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Pyramid-type antireflective subwavelength structures for large-diameter (\(> 30\hbox { cm}\)) silicon lenses are promising for broadband astronomical observations. The refractive index and dielectric loss tangent of the lens material, columnar crystal silicon which is manufactured by Mitsubishi Materials Electronic Chemicals Co., Ltd., were measured at around 30 K using a Martin–Puplett-type Fourier transform spectrometer. The measured refractive index and dielectric loss tangent between 200 GHz and 1.6 THz were \(\sim \) 3.42 and 1–\(5 \times 10^{-4}\), respectively. Three different pyramid-type structures with a period of \(265\hbox { }\upmu \hbox {m}\) and depth of \(600\hbox { }\upmu \hbox {m}\) were simulated to obtain their reflectance using an electromagnetic field simulator, HFSS. The structures were fabricated on both sides of a 100-mm-diameter plane-convex lens made of columnar crystal silicon with a 150-mm radius of curvature using a metal-bonded V-shaped blade and a dedicated three-axis machine. The fabrication errors in the period and depth were less than \(10\hbox { }\upmu \hbox {m}\). The reflectance of the lens flat surface was measured using a vector network analyzer to be between \(-8\) and \(-17\) dB in the range of 110–170 GHz, which was consistent with the result from the simulation.
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP25247022, JP26247019 and JP17H01115 and was achieved using the grant of Joint Development Research (FY2014 and FY2017) supported by the Research Coordination Committee, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS). This work was also supported by Tokyo metropolitan government supporting funds for enhancement of competitiveness of small enterprises. The authors would like to thank Mitsubishi Materials Electronic Chemicals Co., Ltd. for providing the columnar crystal silicon samples.
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Nitta, T., Sekimoto, Y., Hasebe, T. et al. Design, Fabrication and Measurement of Pyramid-Type Antireflective Structures on Columnar Crystal Silicon Lens for Millimeter-Wave Astronomy. J Low Temp Phys 193, 976–983 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-018-2047-4
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