水热法生长复合钛宝石激光晶体

水热法生长了复合钛宝石(Al2O3／Ti：Al2O3)激光晶体．对外层Al2O3X射线ω扫描表明其晶体质量很高．外层生长的Al2O3和内部的钛宝石激光棒结合牢固、紧密，因而能适应高强度泵浦所带来的激光介质内部的热应力．复合激光晶体界面层带来的光损耗很小．就我们所知，这是首次用水热法生长复合激光晶体．

退火对电子束热蒸发193nm Al2O3/MgF2反射膜性能的影响

设计并镀制了193nm Al2O3/MgF2反射膜,对它们在空气中分别进行了250-400℃的高温退火,测量了样品的透射率光谱曲线和绝对反射率光谱曲线.发现样品在高反射区的总的光学损耗随退火温度的升高而下降,而后趋于饱和.采用总积分散射的方法对样品在不同退火温度下的散射损耗进行了分析,发现随着退火温度的升高散射损耗有所增加.因此,总的光学损耗的下降是由于吸收损耗而不是散射损耗起主导作用.对Al2O3材料的单层膜进行了同等条件的退火处理,由它们光学性能的变化推导出它们的折射率和消光系数的变化,从而解释了相应

Annealing effects on electron-beam evaporated Al2O3 films

The effects of post-deposited annealing on structure and optical properties of electron-beam evaporated Al2O3 single layers were investigated. The films were annealed in air for 1.5 h at different temperatures from 250 to 400 degrees C. The optical constants and cut-off wavelength were deduced. Microstructure of the samples was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Profile and surface roughness measurement instrument was used to determine the rms surface roughness. It was found that the cut-off wavelength shifted to short wavelength as the annealing temperature increased and the total optical loss decreased. The film structure remained amorphous even after annealing at 400 degrees C temperature and the samples annealed at higher temperature had the higher rms surface roughness. The decreasing total optical loss with annealing temperature was attributed to the reduction of absorption owing to oxidation of the film by annealing. Guidance to reduce the optical loss of excimer laser mirrors was given. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

退火对电子束热蒸发Al2O3薄膜性能影响的实验研究

用电子束热蒸发方法镀制了Al2O3材料的单层膜，对它们在空气中进行了250～400℃的高温退火。对样品的透射率光谱曲线进行了测量，计算了样品的消光系数、折射率和截止波长。通过X射线衍射仪(XRD)测量分析了薄膜的微观结构，采用表面轮廓仪测量了样品的表面均方根粗糙度。结果发现随着退火温度的提高光学损耗下降，薄膜结构在退火温度为400℃时仍然为无定形态，样品的表面粗糙度随退火温度的升高而增加。引起光学损耗下降起主导作用的是吸收而不是散射，吸收损耗的下降主要是由于退火使材料吸收空气中的氧而进一步氧化，从而使薄膜

沉积温度对热舟蒸发MgF2薄膜性能的影响

采用热舟蒸发方法沉积了氟化镁（MgF2）材料的单层膜，沉积温度从200℃上升到350℃，间隔为50℃。测量了样品的透射率和反射率光谱曲线，进行了表面粗糙度的标定，并在此基础上进行了光学损耗及散射损耗的计算。同时对355nm波长处的激光诱导损伤阈值进行了测量。结果表明：随着沉积温度的升高，光学损耗增加;在短波长范围散射损耗在光学损耗中所占比例很小，光学损耗的增加主要由吸收损耗引起；在355nm波长处的损伤阈值变化与吸收损耗的变化趋势相关，损伤机制主要是吸收起主导作用。样品的微缺陷密度也是影响损伤阈值的一个重要因素，损伤阈值随缺陷密度的增加而降低。

热舟蒸发LaF_3薄膜的紫外性能研究

研究了沉积温度对热舟蒸发氟化镧薄膜结构和光学性能的影响,沉积温度从200℃上升到350℃,间隔为50℃.采用分光光度计测量了样品的透射率和反射率光谱曲线,并在此基础上进行了光学损耗、光学常数以及带隙和截止波长的计算.采用表面轮廓仪进行了表面形貌和表面粗糙度的标定,采用X射线衍射(XRD)方法测量了不同沉积温度下样品的微结构.发现在短波长波段,随着沉积温度的升高,光学损耗增加,晶粒尺寸增大,表面粗糙度略有增加.不过散射损耗在光学损耗中所占比例均很小,光学损耗的增加主要由吸收损耗引起.随着沉积温度的升高,折射率与消光系数增大,带隙变小,相对应的截止波长向长波方向移动.

低损耗193nm增透膜

计算了适用于193nm增透膜设计与制备的基底与薄膜材料的光学常数,并在此基础上对193nm增透膜进行了设计、制备与性能分析.发现基底材料的吸收损耗对增透膜元件的影响很大,超过一定值时,增透膜元件的设计透过率将达不到理想水平.对单面增透膜的设计与制备结果表明,当吸收损耗降低到一定程度,散射损耗成为不可忽略的因素.采用热舟蒸发方法实现了性能良好的193nm减反射膜,剩余反射率在0.2%以下.

Investigation on thermal stability of TiO2 films for application at high temperature

The thermal stability of electron beam deposited TiO2 monolayers and TiO2/SiO2 high reflectors (HR) during 300 to 1100 degrees C annealing is studied. It is found that the optical loss of film increases with the increase in annealing temperature, due to the phase change, crystallisation and deoxidising of film. Scattering loss dominates the optical property degradation of film below 900 degrees C, while the absorption is another factor at 1100 degrees C. The increase in refractive index and decrease in physical thickness of TiO2 layer shift the spectra of HR above 900 degrees C. The possible crack mechanism on the surface of HR during annealing is discussed. Guidance for application on high temperature stable optical coatings is given.

Design and analysis of 1.3 mu m GaAs-based quantum dot vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

A theoretical study on 1.3 mu m GaAs-based quantum dot vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) was made. Investigation of the influence of VCSELs on the optical confinement factors and the optical loss and the calculation of the material gain of the assembled InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots. Analysis of the threshold characteristic was made and the multi-wavelength cavity and multilayer quantum-dot stack structure is found to be more suitable for quantum dot VCSELs.

A V-shaped module technique for promoting generation photocurrent density of silicon solar cells

A V-shaped solar cell module consists of two tilted mono-crystalline cells [J. Li, China Patent No. 200410007708.6 (March, 2004)]. The angle included between the two tilted cells is 90 degrees. The two cells were fabricated by using polished silicon wafers. The scheme of both-side polished wafers has been proposed to reduce optical loss. Compared to solar cells in a planar way, the V-shaped structure enhances external quantum efficiency and leads to an increase of 15% in generation photocurrent density. The following three kinds of trapped photons are suggested to contribute to the increase: (1) infrared photons converted from visible photons due to a transformation mechanism, (2) photons reflected from top contact metal, and (3) a residual reflection which can not be eliminated by an antireflection coating.

Absolute Absorption Cross-Section Measurement of a Submonolayer film on a silica microresonator

Conventional absorption spectroscopy is not nearly sensitive enough for quantitative overtone measurements on submonolayer coatings. While cavity-enhanced absorption detection methods using microresonators have the potential to provide quantitative absorption cross sections of even weakly absorbing submonolayer films, this potential has not yet been fully realized. To determine the absorption cross section of a submonolayer film of ethylene diamine (EDA) on a silica microsphere resonator, we use phase-shift cavity ringdown spectroscopy simultaneously on near-IR radiation that is Rayleigh backscattered from the microsphere and transmitted through the coupling fiber taper. We then independently determine both the coupling coefficient and the optical loss within the resonator. Together with a coincident measurement of the wavelength frequency shift, an absolute overtone absorption cross section of adsorbed EDA, at submonolayer coverage, was obtained and was compared to the bulk value. The smallest quantifiable absorption cross section is σmin 2.7 × 10−12 cm2. This absorption cross section is comparable to the extinction coefficients of, e.g., single gold nanoparticles or aerosol particles. We therefore propose that the present method is also a viable route to absolute extinction measurements of single particles.

Chemical Sensing Using a Polymer Coated Long-Period Fiber Grating Interrogated by Ring-Down Spectroscopy

An etched long-period grating was used as a refractive index sensor for vapours of four volatile organic compounds, i.e. m-xylene, cyclohexane, trichloroethylene and commercial gasoline. The sensitivity to the vapours was further increased by solid-phase microextraction into a coating made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/polymethyl-octylsiloxane (PMOS) co-polymer. By further amplification of the optical loss in an optical cavity made of two identical fiber-Bragg gratings and interrogation by phase-shift cavity ring-down spectroscopy we could detect and distinguish xylene (detection limit: 134ppm) from trichloroethylene (3300ppm), cyclohexane (1850ppm) and gasoline (10,500ppm).

Fiber-Optic Ring-Down Spectroscopy Using a Tunable Picosecond Gain-Switched Diode Laser

Visible and near-infrared laser light pulses were coupled into two different types of optical fiber cavities. One cavity consisted of a short strand of fiber waveguide that contained two identical fiber Bragg gratings. Another cavity was made using a loop of optical fiber. In either cavity ∼ 40 ps laser pulses, which were generated using a custom-built gainswitched diode laser, circulated for a large number of round trips. The optical loss of either cavity was determined from the ring-down times. Cavity ring-down spectroscopy was performed on 200 pL volumes of liquid samples that were injected into the cavities using a 100 μm gap in the fiber loop. A detection limit of 20 ppm of methylene blue dye in aqueous solution, corresponding to a minimum absorptivity of εC < 6 cm−1, was realized.

PbO-GeO2 rib waveguides for photonic applications

This work presents for the first time to our knowledge the fabrication and characterization of rib waveguides produced with PbO-GeO2 (PGO) thin films. The target was manufactured using pure oxides ( 60 PbO-40 GeO2, in wt%) and amorphous thin films were produced with the RF sputtering technique. PGO thin films present small absorption in the visible and in the near infrared and refractive index of similar to 2.0. The definition of the rib waveguide structure was made using conventional optical lithography followed by plasma etching, performed in a Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) reactor. Light propagation mode in the waveguide structure was analyzed using integrated optic simulation software. Optical loss measurements were performed to determine the propagation loss at 633 nm, for ribs with height of 70 nm and width of 3-5 mu m; experimental values around 2 dB/cm were found for the propagation loss and confirmed the theoretical calculations. The results obtained demonstrate that PGO thin films are potential candidates for application in integrated optics. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Organic-inorganic hybrids prepared by carboxylic acid solvolysis: Planar waveguides

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