Open AccessFabrication of wideband antireflective coatings using fused deposition modelling
Author(s) -
Ransom P.,
Larimore Z.,
Jensen S.,
Mirotznik M.S.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2015.3326
Subject(s) - anti reflective coating , fabrication , materials science , deposition (geology) , permittivity , fused deposition modeling , wideband , dielectric , optoelectronics , optics , electronic engineering , coating , composite material , 3d printing , engineering , medicine , paleontology , alternative medicine , physics , pathology , sediment , biology
A method to fabricate continuously tapered antireflective (AR) coatings using fused deposition modelling (FDM) is presented. The method leverages FDM's ability to fabricate spatially varying 3D structures with variable polymer fill volumes, thus producing a spatially varying effective permittivity profile. The method is validated experimentally within the Ka‐band. Experimental results closely match predictions, and AR treated samples demonstrate much less transmission loss than non‐AR treated samples.