• Acta Photonica Sinica
  • Vol. 49, Issue 8, 0831002 (2020)
Yun-yun SHI, Jun-qi XU, and Jun-hong SU
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  • Shaanxi Province Thin Films Technology and Optical Test Open Key Laboratory, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an 710021, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/gzxb20204908.0831002 Cite this Article
    Yun-yun SHI, Jun-qi XU, Jun-hong SU. Study on Properties of Fluorine-oxide Composite Films[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2020, 49(8): 0831002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    SiO2/YF3 and TiO2/YF3 composite films were prepared by SiO2, YF3, TiO2 single-component materials respectively, the changes of optical, mechanical and laser damage resistance properties of the composite films were explored. Two kinds of fluorine-oxide composite films with a mixing molar ratio of 1:1 were prepared by controlling the deposition rate of the materials during evaporation through dual-source co-evaporation technique, the refractive index, extinction coefficient, transmission characteristics, surface morphology and roughness of the composite films were investigated, and laser damage resistance performance was studied. The results show that the refractive indexes of SiO2/YF3 and TiO2/YF3 composite films are 1.478 7 and 1.864 6(wavelength 550 nm) respectively, which are between the single-component materials(YF3 1.493 6, SiO2 1.465 1, TiO2 2.048 3), and all present normal dispersion distribution; the results of ZYGO interference measurement show that the stress value of SiO2/YF3 film is 1.9 GPa, which is larger than the 0.4 GPa of the single-component materials SiO2 and YF3 but less roughness; the stress value of TiO2/YF3 film is 0.8 GPa, which is smaller than the 3.9 GPa stress of TiO2 but larger than YF3, both of them show a more obvious stress adjustment effect. The laser-induced damage threshold of SiO2/YF3 composite film is 9.2 J/cm2, which is 2.2% higher than single-component SiO2 and 39.2% higher than YF3; the laser-induced damage threshold of TiO2/YF3 is 7.8 J/cm2, for the single-component TiO2 film, it increases by 85.6%, compared with YF3 by 17.4%. The fluorine-oxide composite films are deposited by dual-source co-evaporation technology with small absorption and adjustable film refractive index; SiO2/YF3 and TiO2/YF3 composite films are better than single-component materials in resisting laser damage; the doping of YF3 can significantly reduce the stress of the single TiO2 material, but the stress of SiO2/YF3 is larger than that of single-component SiO2 and YF3 films.
    Yun-yun SHI, Jun-qi XU, Jun-hong SU. Study on Properties of Fluorine-oxide Composite Films[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2020, 49(8): 0831002
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