Multi-layer anti-reflection coats using ePTFE membrane for mm-wavelength plastic optics
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| author | Eiben, Miranda Carter, Keara Dierickx, Marion Elwood, Brodi Grimes, Paul Kovac, John Miller, Matthew Petroff, Matthew A. Polish, Annie Vergès, Clara |
| author_facet | Eiben, Miranda Carter, Keara Dierickx, Marion Elwood, Brodi Grimes, Paul Kovac, John Miller, Matthew Petroff, Matthew A. Polish, Annie Vergès, Clara |
| contents | Future millimeter wavelength experiments aim to both increase aperture diameters and broaden bandwidths to increase the sensitivity of the receivers. These changes produce a challenging anti-reflection (AR) design problem for refracting and transmissive optics. The higher frequency plastic optics require consistently thin polymer coats across a wide area, while wider bandwidths require multilayer designs. We present multilayer AR coats for plastic optics of the high frequency BICEP Array receiver (200-300 GHz) utilizing an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane, layered and compressively heat-bonded to itself. This process allows for a range of densities (from 0.3g/cc to 1g/cc) and thicknesses (>0.05mm) over a wide radius (33cm), opening the parameter space of potential AR coats in interesting directions. The layered ePTFE membrane has been combined with other polymer layers to produce band average reflections between 0.2% and 0.6% on high density polyethylene and a thin high modulus polyethylene window, respectively. |
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| spellingShingle | Multi-layer anti-reflection coats using ePTFE membrane for mm-wavelength plastic optics Eiben, Miranda Carter, Keara Dierickx, Marion Elwood, Brodi Grimes, Paul Kovac, John Miller, Matthew Petroff, Matthew A. Polish, Annie Vergès, Clara Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Optics Future millimeter wavelength experiments aim to both increase aperture diameters and broaden bandwidths to increase the sensitivity of the receivers. These changes produce a challenging anti-reflection (AR) design problem for refracting and transmissive optics. The higher frequency plastic optics require consistently thin polymer coats across a wide area, while wider bandwidths require multilayer designs. We present multilayer AR coats for plastic optics of the high frequency BICEP Array receiver (200-300 GHz) utilizing an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane, layered and compressively heat-bonded to itself. This process allows for a range of densities (from 0.3g/cc to 1g/cc) and thicknesses (>0.05mm) over a wide radius (33cm), opening the parameter space of potential AR coats in interesting directions. The layered ePTFE membrane has been combined with other polymer layers to produce band average reflections between 0.2% and 0.6% on high density polyethylene and a thin high modulus polyethylene window, respectively. |
| title | Multi-layer anti-reflection coats using ePTFE membrane for mm-wavelength plastic optics |
| topic | Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.17604 |