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Paper Abstract
Mid-infrared, 25 - 45 microns, is a very important wavelength region to investigate the physics of lower temperature
environments in the universe. There are few transparent materials in the range of mid-infrared except
silicon. However, the reflection on a silicon surface reaches 30 % because of its high refractive index (~3.4).
To apply silicon to mid-infrared astronomical instruments, we need a way of antireflection and have adopted
a moth-eye structure. This structure keeps durable under cryogenic environments, which is advantageous to
mid-infrared instruments. We have fabricated three samples of the moth-eye structure on plane silicon surfaces
by electron-beam photo-lithograph and reactive ion etching. The structures consist of many cones standing on
silicon surfaces. We have substantiated the transmittance of 96 % or higher in the wide range of 20 - 50 microns
and higher than 98 % at the maximum. The transmittance of moth-eye surfaces, however, is theoretically expected
as 100 %. We have examined the discrepancy between the transmittance of the theory and fabrications
with electromagnetic simulations. It has been revealed that shapes of the cones and gaps at the bottom of the
cones seriously affect the transmittance. We have estimated a few tolerances for manufacturing the moth-eye
structures achieving sufficient transmittance of nearly 100 %.
Paper Details
Date Published: 13 September 2012
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 8450, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 84502F (13 September 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.925762
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8450:
Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Ramón Navarro; Colin R. Cunningham; Eric Prieto, Editor(s)
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 8450, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 84502F (13 September 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.925762
Show Author Affiliations
Hiroaki Imada, Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan)
Takashi Miyata, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Shigeyuki Sako, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takafumi Kamizuka, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Tomohiko Nakamura, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kentaro Asano, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takashi Miyata, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Shigeyuki Sako, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takafumi Kamizuka, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Tomohiko Nakamura, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kentaro Asano, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Mizuho Uchiyama, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kazushi Okada, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takehiko Wada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takao Nakagawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takashi Onaka, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Itsuki Sakon, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kazushi Okada, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takehiko Wada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takao Nakagawa, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takashi Onaka, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Itsuki Sakon, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8450:
Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II
Ramón Navarro; Colin R. Cunningham; Eric Prieto, Editor(s)
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