title: Biomimetic interfaces for high-performance optics in the deep-UV light range.
abstract: We report an innovative approach for the fabrication of highly light transmissive, antireflective optical interfaces. This is possible due to the discovery that metallic nanoparticles may be used as a lithographic mask to etch nonstraightforward structures into fused silica, which results in a quasihexagonal pattern of hollow, pillar-like protuberances. The far reaching optical performance of these structures is demonstrated by reflection and transmission measurements at oblique angles of incidence over a broad spectral region ranging from deep-ultraviolet to infrared light.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Department of New Materials and Biosystems & University of Heidelberg, Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Heisenbergstrasse 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Theobald
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lohmüller
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helgert
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sundermann
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brunner
authors.forename: Joachim P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Spatz
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010316:Particle Size; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays