembled nanospheres as lithographic mask was employed.
  • Keywords
    antireflection coatings; diffraction gratings; gradient index optics; impedance matching; integrated optics; lithography; masks; nanophotonics; optical fabrication; reflectivity; self-assembly; Si; antireflective diffractive optics; gradient-index adiabatic impedance matching; lithographic mask; reflection diffracted orders; self-assembled nanospheres; silicon grating; tapered nanostructures; Diffraction gratings; Fabrication; Gratings; Nanostructures; Optics; Reflection; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950074