Low-cost fabrication of large area subwavelength anti-reflective structures on polymer film using a soft PUA mold

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1842-1851

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Shen, Su ^a   Dong, Xiao X ^a   Chen, Lin S ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIZED ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANTIREFLECTIVE EFFECT; ANTIREFLECTIVE FILMS; ANTIREFLECTIVE STRUCTURE; FRESNEL REFLECTIONS; LOW COST FABRICATION; POLYURETHANE ACRYLATES; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ASPECT RATIO; NANOPORES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

MOLDS;

POLYMER; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MATERIALS TESTING; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84893370583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.001842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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