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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.

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