Flat Low-Loss Silicon Gradient Index Lens for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wavelengths
Abstract
We present the design, simulation, and planned fabrication process of a flat high resistivity silicon gradient index (GRIN) lens for millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths with very low absorption losses. The gradient index is created by sub wavelength holes whose size increases with the radius of the lens. The effective refractive index created by the subwavelength holes is constant over a very wide bandwidth, allowing the fabrication of achromatic lenses up to submillimeter wavelengths. The designed GRIN lens was successfully simulated and shows an expected efficiency better than that of a classic silicon plano-concave spherical lens with approximately the same thickness and focal length. Deep reactive ion etching (DRIE) and wafer-bonding of several patterned wafers will be used to realize our first GRIN lens prototype.
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© 2019 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. First Online: 14 November 2019. This work was funded by NASA (Grant NNX15AE01G). The Caltech/JPL President's and Director's Research Fund proposal was recently successful and will allow us to continue this work. SBIR and APRA proposals are currently under review.Attached Files
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- NNX15AE01G
- NASA
- JPL President and Director's Fund
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- Astronomy Department