The design,fabrication and performance of narrow-band rugate minus filters are investigated in this paper.A method of fabricating graded-index coatings by rapidly alternating deposition of low(Si O_(2))and high(Al_(2)...The design,fabrication and performance of narrow-band rugate minus filters are investigated in this paper.A method of fabricating graded-index coatings by rapidly alternating deposition of low(Si O_(2))and high(Al_(2)O_(3))refractive index materials is presented to fabricate a rugate structure.The narrow-band rugate minus filter design and fabrication approaches are discussed in detail.The experimental results,including transmittance spectrum,surface damage test and damage morphology investigated with a scanning electron microscope,demonstrate the high performance of the as-fabricated spatial filter and confirm the feasibility of the fabrication method for narrow-band rugate minus filters.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.2016M592528 and 2016M602517)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province,China(Grant No.2017A030310130)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11705259)
文摘The design,fabrication and performance of narrow-band rugate minus filters are investigated in this paper.A method of fabricating graded-index coatings by rapidly alternating deposition of low(Si O_(2))and high(Al_(2)O_(3))refractive index materials is presented to fabricate a rugate structure.The narrow-band rugate minus filter design and fabrication approaches are discussed in detail.The experimental results,including transmittance spectrum,surface damage test and damage morphology investigated with a scanning electron microscope,demonstrate the high performance of the as-fabricated spatial filter and confirm the feasibility of the fabrication method for narrow-band rugate minus filters.