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Paper Abstract
We have been developing high-throughput optical elements with the moth-eye structures for mid-infrared optical
systems. The moth-eye structures are optimized for the wavelength of 25-45μm. It consists of cones with a
height of 15-20μm arranged at an interval of 5μm. They are formed on silicon substrate by electron-beam
lithography and reactive ion etching. As a verification of the usefulness of moth-eye, a double-sided moth-eye
silicon plane was fabricated. It shows a transmittance increase of 60% compared with the unprocessed silicon
plane. As the first trial of the moth-eye optical element, two silicon lenses with single-sided moth-eye were
fabricated. One is a plane-convex lens with the moth-eye on the convex surface. The size of the moth-eye
formed region is 30 mm x 30 mm. Its focal length is 186 mm. The other one is a biconvex lens with moth-eye
formed region of Φ 33 mm and a focal length of 94 mm. Uniform moth-eye pattern was fabricated especially
for the second lens sample. Imaging test with the first sample showed that neither image degradation nor focal
length variation was induced by the moth-eye fabrication. As a step to grism with moth-eye, a moth-eye grating
sample was fabricated. The grating pattern (Grating constant: 124.9μm, Blaze angle: 4 deg) was successfully
fabricated with anisotropic etching. Moth-eye patterns were fabricated on the grating surface. Although the
resulted moth-eye was successfully fabricated in the most regions, some non-uniformity was found. It can be
attributed to unevenness of resist coating, and improvement of coating method is needed.
Paper Details
Date Published: 13 September 2012
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 8450, Modern Technologies in Space- and Ground-based Telescopes and Instrumentation II, 845051 (13 September 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.926858
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, 845051 (13 September 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.926858
Show Author Affiliations
Takafumi Kamizuka, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takashi Miyata, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Shigeyuki Sako, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Hiroaki Imada, Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan)
Tomohiko Nakamura, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kentaro Asano, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takashi Miyata, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Shigeyuki Sako, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Hiroaki Imada, Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan)
Tomohiko Nakamura, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kentaro Asano, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Mizuho Uchiyama, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kazushi Okada, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takehiko Wada, Institute of Space and Astronomical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takao Nakagawa, Institute of Space and Astronomical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takashi Onaka, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Itsuki Sakon, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Kazushi Okada, Institute of Astronomy, The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Takehiko Wada, Institute of Space and Astronomical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Takao Nakagawa, Institute of Space and Astronomical Science, 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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