Optimizing motheye antireflective structures for maximum coupling through As₂S₃ optical fibers

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JosephWeiblen, R., Catalin Florea, Andrew Docherty, Curtis. R. Menyuk, Brandon Shaw, Jasbinder Sanghera, Lynda Busse, and Ishwar Aggarwal. “Optimizing Motheye Antireflective Structures for Maximum Coupling through As₂S₃ Optical Fibers.” In IEEE Photonics Conference 2012, 824–25, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359248.

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We study theoretically the transmissivity of As₂S₃ chalcogenide optical fibers with motheye anti-reflective nanostructures. We show that it is possible to design structures giving greater than 99% transmission from 2-5 μm.