Ion beam sculpting for advanced photonics structures
The interaction of kV energy ion beams at oblique incidence with surfaces creates ripples or periodic patterns due to mass transport.
In this project we are investigating the creation of sawtooth patterns that are then covered with thin film multilayers for structures that resemble blazed diffraction gratings.
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Funding
Project funded by the National Science Foundation
Selected publications
- E. Randel, C.S. Menoni, R. M. Bradley, M.P. Harrison, “Broad-area surface nano-patterning by ion beam sputtering,” Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section, October 20-21, 2017, Fort Collins, Colorado, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 62, 17 (2017).