Review of surface modification technologies for mid‐infrared antireflection microstructures fabrication

AA Bushunov, MK Tarabrin… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mid‐infrared materials antireflection is in high demand for high‐powered or ultra‐broadband
coherent light sources, where conventional antireflection coatings cannot be reliably …

Anti-reflective coatings produced via atomic layer deposition for hybrid polymer 3D micro-optics

D Astrauskytė, K Galvanauskas, D Gailevičius… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for optics quality requires the lowest optical power loss, which can
occur from unwanted reflections. Laser direct writing (LDW) allows for the fabrication of …

Next generation highly resistant mirrors featuring all-silica layers

T Tolenis, L Grinevičiūtė, L Smalakys, M Ščiuka… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
A principal possibility to overcome fundamental (intrinsic) limit of pure optical materials laser
light resistance is investigated by designing artificial materials with desired optical …

Magnetron sputter deposition of Ta2O5-SiO2 quantized nanolaminates

S Schwyn Thöny, M Bärtschi, M Batzer, M Baselgia… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Quantized nanolaminates are a type of optical metamaterials, which were discovered only
recently. Their feasibility was demonstrated by atomic layer deposition and ion beam …

Fabrication of anti-reflective microstructures on chalcogenide crystals by femtosecond laser ablation

AA Bushunov, MK Tarabrin, VA Lazarev… - Optical Materials …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
A Yb femtosecond laser was used to fabricate antireflective microstructures on CdSSe single
crystal samples. We investigated several microstructure fabrication methods, including direct …

Al2O3 anti-reflection coatings with graded-refractive index profile for laser applications

C Yin, M Zhu, T Zeng, J Sun, R Zhang, J Zhao… - Optical Materials …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Al_2O_3 coating is chemically unstable in hot water and transforms into a porous structure
with a broadband anti-reflection (AR) property. We investigate the influences of treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of deposition conditions on nanostructured anisotropic silica thin films in multilayer interference coatings

L Grineviciute, H Badorreck, L Jensen, D Ristau… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent developments of nanostructured coatings have reached a point where extensive
investigations within multi-layer systems are necessary for further implementation in novel …

Argon plasma etching of fused silica substrates for manufacturing high laser damage resistance optical interference coatings

K Juškevičius, R Buzelis, G Abromavičius… - Optical materials …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The laser damage resistance of an optical element in high power laser systems depends
significantly on the surface quality of the optical substrate. In this experiment, commercially …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing mechanical stability of sol-gel silica antireflection coatings via ammonia treatment at low temperature

F Chi, Y Zeng, C Liu, D Liang, Y Li, R Xie, N Pan… - Results in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
Silica antireflection coatings from sol-gel processes are of great importance in optical areas
because of their capability to reduce light reflection and hence to increase transmission …

Effects of ion beam etching of fused silica substrates on the laser-induced damage properties of antireflection coatings at 355 nm

K Guo, Y Wang, R Chen, M Zhu, K Yi, H He, J Shao - Optical Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Antireflection (AR) coatings are deposited on UV grade fused silica substrates, which are
cleaned in the dual ion beam sputtering device. Compared to ultrasonic and acid etching …