Fabrication of broadband antireflection coatings using broadband optical monitoring mixed with time monitoring

Multi-layer optical coatings with complex spectrum requirements, such as multi-band pass filters, notch filters, and ultra-broadband antireflection coating, which usually contain very thin layers and sensitive layers, are difficult to be fabricated using a quartz crystal monitoring method or a single wavelength optical monitoring system(SWLOMS). In this paper, a broadband antireflection(AR) coating applied in the wavelength range from 800 nm to 1800 nm was designed and deposited by ion beam sputtering(IBS). Ta_2O_5 and Si O_2 were chosen as high and low refractive index coating materials,respectively. The optimized coating structure contains 9 non-quarter-wave(QW) layers totally with ultra-thin layers and sensitive layers in this coating stack. In order to obtain high transmittance, it is very important to realize the thickness accurate control on these thin layers and sensitive layers. A broadband optical monitoring mixed with time monitoring strategy was successfully used to control the layer thickness during the deposition process. At last, the measured transmittance of AR coating is quite close to the theoretical value. A 0.6% variation in short wavelength edge across the central 180 mm diameter is demonstrated. A spectrum shift of less than 0.5% for 2 continuous runs is also presented.     

Ag纳米颗粒增强的Ho~(3+)/Tm~(3+)共掺铋锗酸盐玻璃的2μm发光研究

采用基于传统熔融淬冷技术的热化学还原法制备了系列Ag纳米颗粒复合Ho3+/Tm3+共掺铋锗酸盐玻璃样品,研究了Ag纳米颗粒含量对玻璃2μm发光特性的影响.结果表明,Ag纳米颗粒的表面等离子体共振带位于500—900 nm,峰值位于650 nm,透射电子显微镜图像中观察到均匀分布的Ag纳米颗粒,尺寸约为5—10 nm.通过测试玻璃样品在1.7—2.3μm波段的荧光光谱发现,Ag掺杂后Ho3+离子2μm处的荧光强度得到了极大的提高,其中AgCl掺杂质量分数为0.3%时的荧光强度比未掺杂时的荧光强度增强10倍,这归因于Ag纳米颗粒的局域场增强作用.计算得到Ho3+离子的吸收截面为0.491×10-20cm-2,发射截面为1.03×10-20cm-2,当增益系数为0.2时即可实现正的增益.