An optical coating involves the plating of one or more dielectric (or metal) films on the surface to an optical component. It is intended to increase or reduce the reflectivity, beam separation, color seperation, and polarization light.
There are two common methods of applying coatings, vacuum wrapping and electric coating.
Principles and applications of optical coatings:
Vacuum coating:
Vacuum coatings are coatings which require higher vacuum. It is made from the plated material and then electroplated. You can place the substrate in the same space as your target.
The evaporation coating is usually the target of heating so that the surface components evaporate in the form of free radicals or ions and are deposited on the surface of the substrate by film-forming method (scattering island structure-trapezoidal structure-layered growth).
Sputtered covering
The sputtered layer is formed when the target substance is subject to high-energy lasers or electrons.
A characteristic of an optical film is its smooth surface. An interface between the layers has been segmented in a geometrical manner. While the refractiveindex of the film may jump at that interface, it remains continuous in the film.
Medium for absorption: It may be uniform or normal. The actual application of the film will be much more complicated than the ideal film. This is because its optical properties and physical properties are different from those of bulk material. Also, the interface’s rough surface can cause diffuse scattering. A diffusion interface is created by mutual penetration between films. It forms the anisotropy due to film structure, growth and stress.
The most popular optical coating materials for the eye are:
1. Metal (alloy): germanium, chromium, aluminum, silver, gold, etc.
Germanium.
A rare metal which is nontoxic and not radioactive. It is used mostly in semiconductor industry and plastic industry. The light transmission range for this metal is from 2000NM muri to 4000NM judicial awful 4.
Chrome.
Used in spectroscopes as a “colloid coating” to enhance adhesion. A colloid layer could be anywhere from 550 to 300NM. But, under the guidance of aluminum mirror, 30NM is the most effective value to improve adhesion.
Aluminium.
It exhibits the best ultraviolet reflection performance, surpassing all other common metals. Furthermore, its effective thickness exceeds 50NM.
Silver.
If the evaporation is rapid enough and the substrate temperatures are not too high, then silver can reflect as well as aluminum. This happens because of the large accumulations at high speed and low temperatures, leading to higher absorption.
Gold.
This material has the highest reflection among all materials.
2. Oxides.
Yttrium trioxide.
With electron gun Evaporation, properties vary according to the film thickness. It is 8% at 500nm. It is used extensively as an aluminum protective layer, due to its excellent incident angle (800-12000nm).
Cerium dioxide.
Cerium dioxide is evaporated at high density using tungsten boat heating. You can obtain low absorption thin nylon films in the range of 0.35 nm by using oxygen ion plating.
titania.
The refractive indice is the wavelength of light transmitted at 2.21500nm. High refractive Index and relative firmness make this material popular among people for their anti-reflection and splitter film applications.
Silicon dioxide.
The crystal is transparent and colorless, has high melting points, good hardness, chemical stability, and low melting temperatures. The crystal’s purity is excellent, and it can be used for Si02 coatings. It can also be broken down into visible, infrared or ultraviolet light, depending on its intended use. You will see pores in the film, and it will become fragile. On the other hand, films with high pressure will absorb the water, and the refractive indice will go up.
Zirconium dioxide.
White heavy crystals have high levels of refractive indices and resistance to heat, chemical stability and purity. There are several reasons to use this crystal. It is used for the preparation of high quality zirconia coated without breaking point. It will diffuse the incident sunlight and decrease the light transmittance. Some incident light sources, such as those that emit high frequencies of radiation from the sun, will be affected by the material’s optical rotation. A material that absorbs light red can look green. These problems can be corrected if the processing is correct.
Hafnium oxide.
After it has evaporated at 150C with an electron gun, the refractive Index is around 2.0C. An oxygen-ion assisted plating technique can give stable refractive values of 2.5-2.1. For the protection of the aluminum outer layer in the range of 8000-12000NM, HFO2 is superior to SiO2.
3. Fluoride.
Magnesium fluoride.
An antireflective material with a thickness of 4 waves, it’s widely used in glass optical films.
Calcium fluoride & bariumfluoride.
Their weakness is their inability to compact completely. They cannot currently be used as infrared filters because of their transmittance shift to longer wavelengths in high temperature.
Fluoride.
It’s a UV-resistant material with high refractive index. It is best to use it at 300nm because it has a low refractive factor when in direct contact with molybdenums, tantalums and tungsten. This makes it less useful for those who need platinum dishes or ceramic ones.
4. You may also be interested in other compounds.
Zinc sulfide.
With a refractive index from 2.35400-13000m, the light transmission range is good for environmental durability and has high stress. Mainly used to make spectroscopic films, cold light films and decorative films.
Lead askuride.
This type of IR material has a high refractive. This thin film material can be transparent for 300 to 4000NM. Sublimated is the method of sublimating the material in the far-infrared. A substrate temperature of 250C can be beneficial. This is a good way to protect your health. It is effective when 40000NM of it is present. There are many other materials that can be used with the infrared edge of 14000NM.
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