High-performance large-area ultra-broadband (UV to IR) nanowire-grid polarizers and polarizing beam-splitters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5931, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Wang, Jian ^a   Sciortino, Paul ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Yuan, Ping ^a   Deng, Xuegong ^a   Walters, Frank ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Bacon, Joel ^a   Chen, Lei ^a  

^a NanoOpto Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum RIE; Interference lithography; Nano grating; Nanoimprint lithography; Polarizer; Polarizing beam splitter; Wire grid

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM RIE; POLARIZER; WIRE-GRID;

ALUMINUM; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 31744450188     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.617898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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