不同技术制备DLC膜的激光损伤特性研究

Laser Damages and Two Diamond-Like Carbon Growth Techniques

随着高能量大功率激光器的发展和激光元件的广泛应用,用于红外窗口表面增透保护的类金刚石薄膜(DLC)的抗激光损伤特性成为评价薄膜质量优劣的一个重要指标。然而,不同的制备方法和技术沉积的DLC薄膜具有各异的微观结构,从而具有不同的抗激光损伤特性。本文采用脉冲真空电弧(PVAD)和非平衡磁控溅射(UBMS)技术沉积了DLC膜,对两种DLC膜抗激光损伤特性进行了研究,测试结果表明,两种技术沉积的DLC薄膜激光损伤阈值分别0.6 J/cm2和0.3 J/cm2,PVAD技术比UBMS技术沉积的DLC薄膜具有更高的抗激光损伤阈值。基于实验研究了薄膜光学常数和表面形态,分析了两种技术制备DLC膜激光损伤特性差异的主要原因。结果表明,采用UBMS技术沉积的DLC膜具有较小的折射率和较大的消光系数,薄膜表面存在较多的疵病和缺陷,这些是其激光损伤阈值较低的主要原因。

Laser damages of diamond-like carbon（DLC） films,grown by pulsed vacuum arc deposition（PVAD） and by unbalanced magnetron sputtering（UBMS）, were experimentally studied.The results show that laser damages markedly depend on the film growth techniques. For example, the laser-induced damage thresholds of the DLC films grown by PVAD and by UBMS are 0.6 J/cm^2 and 0.3 J/cm^2, respectively. Possible mechanism was tentatively discussed.