Antireflective surface structures in glass by selfassembly of SiO 2 nanoparticles and wet etching

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 20254-20259

  Maier, Thomas ^a   Bach, David ^b   Müllner, Paul ^a   Hainberger, Rainer ^a   Brückl, Hubert ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOL-GELS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WET ETCHING;

ANTIREFLECTIVE STRUCTURE; ANTIREFLECTIVE SURFACES; GLASS SURFACES; INCIDENT ANGLES; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; SOL-GEL COATINGS; THERMAL-ANNEALING; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

GLASS;

EID: 84883242817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.020254     Document Type: Article

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