Developing metal mesh filters for mid-infrared astronomy of 25 to 40 micron

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sako, Shigeyuki ^a   Miyata, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a   Onaka, Takashi ^a   Ikeda, Yuji ^b   Kataza, Hirokazu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Photocoding   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

FDTD; Low temperature; Metal mesh filter; Mid infrared; Photolithography

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FABRICATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELESCOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC WINDOWS; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; FDTD; FDTD CALCULATIONS; INFRARED ASTRONOMIES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MESH FILTERS; METAL MESH FILTER; METAL MESHES; MID INFRARED; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NARROW BANDWIDTHS; PEAK TRANSMITTANCES; PEAK WAVELENGTHS; STOPBAND REJECTIONS; TRANSPARENT MATERIALS;

WAVE FILTERS;

EID: 56249083917     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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