Optical and structural properties of Nb₂O₅-SiO₂ mixtures in thin films

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• 作者：Vesna Janicki^a ; ^{janicki@irb.hr} ; Jordi Sancho-Parramon^a ; ^b ; Sergiy Yulin^c ; Marcel Flemming^d ; Andrey Chuvilin^d ; ¹
• 关键词：Optical characterization ; Optical properties ; Structural properties ; Material mixture ; Effective medium theory
• 刊名：Surface and Coatings Technology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：106_02578972
• 类别：ms
• 出版时间：25 April, 2012
• 卷：206
• 期：17
• 页码：3650-3657
• 文件大小：1282 K

摘要

Mixed material thin films are used in gradient index optical systems as their refractive index can be tailored to meet requirements. For the system to meet the optical performance requirements, it is necessary to relate the refractive index profile of the design to the volume fraction of the components of the mixture. Here we report that for electron-beam co-deposited Nb₂O₅-SiO₂ mixtures, the most appropriate effective medium theory is Lorentz-Lorenz theory. The optical properties of a mixture are related to the structure of the composite. The structural properties of the mixtures studied justify the appropriateness of Lorentz-Lorenz theory for this kind of effective medium.