Bio-inspired, sub-wavelength surface structures for ultra-broadband, omni-directional antireflection in the mid and far IR

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 12808-12816

  Gonzalez, Federico Lora ^a   Gordon, Michael J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

ASPECT RATIO STRUCTURES; COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE REFLECTION; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; MOTH-EYE STRUCTURE; PEAK TRANSMITTANCE; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84901844947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.012808     Document Type: Article

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