Role Of Hard Carbon In The Field Of Infrared Coating Materials

A. Bubenzer; B. Dischler; G. Brandt; P. Koidl

doi:10.1117/12.7973404

1 April 1984 Role Of Hard Carbon In The Field Of Infrared Coating Materials

A. Bubenzer, B. Dischler, G. Brandt, P. Koidl

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 23, Issue 2, 232153 (April 1984). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7973404

Abstract

Amorphous hydrogenated hard carbon (a-C:H) is a promising new optical coating material for passive infrared materials. It offers the rare combination of extreme hardness, chemical inertness, and optical transparency over a wide spectral range. We give an overview of the optical properties of rf-plasma deposited a-C:H coatings and compare them with vacuum-evaporated infrared coatings. For many applications, a-C:H solves the problem of a mechanically and chemically resistant 8 to 12 Am coating despite its moderate absorption in the 6 to 20 Am range. The tunability of the refractive index between 1.8 and 2.2 allows single layer coatings on Si and Ge with zero reflection. State-of-the-art applications, possible future developments, as well as remaining technological problems of a-C:H are discussed.

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A. Bubenzer, B. Dischler, G. Brandt, and P. Koidl "Role Of Hard Carbon In The Field Of Infrared Coating Materials," Optical Engineering 23(2), 232153 (1 April 1984). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7973404

Published: 1 April 1984

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