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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 105, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4904827
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) [NSF-1158862]
- AFOSR under a LRIR Contract [12RY05COR]
- LANL LDRD program
- National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC52-06NA25396]
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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. The demonstrated antireflection technique has no requirement on the choice of materials and is scalable to other wavelengths. (C) 2014 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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