Broadband highly transparent sapphires with biomimetic antireflective compound submicrometer structures for optical and optoelectronic applications

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1665-1670

  Leem, Jung Woo ^a   Kim, Myung Sub ^a   Yu, Jae Su ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CONTACT ANGLE; CORUNDUM; FABRICATION; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; SILICA;

AVERAGE DIAMETER; DIFFUSE TRANSMISSION; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTIES; NANOCONE ARRAYS; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SUBMICROMETER STRUCTURES; TRANSPARENT SAPPHIRES;

SAPPHIRE;

EID: 84878690442     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.001665     Document Type: Article

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