Infrared wire-grid polarizer with Y2O3 ceramic substrate. 2010

Itsunari Yamada, and Kouhei Fukumi, and Junji Nishii, and Mitsunori Saito
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering School of Engineering, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hassaka-cho, Hikone, Shiga, 522-8533, Japan. yamada.i@e.usp.ac.jp

Using two-beam interference lithography and dry etching, we fabricated a mid-IR wire-grid polarizer consisting of a 350 nm pitch WSi grating on an Y(2)O(3) ceramic substrate, which has wider transparency than sapphire. The transmittance of TM polarization was greater than 70% in the 3-7 μm wavelength range without antireflection films, and the extinction ratio was over 20 dB in the 2.5-5 μm wavelength range. The wire-grid polarizer with the Y(2)O(3) ceramic substrate provides high durability and good IR transparency.

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