HigH Voltage Pulsed generators - Physical Instruments
HigH Voltage Pulsed generators - Physical Instruments
HigH Voltage Pulsed generators - Physical Instruments
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MF <strong>Pulsed</strong> Reactive Dual Magnetron<br />
Sputtering of Nb2O5<br />
Hydrogen depth profile obtained by nuclear reaction analysis<br />
data for Nb2O5 films with open (blue) and closed (red) pores.<br />
Optical applications require highly homogeneous,<br />
amorphous oxide material with high refractive index,<br />
low extinction, mechanical stress and thermal<br />
shift. The reactive pulsed magnetron sputter deposition<br />
facility is optimized to produce dense Nb2O5<br />
films with refractive index n>2.5 and extinction coefficient<br />
k~6x10-4 at light wavelength of 400 nm,<br />
mechanical stress of -90 MPa, nearly zero thermal<br />
shift, and hydrogen content below 1%. The optimum<br />
films are denser compared to ordinary ones,<br />
and contain closed pores (Nb2O5_1_closed pores,<br />
Nb2O5_1_open_pores).<br />
Such closed pores should relax the mechanical<br />
stress and do not lead to significant thermal shift of<br />
the optical properties. The nuclear reaction analysis<br />
data show that the optimum films are nearly hydrogen<br />
free, which confirms assumption about the<br />
closed pores (Nb2O5_2).<br />
(Forschungszentrum Dresden Rossendorf applied RUPmag)<br />
Overview TEM images of the Nb2O5 films grown by reactive<br />
medium frequency pulsed magnetron sputtering with open<br />
and closed pores.