Development of nanostructured antireflection coatings for infrared sensing applications

Ashok K. Sood; John W. Zeller; Adam W. Sood; Gopal G. Pethuraja; Roger E. Welser; Harry Efstathiadis; Anand V. Sampath; Nibir K. Dhar

doi:10.1117/12.2531642

9 September 2019 Development of nanostructured antireflection coatings for infrared sensing applications

Ashok K. Sood, John W. Zeller, Adam W. Sood, Gopal G. Pethuraja, Roger E. Welser, Harry Efstathiadis, Anand V. Sampath, Nibir K. Dhar

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Proceedings Volume 11129, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications IX; 111290I (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2531642
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Infrared (IR) technology plays a critical role in various military and civilian applications including target acquisition, surveillance, night vision, and target tracking. IR sensors and systems operating from the short-wave infrared (SWIR) to long-wave infrared (LWIR) spectra are being developed for defense and commercial system applications. Performance of these IR systems is substantially limited by signal loss due to reflection off the IR substrates and optical components. Optical coatings with high antireflection (AR) characteristics can overcome this limitation and thus enhance the performance of IR systems. We are developing and advancing high-performance antireflection (AR) coatings for a wide range of spectral bands on various substrates for a variety of defense and commercial applications. The AR coatings enhance the transmission of light through optical components and devices by significantly minimizing reflection losses, providing substantial improvements over conventional thin-film AR coating technologies. The optical properties of ARcoated optical components and sensor substrates have been measured and fine-tuned to achieve high levels of performance. In this paper, we review our latest work on robust nanostructure-based AR coatings, including recent efforts in the development of the nanostructured AR coatings on silicon and CdZnTe substrates as well as on ZnSe lenses.

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Ashok K. Sood, John W. Zeller, Adam W. Sood, Gopal G. Pethuraja, Roger E. Welser, Harry Efstathiadis, Anand V. Sampath, and Nibir K. Dhar "Development of nanostructured antireflection coatings for infrared sensing applications", Proc. SPIE 11129, Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications IX, 111290I (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2531642

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