Reflectance properties of silicon moth-eyes in response to variations in angle of incidence, polarisation and azimuth orientation

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Asadollahbaik, Asa ^a   Boden, Stuart A ^a   Charlton, Martin D B ^a   Payne, David N R ^a,b   Cox, Simon ^a   Bagnall, Darren M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTOMETERS; SILICON;

ANTIREFLECTIVE STRUCTURE; AZIMUTH ORIENTATION; BROADBAND SPECTROSCOPIC REFLECTOMETRY; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; LASER LIGHT SOURCES; POLAR INCIDENCE ANGLES; REFLECTANCE PROPERTIES; SPECULAR REFLECTANCE;

REFLECTION;

EID: 84896322190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.00A402     Document Type: Conference Paper

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