Mónica Fernández-Perea, Juan I. Larruquert, José A. Aznárez, Alicia Pons, and José A. Méndez
Abstract
Ion-beam sputtering (IBS) and evaporation are the two deposition techniques that have been used to deposit coatings of Al protected with MgF2 with high reflectance in the vacuum ultraviolet down to 115 nm. Evaporation deposited (ED) Al protected with IBS MgF2 resulted in a larger (smaller) reflectance below (above) 125 nm than the well-known all-evaporated coatings. A similar comparison is obtained when the Al film is deposited by IBS instead of evaporation. The lower reflectance of the coatings protected with IBS versus ED MgF2 above 125 nm is because of larger absorption of the former. Both nonprotected IBS Al, as well as IBS Al protected with ED MgF2, resulted in a band of reflectance loss that was peaked at 127 and 157 nm, respectively. This result was attributed to the excitation of surface plasmons due to the enhancement of surface roughness with large spatial wave vectors in the sputter deposition. This reflectance loss for IBS Al protected with MgF2 is small at the short (𝜆∼120 nm) and long (𝜆>350 nm) wavelengths investigated. IBS Al protected with ED MgF2 is thus a promising coating for these two spectral regions. Coatings protected with IBS MgF2 resulted in a reflectance as high as coatings protected with ED MgF2 at wavelengths longer than 550 nm, whereas the former had a lower reflectance below this wavelength.
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