Aluminum nanowire polarizing grids: Fabrication and analysis

Vincent Pelletier, Koji Asakawa, Mingshaw Wu, Douglas H. Adamson, Richard A. Register, Paul M. Chaikin

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Abstract

We have produced aluminum wire grids with 33 nm periodicity using a thin film of a self-assembling cylinder forming diblock copolymer as a template. These grids, supported on fused quartz wafers, function as transmission polarizers for visible and near-ultraviolet lights and are a thin design, compared to commercially available polarization prisms. Their polarization efficiency is measured to be near 50% in the visible. Quantitative comparison with a new theoretical analysis of such wire grids indicates that they should perform well into the far UV. This analysis also explains a reversal in polarization direction at short wavelengths which we observe in our specimens. This is an expanded version of a previous paper.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMicromachining Technology for Micro-Optics and Nano-Optics V and Microfabrication Process Technology XII
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
EventMicromachining Technology for Micro-Optics and Nano-Optics V and Microfabrication Process Technology XII - San Jose, CA, United States
Duration: Jan 22 2007Jan 24 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume6462
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherMicromachining Technology for Micro-Optics and Nano-Optics V and Microfabrication Process Technology XII
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Jose, CA
Period1/22/071/24/07

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Diblock copolymers
  • Nanowire grid
  • Polarizer
  • Self-assembly

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