Antireflection effect of femtosecond laser-induced periodic surface structures on silicon

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 105, 2011, Pages A1031-A1036

  Vorobyev, A Y ^a   Guo, Chunlei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE IRRADIATION; FEMTOSECONDS; GRATING STRUCTURES; LASER-INDUCED PERIODIC SURFACE STRUCTURES; POLARIZED REFLECTANCES; SILICON SURFACES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 80052772412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.0A1031     Document Type: Article

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