title: Inclined surfaces in diamond: broadband antireflective structures and coupling light through waveguides.
abstract: Control of the sidewall angle of diamond microstructures was achieved by varying the gas mixture, bias power and mask shape during inductively coupled plasma etching. Different etch mechanisms were responsible for the angle of the lower and upper part of the sidewall formed during diamond etching. These angles could to some extent be controlled separately. The developed etch process was used to fabricate wideband antireflective structures with an average transmission of 96.4% for wavelengths between 10 and 50 µm. Smooth facetted edges for coupling light through waveguides from above were also demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden. pontus.forsberg@angstrom.uu.se
authors.forename: Pontus
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Forsberg
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karlsson
mesh_terms: D018130:Diamond / Q000737:chemistry*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007909:Lenses; D008027:Light; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D018130:Diamond