title: Spherically shaped micro-structured antireflective surfaces.
abstract: An antireflecting micro-structured interface, working in the resonance domain, and made from a bi-periodic array of semi-spherical hollowing-out in a silicon substrate is presented. Its parameters such as sphere radius and position of sphere centers from the surface are optimized numerically. A simple and robust process is described allowing such kind of antireflective surfaces to be fabricated for the infrared range. Spectral and angular reflectance measurement demonstrates the efficiency of the antireflective micro-structured interface which can easily be adapted for the visible range and for photovoltaic applications by a simple homothetic modification of the micro-structure typical dimensions.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille University, IM2NP, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bouffaron
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Escoubas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brissonneau
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berginc
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Torchio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Flory
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Masclet
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004867:Equipment Design; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon