Breakthroughs in Photonics 2013: Organic Nanostructures for Antireflection

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Schulz, U ^a   Munzert, P ^a   Rickelt, F ^a   Kaiser, N ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

subwavelength structures; synthesis and fabrication methods; Thin film coatings

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA ETCHING; THIN FILMS;

ANTIREFLECTIVE NANOSTRUCTURE; ANTIREFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; FABRICATION METHOD; LIGHT INCIDENCE ANGLES; ORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC SMALL MOLECULE; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; THIN-FILM COATINGS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84932095356     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2311432     Document Type: Article

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