Guidelines for 1D-periodic surface microstructures for antireflective lenses

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 26245-26258

  Søndergaard, Thomas ^a   Gadegaard, Jesper ^a   Kristensen, Peter Kjær ^a   Jensen, Thøger Kari ^a   Pedersen, Thomas Garm ^a   Pedersen, Kjeld ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTIREFLECTIVE; ANTIREFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; COUPLING REGION; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DIFFRACTION ORDERS; FABRICATED STRUCTURES; FILL FACTOR; HIGH TRANSMISSION; HIGHER ORDER; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT INCIDENCE; MICROSTRUCTURED; PERIODIC ARRAYS; PERIODIC SURFACES; RIDGE STRUCTURES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SURFACE INTEGRAL EQUATION METHODS; TAPERED GEOMETRY; TAPERED STRUCTURE; WAVE-GUIDING EFFECTS;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; INTERNATIONALITY; LENSES; MINIATURIZATION; PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 78650054257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.026245     Document Type: Article

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