Amorphous dielectric optical coatings deposited by plasma ion-assisted electron beam evaporation for gravitational wave detectors

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作者：
Nunez, Carlos Garcia [1 ]
Wallace, Gavin [2 ]
Fleming, Lewis [1 ]
Craig, Kieran [2 ]
Song, Shigeng [3 ]
Ahmadzadeh, Sam
Clark, Caspar [4 ]
Tait, Simon [5 ]
Martin, Iain [5 ]
Reid, Stuart [2 ]
Rowan, Sheila [5 ]
Gibson, Des [3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ West Scotland, Inst Thin Films Sensors & Imaging, SUPA, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland
[2] Univ Strathclyde, SUPA, Glasgow G1 1XQ, Scotland
[3] Helia Photon Ltd, Rosebank Pk, Livingston EH54 7EJ, Scotland
[4] Univ Glasgow, SUPA, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland
[5] Albasense Ltd, Paisley PA1 2BE, Scotland
来源：
APPLIED OPTICS | 2023年 / 62卷 / 07期
基金：
英国科学技术设施理事会;
关键词：
HAFNIUM DIOXIDE; OXIDE-FILMS; MGF2; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSPORT; STRESS; CARBON;
D O I：
10.1364/AO.477186
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Coating thermal noise (CTN) in amorphous coatings is a drawback hindering their application in precision exper-iments such as gravitational wave detectors (GWDs). Mirrors for GWDs are Bragg's reflectors consisting of a bilayer-based stack of high-and low-refractive-index materials showing high reflectivity and low CTN. In this paper, we report the characterization of morphological, structural, optical, and mechanical properties of high -index materials such as scandium sesquioxide and hafnium dioxide and a low-index material such as magnesium fluoride deposited by plasma ion-assisted electron beam evaporation. We also evaluate their properties under different annealing treatments and discuss their potential for GWDs.(c) 2023 Optica Publishing Group
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页码：B209 / B221
页数：13
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