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In recent years, there has been a growing interest in further development of sol-gel method which... more In recent years, there has been a growing interest in further development of sol-gel method which can produce ceramics and glasses using chemical precursors at relative low-temperatures. The applications for sol-gel derived products are numerous. Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry with Laser Research Center of Vilnius University and Institute of Physics continues an ongoing research effort on the synthesis, deposition and characterization of porous solgel. Our target is highly optically resistant anti-reflective (AR) coatings for general optics and nonlinear optical crystals. In order to produce AR coatings a silica (SiO2) sol-gel has been dip coated on the set of fused silica substrates. The optical properties and structure of AR-coatings deposited from hydrolysed tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) sol were characterized in detail in this study. The influence of different parameters on the formation of colloidal silica antireflective coatings by dip-coating technique has been investigated. All samples were characterized performing, transmission electron microscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, ellipsometric, total scattering and laser-induced damage threshold measurements. Herewith we present our recent results on synthesis of sol-gel solvents, coating fabrication and characterization of their optical properties.
The stability of thin film coatings for applications especially in the UV spectral range is often... more The stability of thin film coatings for applications especially in the UV spectral range is oftentimes a limiting factor in the further development of radiation sources and beam delivery systems. Particularly, functional coatings on laser and conversions crystals as well as resonator mirrors show an insufficient lifetime due to laser-induced degradation. Previous investigations in the power handling capability of UV coatings mostly concentrate on the properties of pure oxide materials and particle mitigation. Recent innovations in ion beam sputtering technology enabled efficient deposition of mixture coatings of different oxide materials. In combination with an advanced thickness monitoring equipment, the described IBS deposition systems are capable of employing designs with sub-layers of a few nm thickness. In the present investigation, the stability of classical designs using pure oxide materials is compared with gradient index design concepts based on mixture materials. Reflecting and transmitting thin film coatings employing classical and gradient index approaches manufactured under comparable conditions are characterized in respect to their power handling capability. The results are analyzed before the background of theoretical expectations regarding contributions from field enhancement and absorptance effects.
In recent years, there has been a growing interest in further development of sol-gel method which... more In recent years, there has been a growing interest in further development of sol-gel method which can produce ceramics and glasses using chemical precursors at relative low-temperatures. The applications for sol-gel derived products are numerous. Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry with Laser Research Center of Vilnius University and Institute of Physics continues an ongoing research effort on the synthesis, deposition and characterization of porous solgel. Our target is highly optically resistant anti-reflective (AR) coatings for general optics and nonlinear optical crystals. In order to produce AR coatings a silica (SiO2) sol-gel has been dip coated on the set of fused silica substrates. The optical properties and structure of AR-coatings deposited from hydrolysed tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) sol were characterized in detail in this study. The influence of different parameters on the formation of colloidal silica antireflective coatings by dip-coating technique has been investigated. All samples were characterized performing, transmission electron microscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, ellipsometric, total scattering and laser-induced damage threshold measurements. Herewith we present our recent results on synthesis of sol-gel solvents, coating fabrication and characterization of their optical properties.
The stability of thin film coatings for applications especially in the UV spectral range is often... more The stability of thin film coatings for applications especially in the UV spectral range is oftentimes a limiting factor in the further development of radiation sources and beam delivery systems. Particularly, functional coatings on laser and conversions crystals as well as resonator mirrors show an insufficient lifetime due to laser-induced degradation. Previous investigations in the power handling capability of UV coatings mostly concentrate on the properties of pure oxide materials and particle mitigation. Recent innovations in ion beam sputtering technology enabled efficient deposition of mixture coatings of different oxide materials. In combination with an advanced thickness monitoring equipment, the described IBS deposition systems are capable of employing designs with sub-layers of a few nm thickness. In the present investigation, the stability of classical designs using pure oxide materials is compared with gradient index design concepts based on mixture materials. Reflecting and transmitting thin film coatings employing classical and gradient index approaches manufactured under comparable conditions are characterized in respect to their power handling capability. The results are analyzed before the background of theoretical expectations regarding contributions from field enhancement and absorptance effects.