Properties of fluoride materials and coatings for various optical systems

Author

Zinchenko, Viktor F. ; Kocherba, Grygoriy I. ; Timukhin, Yegor V. ; Sobol, Valeriy P. ; Mozgova, Ol Ga V ; Gorshtein, Boris A.

Author_Institution

A.V. Bogatsky Physico-Chem. Inst., NAS of Ukraine, Odesa

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

65

Abstract

Properties of low-refractive-index materials based on fluorides of metals, presumably, complex ones, and coatings produced from them, are regarded. Problems of optimization of composition of film-forming materials, based on fluorides, by their alloying are discussed. An alloying mechanism of admixtures to the most widespread material-magnesium fluoride-is established. Another way of enhancing optical properties, particularly, broadening of a transparency domain due to use of complex fluorides is shown. High beam durability and transparency of BaY₂F₈ allow regarding it as much promising material for interference optics of IR technological lasers.

Keywords

alloying; barium compounds; magnesium compounds; optical films; transparency; yttrium compounds; BaY₂F₈; IR technological lasers; MnF; alloying; coatings; film-forming materials; fluoride materials; high beam durability; low-refractive-index materials; optical systems; optimization; transparency; Alloying; Coatings; Lattices; Magnesium compounds; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Refractive index; coatings; complex fluorides; laser-beam durability; optical and operational properties;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling, 2008. LFNM 2008. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Crimea

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2526-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2527-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LFNM.2008.4670390

Filename

4670390