Desorption and crystallization kinetics in nanoscale thin films of amorphous water ice

The amorphous to crystalline ice phase transition is studied by measuring the water desorption rate from nanoscale thin films of water vapor deposited on Au(111) and Ru(001) single crystal metallic substrates. The desorption kinetics are substrate dependent and suggest strongly that the film morphology is governed by the hydrophilicity of the substrate. The crystallization kinetics are independent of substrate but depend strongly on both temperature and film thickness and are consistent with a spatially random nucleation and isotropic growth model.     

Excimer laser deposition of thin amorphous carbon films

A new carbon film deposition technique, based upon excimer laser vaporization of graphite in a flowing gas system has been developed. The low temperature vapor (LTV) technique alleviates high temperatures occurring in most other deposition methods. In this technique the UV laser ablation occurs in an inert flowing gas atmosphere. Atoms and molecules evaporated from graphite are cooled by gas entrainment before condensing on a substrate. The resulting films of amorphous carbon or hydrogenated amorphous carbon are free from strain. Measurement of the optical band gap of these films shows that E_g can be controlled by the hydrogen content of the carrier gas.     

Inversion of the nonlinear equations of reflection ellipsometry on film-substrate systems

We discuss an inversion procedure to determine the optical properties and film thickness of a transparent film on an absorbing substrate system. The determination of optical properties of the film and substrate are separated from that of the film thickness. An error analysis is presented for the special case of multiple-angle-of-incidence ellipsometry for the SiO₂-Si system at λ = 6328 Å.     

电子助进化学气相沉积金刚石中衬底温度对发射光谱的影响

采用蒙特卡罗方法,对以CH4/H2为源料气体的电子助进化学气相沉积(EACVD)金刚石中的氢原子(H_α,H_β和H_γ)、碳原子C(2p3s→2p2: λ=165.7 nm)以及CH(A2Δ→X2Π: λ=420～440 nm)的发射过程进行了模拟,研究了衬底温度对各发射谱线以及金刚石膜合成的影响。结果得知,各谱线强度随衬底温度的变化幅度很小,且在衬底表面附近的谱线强度随衬底温度的变化幅度相对于远离衬底的反应区域较大,这表明衬底温度的变化基本上不改变远离衬底的反应区域中反应基团成分,而只对衬底表面附近的反应过程有影响。由此得知,衬底温度对薄膜质量的决定性主要是由于衬底温度改变了衬底表面化学反应动力学过程和表面附近的反应基团的缘故,而不是衬底温度对反应空间中气相成分的影响。     

Effects of hydrogen etching process on the structural and optical properties of nano-crystalline diamond films

In this work, hydrogen etching method is applied to improve the quality of nano-crystalline diamond (NCD) films grown from hot-filament assisted chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) system. From the characteristics of the structure and optical property, the grain size and surface roughness decrease while the optical transmission increase obviously under certain deposition parameters (gas pressure and substrate temperature) and longer etching time. Soft X-ray transmission measurements by synchrotron radiation are also carried out on the NCD films. The result shows that the X-ray transmission has an obvious improvement when the NCD film is fabricated from the hydrogen etching method. And the transmittance reaches 53.3% at X-ray photon energy of 258 eV, which has met the requirement for X-ray mask materials.     

Thin films of metal-organic compounds and metal nanoparticle-embedded polymers for nonlinear optical applications

Thin films based on two very different metal-organic systems are developed and some nonlinear optical applications are explored. A family of zinc complexes which form perfectly polar assemblies in their crystalline state are found to organize as uniaxially oriented crystallites in vapor deposited thin films on glass substrate. Optical second harmonic generation from these films is investigated. A simple protocol is developed for thein-situ fabrication of highly monodisperse silver nanoparticles in a polymer film matrix. The methodology can be used to produce free-standing films. Optical limiting capability of the nanoparticle-embedded polymer film is demonstrated     

石英衬底上GaN薄膜沉积及其光学性能的研究

GaN薄膜材料广泛应用于发光二极管(LED),激光二极管(LD)等光电器件。但是GaN基器件的制备与应用以及器件推广很大一部分取决于其器件的价格,常用的方式是在单晶蓝宝石衬底上沉积制备GaN薄膜样品,单晶蓝宝石衬底晶向择优,可以制备出高质量的GaN薄膜样品,但是单晶蓝宝石衬底价格昂贵,一定程度上限制了其GaN基器件推广使用。如何在廉价衬底上直接沉积高质量的GaN薄膜,满足器件的要求成为研究热点。石英玻璃价格廉价,但是属于非晶体,没有择优晶向取向,很难制备出高质量薄膜样品。本研究采用等离子体增强金属有机物化学气相沉积系统在非晶普通石英衬底上改变氮气反应源流量低温制备GaN薄膜材料。制备之后采用反射高能电子衍射谱、X射线衍射光谱、室温透射光谱和光致光谱对制备的薄膜进行系统的测试分析。其结果表明：在氮气流量适当的沉积参数条件下,所制备的薄膜具有高C轴的择优取向,良好的结晶质量以及优异的光学性能。     

Controlling wear failure of graphite-like carbon film in aqueous environment: Two feasible approaches

Friction and wear behaviors of graphite-like carbon (GLC) films in aqueous environment were investigated by a reciprocating sliding tribo-meter with ball-on-disc contact. Film structures and wear scars were studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and a non-contact 3D surface profiler. A comprehensive wear model of the GLC film in aqueous environment was established, and two feasible approaches to control critical factor to the corresponding wear failure were discussed. Results showed that wear loss of GLC films in aqueous environment was characterized by micro-plough and local delamination. Due to the significant material loss, local delamination of films was critical to wear failure of GLC film in aqueous environment if the film was not prepared properly. The initiation and propagation of micro-cracks within whole films closely related to the occurrence of the films delamination from the interface between interlayer and substrate. The increase of film density by adjusting the deposition condition would significantly reduce the film delamination from substrate, meanwhile, fabricating a proper interlayer between substrate and GLC films to prevent the penetration of water molecules into the interface between interlayer and substrate could effectively eliminate the delamination.     

Research of microstructural characteristics on nanocrystalline diamond by microwave plasma CVD

In this study, the nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) films were carried out by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with CH₄/Ar/H₂ gas concoction on Si substrate at moderate temperatures. The characteristics of NCD films were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, optical emission spectroscopy and optical contact angle meter. The analytical results revealed that C₂ radial was the dominant species in the deposited process. From TEM observation, the NCD films were formed via the etching of hydrocarbons and a small amount of H₂ content additive into gas mixture has improved the aggregation of the nucleation film to form the NCD films. The more hydrophobic surfaces imply that NCD films are the potential biomaterial in the application of article heart valve or stent.     

Specific features of the thermodynamic equilibrium state of a thin water film in an electric field of surface active centers of a mica crystal

The structural features of a thin polar liquid film in an electric field of a charged substrate have been theoretically investigated using methods of statistical physics. It has been established that electrical interactions in this system lead to a change in the structure of the polar liquid and to the formation of clusters in it. A self-consistent nonlinear equation has been derived for describing the distribution of the potential and strength of the electric field inside the film under investigation. The depth of penetration of this field into the liquid medium has been studied as a function of the electrical activity of the substrate, temperature, degree of polarity of the liquid, and concentration of interface heterocharges. It has been revealed that the extent of structured regions in the liquid increases with an increase in the potential gradient of the internal field and with a decrease in the temperature.     

Magneto-optical polar Kerr effect in a film-substrate system

The problem of electromagnetic reflection at an arbitrary angle of incidence in a system consisting of an isotropic ambient, a magnetic film and a thick magnetic substrate is studied. The magnetizations in both the film and substrate are assumed normal to the planar interfaces. The results are expressed in terms of the reflection matrix which is directly connected to the experimentally observed quantities: ellipsometric ratio and magneto-optical rotation and ellipticity. The general condition for guided wave propagation in the system is obtained. The theory is applied to the special cases of (a) normal incidence, (b) oblique incidence on a uniaxial film on a uniaxial substrate, both optical axes being normal to the interfaces, and (c) oblique incidence on a system consisting of an isotropic ambient, a magnetic film and a thick magnetic substrate assuming the diagonal elements of the permittivity tensor in a particular magnetic medium (film or substrate) equal to each other and the corresponding off-diagonal elements much smaller with respect to them. The possible practical applications of the present analysis are in the optimum design of film-substrate structures in magneto-optic devices and in the optical studies of the surface effects in magnetic materials.     

Electron beam-physical vapor deposition of SiC/SiO2 high emissivity thin film

When heated by high-energy electron beam (EB), SiC can decompose into C and Si vapor. Subsequently, Si vapor reacts with metal oxide thin film on substrate surface and formats dense SiO₂ thin film at high substrate temperature. By means of the two reactions, SiC/SiO₂ composite thin film was prepared on the pre-oxidized 316 stainless steel (SS) substrate by electron beam-physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD) only using β-SiC target at 1000 °C. The thin film was examined by energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), grazing incidence X-ray asymmetry diffraction (GIAXD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), backscattered electron image (BSE), electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transformed infra-red (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The analysis results show that the thin film is mainly composed of imperfect nano-crystalline phases of 3C-SiC and SiO₂, especially, SiO₂ phase is nearly amorphous. Moreover, the smooth and dense thin film surface consists of nano-sized particles, and the interface between SiC/SiO₂ composite thin film and SS substrate is perfect. At last, the emissivity of SS substrate is improved by the SiC/SiO₂ composite thin film.     

Efficient antireflective downconversion Er3+ doped ZnO/Si thin film

This study is an investigation of the potential of Er doped ZnO thin films for downconversion photons and an antireflective layer when placed in front of the silicon solar cells. We optimized the properties of the film with appropriate deposition conditions on Si (111) substrate by aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition (AACVD) process. An enhancement of both crystallinity and optical response was achieved in the case of film doped with 2.504 at.% Er³⁺. A low reflectance and high refractive index of the film were obtained at around 632 nm. Downconversion process was also reached for this film under visible excitation to near-infrared (NIR) 980 nm photons useful for Si solar cell.     

Density Functional Theory Study of Infrared and Ultraviolet Spectra of Urea L-Malic Acid

用密度泛函理论研究了新型二阶非线性光学晶体-L苹果酸脲.采用一些密度泛函理论方法计算了分子结构,比较得出PBEPBE/6-31+G(d,p)是计算分子结构的一种最佳的方法,然后给出了其红外和紫外可见光谱,并与实验结果作了比较,还结合分子轨道布局分析了紫外可见光谱. 同时结合极化连续模型利用密度泛函理论方法研究了L苹果酸脲在水中的几何结构及红外和紫外可见光谱,并指出了溶剂化效应对其性质的影响.     

Magneto-optical transverse Kerr effect in a film-substrate system

The problem of electromagnetic reflection at an oblique angle of incidence in a system consisting of an isotropic ambient, a magnetic film and a thick magnetic substrate is studied. The magnetizations in both the film and substrate are assumed normal to the plane of incidence (transverse geometry). The results are expressed in terms of the reflection matrix. The solution includes the conditions for guided wave propagation in the system. As a special case of the general formulae the reflection matrix in a system consisting of a uniaxial film and a uniaxial substrate optical axes of which are oriented normal to the plane of incidence are obtained.     

用模拟退火算法研究非晶硅薄膜的光学性质

在玻璃衬底上采用等离子体增强的化学气相沉积(PECVD)法制备了非晶硅薄膜(A-Si:H)。用紫外-可见-近红外分光光度计测出了其透射光谱。采用模拟退火算法研究了透射光谱,得出了薄膜的厚度、折射率和吸收系数随波长变化的关系式、光学带隙等光学常数,并对该方法的优缺点进行了讨论。     

Effect of Water Vapor Absorption on Measurements of Atmospheric Nitrate Radical by LP-DOAS

利用长程差分吸收光谱技术进行大气NO3自由基测量时,水汽的强烈吸收叠加在测量光谱中,对NO3的精确反演和探测限带来较大的影响. 通过分析水汽吸收的非线性效应,建立了一种去除水汽影响的有效方法. 通过测量日间大气吸收谱,并考虑日间水汽与夜晚水汽变化量,一同参与数据拟合,结果表明该方法可以有效地去除水汽吸收的影响. 把该方法应用于在珠三角外场实验中,获得了好的效果,探测限达到3.6 ppt。     

Mechanism of heat transfer in heterogeneous droplets of water under intense radiant heating

Thermocouple measurements of temperature have been performed at three main points of heterogeneous water droplet–high-temperature gases system: on the surface and in the depth of a solid inclusion, as well as on the free surface of the water droplet. Investigations have been carried out for water droplets of an initial volume of 5–15 μl with single inclusions of cubic graphite particles of a typical size of 1 mm. The gas temperature varied from 700 K to 1200 K, which corresponds to the main practical applications: thermal purification of water from solid and liquid impurities, fire extinguishing, treatment of heat-loaded surfaces of power equipment, etc. A hypothesis about the dominant role of radiant heat transfer in vaporization within heterogeneous water droplets has been grounded. It has been shown that in a short period (a few seconds), the surface temperature of an opaque solid inclusion within a droplet can reach the boiling point of water. A significant change in the optical properties of water with increasing temperature has been revealed, i.e., water became partially transparent to the infrared radiation. Presence of an opaque heterogeneous inclusion enhances this effect due to intensification of the heating of the water film. The heat and mass transfer characteristics obtained in the experiments were used for designing a model that takes into account the radiative properties of water film and adequately reproduces the results of thermocouplemeasurements. Based on the findings of the investigations, a conclusion has been formulated that models of high-temperature evaporation of water droplets should be developed with due account of changes in the optical properties of water and formation of a vapor buffer layer around inclusions.     

激光场对光学薄膜的作用

采用Mach-Zehnder干涉仪和光学延迟装置研究了Q开关激光与膜料折射率大于基底折射率和膜料折射率小于基底折射率的二类单层光学介质薄膜多次重复作用产生的等离子体形貌,从而对激光与介质薄膜相互作用的场效应进行了实验验证。     

Investigation of optical emission spectroscopy in diamond chemical vapor deposition by Monte Carlo simulation

The optical emission spectra(atomic hydrogen(Hα,Hβ,Hγ),atomic carbon C(2p3s→2p2:λ=165.7 nm) and radical CH(A2△→X2П:λ=420-440 nm))in the gas phase process of the diamond film growth from a gas mixture of CH4 and H2 by the technology of electron-assisted chemical vapor deposition (EACVD)have been investigated by using Monte Carlo simulation.The results show that the growth rate may be enhanced by the substrate bias due to the increase of atomic hydrogen concentration and the mean temperature of electrons.And a method of determining the mean temperature of electrons in the plasma in-situ iS given.The strong dependence on substrate temperature of the quality of diamond film mainly attributes to the change of gas phase process near the substrate surface.