Calum Williams
Grayscale-to-Color: Scalable Fabrication of Custom Multispectral Filter Arrays
Williams, Calum; Gordon, George S. D.; Wilkinson, Timothy D.; Bohndiek, Sarah E.
Authors
GEORGE GORDON GEORGE.GORDON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Timothy D. Wilkinson
Sarah E. Bohndiek
Abstract
Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Snapshot multispectral image (MSI) sensors have been proposed as a key enabler for a plethora of multispectral imaging applications, from diagnostic medical imaging to remote sensing. With each application requiring a different set, and number, of spectral bands, the absence of a scalable, cost-effective manufacturing solution for custom multispectral filter arrays (MSFAs) has prevented widespread MSI adoption. Despite recent nanophotonic-based efforts, such as plasmonic or high-index metasurface arrays, large-area MSFA manufacturing still consists of many-layer dielectric (Fabry-Perot) stacks, requiring separate complex lithography steps for each spectral band and multiple material compositions for each. It is an expensive, cumbersome, and inflexible undertaking, but yields optimal optical performance. Here, we demonstrate a manufacturing process that enables cost-effective wafer-level fabrication of custom MSFAs in a single lithographic step, maintaining high efficiencies (∼75%) and narrow line widths (∼25 nm) across the visible to near-infrared. By merging grayscale (analog) lithography with metal-insulator-metal (MIM) Fabry-Perot cavities, whereby exposure dose controls cavity thickness, we demonstrate simplified fabrication of MSFAs up to N-wavelength bands. The concept is first proven using low-volume electron beam lithography, followed by the demonstration of large-volume UV mask-based photolithography with MSFAs produced at the wafer level. Our framework provides an attractive alternative to conventional MSFA manufacture and metasurface-based spectral filters by reducing both fabrication complexity and cost of these intricate optical devices, while increasing customizability.
Citation
Williams, C., Gordon, G. S. D., Wilkinson, T. D., & Bohndiek, S. E. (2019). Grayscale-to-Color: Scalable Fabrication of Custom Multispectral Filter Arrays. ACS Photonics, 6(12), 3132-3141. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01196
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 20, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 23, 2019 |
Publication Date | Dec 18, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Jan 22, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 22, 2020 |
Journal | ACS Photonics |
Electronic ISSN | 2330-4022 |
Publisher | American Chemical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 12 |
Pages | 3132-3141 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01196 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3780987 |
Publisher URL | https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsphotonics.9b01196 |
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