Published July 15, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Deposition of optical thin films by pulsed laser assisted evaporation

  • 1. Rockwell International Science Center, P.O. Box 1085, Thousand Oaks, California 91360 (USA)

Description

Thin films of several refractory metal oxides and Ge were deposited by pulsed laser evaporation using a TEA CO2 laser. Films deposited on ambient temperature substrates had a polycrystalline microstructure. Ge films deposited on 3000C substrates were single crystalline. The refractive indices of these films were higher than indices of films deposited by conventional evaporation techniques and were bulk values for HfO2 and ZrO2. The crystalline microstructure and high packing density of the films were attributed to the effect of energetic ions in the laser-induced plasma

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Journal Title
Applied Optics
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
14
Series
Appl. Opt.
Journal Page Range
2806-2808
ISSN
0003-6935
CODEN
APOPA