Fabrication and characterization of a large-area metal nano-grid wave plate

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2013

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en

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033111

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Applied Physics Letters, Volume 103, Issue 3

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We introduce a fast and cost-effective technique to fabricate large-area periodically nanopatterned metal samples and apply this technique to create reflective nano-grid wave plates for optical wavelengths. The technique makes use of azo-polymer-based interference lithography and a special imprint method that enables creating large-area metal nanopatterns with high vertical walls. We fabricate and experimentally test a gold nano-grid wave plate that operates as reflective λ/4 -plate for λ = 604 nm and λ/2 -plate for λ = 997 nm.

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fabrication technique, nano-grid wave plates, optical properties, metal nanopatterns

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Kravchenko, Aleksandr & Shevchenko, Andriy & Ovchinnikov, Victor & Grahn, Patrick & Kaivola, Matti. 2013. Fabrication and characterization of a large-area metal nano-grid wave plate. Applied Physics Letters. Volume 103, Issue 3. 033111. ISSN 1077-3118 (electronic). ISSN 0003-6951 (printed). DOI: 10.1063/1.4813756.