Search Menu
DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
Search Scholarly Publications

Title: Metasurface optical antireflection coating

Abstract

Light reflection at the boundary of two different media is one of the fundamental phenomena in optics, and reduction of reflection is highly desirable in many optical systems. Traditionally, optical antireflection has been accomplished using single- or multiple-layer dielectric films and graded index surface structures in various wavelength ranges. However, these approaches either impose strict requirements on the refractive index matching and film thickness, or involve complicated fabrication processes and non-planar surfaces that are challenging for device integration. Here, we demonstrate an antireflection coating strategy, both experimentally and numerically, by using metasurfaces with designer optical properties in the mid-wave infrared. Our results show that the metasurface antireflection is capable of eliminating reflection and enhancing transmission over a broad spectral band and a wide incidence angle range. In conclusion, the demonstrated antireflection technique has no requirement on the choice of materials and is scalable to other wavelengths.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1]
+ Show Author Affiliations
  1. Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL (United States). Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  2. Air Force Research Lab., Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH (United States)
  3. Air Force Research Lab., Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH (United States); Solid State Scientific Corporation, Nashua, New Hampshire (United States)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1212190
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1236635
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-14-28817
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951; APPLAB
Grant/Contract Number:  
NSF-1158862; 12RY05COR; AC52-06NA25396; NSF1158862
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 105; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; antireflective coatings; germanium; dielectric thin films; gold; polarization; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; metasurfaces; mid-infrared; antireflection

Citation Formats

Zhang, Boyang, Hendrickson, Joshua, Nader, Nima, Chen, Hou -Tong, and Guo, Junpeng. Metasurface optical antireflection coating. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4904827.
Copy to clipboard
Zhang, Boyang, Hendrickson, Joshua, Nader, Nima, Chen, Hou -Tong, & Guo, Junpeng. Metasurface optical antireflection coating. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4904827
Copy to clipboard
Zhang, Boyang, Hendrickson, Joshua, Nader, Nima, Chen, Hou -Tong, and Guo, Junpeng. Mon . "Metasurface optical antireflection coating". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4904827. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1212190.
Copy to clipboard
@article{osti_1212190,
title = {Metasurface optical antireflection coating},
author = {Zhang, Boyang and Hendrickson, Joshua and Nader, Nima and Chen, Hou -Tong and Guo, Junpeng},
abstractNote = {Light reflection at the boundary of two different media is one of the fundamental phenomena in optics, and reduction of reflection is highly desirable in many optical systems. Traditionally, optical antireflection has been accomplished using single- or multiple-layer dielectric films and graded index surface structures in various wavelength ranges. However, these approaches either impose strict requirements on the refractive index matching and film thickness, or involve complicated fabrication processes and non-planar surfaces that are challenging for device integration. Here, we demonstrate an antireflection coating strategy, both experimentally and numerically, by using metasurfaces with designer optical properties in the mid-wave infrared. Our results show that the metasurface antireflection is capable of eliminating reflection and enhancing transmission over a broad spectral band and a wide incidence angle range. In conclusion, the demonstrated antireflection technique has no requirement on the choice of materials and is scalable to other wavelengths.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4904827},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 24,
volume = 105,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
Copy to clipboard
Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4904827
Copyright Statement
Other availability
Search WorldCat Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 46 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science
Save / Share:
Export Metadata
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.

Works referenced in this record:

Anti-reflective coatings: A critical, in-depth review
journal, January 2011

  • Raut, Hemant Kumar; Ganesh, V. Anand; Nair, A. Sreekumaran
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 4, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1039/c1ee01297e

Optical Metamaterials
book, January 2010

Manipulation of terahertz radiation using metamaterials
journal, May 2011

  • Chen, H. -T.; O'Hara, J. F.; Azad, A. K.
  • Laser & Photonics Reviews, Vol. 5, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201000043

Light Propagation with Phase Discontinuities: Generalized Laws of Reflection and Refraction
journal, September 2011

Broadband Light Bending with Plasmonic Nanoantennas
journal, December 2011

Gradient-index meta-surfaces as a bridge linking propagating waves and surface waves
journal, April 2012

  • Sun, Shulin; He, Qiong; Xiao, Shiyi
  • Nature Materials, Vol. 11, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1038/nmat3292

Terahertz Metamaterials for Linear Polarization Conversion and Anomalous Refraction
journal, May 2013

Metamaterial Huygens’ Surfaces: Tailoring Wave Fronts with Reflectionless Sheets
journal, May 2013

An Overview of the Theory and Applications of Metasurfaces: The Two-Dimensional Equivalents of Metamaterials
journal, April 2012

  • Holloway, C. L.; Kuester, E. F.; Gordon, J. A.
  • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 54, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2012.6230714

Flat optics with designer metasurfaces
journal, February 2014

  • Yu, Nanfang; Capasso, Federico
  • Nature Materials, Vol. 13, Issue 2, p. 139-150
  • DOI: 10.1038/nmat3839

Antireflection Coating Using Metamaterials and Identification of Its Mechanism
journal, August 2010

A dual band terahertz metamaterial absorber
journal, May 2010

Triple-band terahertz metamaterial absorber: Design, experiment, and physical interpretation
journal, October 2012

  • Shen, Xiaopeng; Yang, Yan; Zang, Yuanzhang
  • Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 101, Issue 15
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4757879

Multispectral near-perfect metamaterial absorbers using spatially multiplexed plasmon resonance metal square structures
journal, January 2013

  • Zhang, Boyang; Hendrickson, Joshua; Guo, Junpeng
  • Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 30, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.30.000656

Taming the Blackbody with Infrared Metamaterials as Selective Thermal Emitters
journal, July 2011

Experimental demonstration of terahertz metamaterial absorbers with a broad and flat high absorption band
journal, January 2012

  • Huang, Li; Chowdhury, Dibakar Roy; Ramani, Suchitra
  • Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.000154

Polarization insensitive, broadband terahertz metamaterial absorber
journal, January 2011

Wideband perfect light absorber at midwave infrared using multiplexed metal structures
journal, January 2012

  • Hendrickson, Joshua; Guo, Junpeng; Zhang, Boyang
  • Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.000371

Solution-Processed Metal Nanowire Mesh Transparent Electrodes
journal, February 2008

  • Lee, Jung-Yong; Connor, Stephen T.; Cui, Yi
  • Nano Letters, Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 689-692
  • DOI: 10.1021/nl073296g

Transparent Metallic Fractal Electrodes for Semiconductor Devices
journal, August 2014

  • Afshinmanesh, Farzaneh; Curto, Alberto G.; Milaninia, Kaveh M.
  • Nano Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1021/nl501738b
    Sort by:
    [ × clear filter / sort ]

    Works referencing / citing this record:

    A Low-loss Metasurface Antireflection Coating on Dispersive Surface Plasmon Structure
    journal, November 2016

    • Jeon, Jiyeon; Bhattarai, Khagendra; Kim, Deok-Kee
    • Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, Issue 1
    • DOI: 10.1038/srep36190

    A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications
    journal, June 2016

    Wide dual-band dual-circularly polarized holographic metasurface
    journal, August 2019

    • Yao, Ming; Li, Jia Lin; Xia, Lei
    • Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 52, Issue 42
    • DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ab3068

    Absorption enhancement in thin-film solar cells using an integrated metasurface lens
    journal, January 2018

    • Shameli, Mohammad Ali; Yousefi, Leila
    • Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 35, Issue 2
    • DOI: 10.1364/josab.35.000223

    A review of metasurfaces: physics and applications
    text, January 2016

      Sort by:
      [ × clear filter / sort ]

      Similar Records in DOE PAGES and OSTI.GOV collections: