Preparation and Optical Patterning of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Color-Filter Films Using Latent Pigments by Utilizing Photo-Acid-Generator and Microwave Irradiation

Preparation and photo-patterning characteristics of organic-inorganic hybrid thin film containing latent pigment by using photo-acid-generator (PAG) and microwave irradiation have been investigated. The acrylic thin film modified with methoxysilane containing PAG was formed on a glass substrate and irradiated with ultraviolet rays to promote sol-gel reaction by catalytic action of acid which was generated from PAG. And then the film was hardened with microwave irradiation, yielding organic-inorganic hybrid polymer film having hardness, highly transparency and strong adhesion with a glass substrate. Since this reaction only occurred in the optically (UV) irradiated regions, by exploiting the difference between the adhesivenesses of these regions photo-irradiated through photomask with a glass substrate, it was possible to form a patterned film with pitch of 100 to 50 μm by a simple lift-off method. A pigment-containing film using latent pigments (with subtractive three primary colors of coloring materials) and a patterned film were prepared, and it was possible to make these films multi-colored by varying the mixing ratio of the pigments. This multi-colored film-preparation method is effective for simply and efficiently forming a color-filter film by applying optical and microwave irradiation.

S-type Er-Yb Co-doped Phosphate Glass Waveguide Amplifier Integrated with Cascaded Multilayer Medium Thin Film Filter

A new S-type of erbium-ytterbium co-doped phosphate glass waveguide amplifier integrated with cascaded multilayer medium thin film filter is proposed,this S-type geometry waveguide structure is used to achieve a long path in a compact chip,and obtained higher gain with lower Er-doped concentration. The cascaded multilayer medium thin film filter is utilized to achieve a broader flattening gain bandwidth.The intrinsical gain spectrum is obtained by solving rate and power propagation equations,the effect of transmittance spectrum of thin film filter on flattening gain is discussed.

The behaviours of optical novelty filter based on bacteriorhodopsin film

The quality of the novelty filter image is investigated at different intensities of the incident blue and yellow beams irradiating a bacteriorhodopsin （bR） film. The relationship between the transmitted blue beams and the incident yellow beams is established. The results show that the contrast of the novelty filter image depends on the lifetime of longest lived photochemical state （M state）. These results enable one to identify the direction of a moving object and to improve the quality of the novel filter image by prolonging the lifetime of M state.

An improved transmitting multi-layer thin-film filter

The angular resolutions of the phase-shifted Rugate thin-film filters, the ultra-narrow bandpass filters, and a cutoff filter-combination device are discussed, and the electric field distributions of the filters are compared. The results show that the three transmitting multi-layer thin-film filters can realize the same angular resolution, but the electric field in the cutoff filter-combination device is the lowest. Because a lower electric-field distribution corresponds to a higher laser-induced damage threshold of the thin films, the cutoff filter-combination device may replace the traditional spatial filters in high power laser systems.

Fabrication of Tungsten Carbide Films by Filtered Pulse Arc Deposition with Cemented Tungsten Carbide Cathodes

Tungsten carbide films (W-C films) were fabricated on silicon substrates by using the filtered pulse arc deposition (FPAD) method. Two types of cemented tungsten carbide (WC) were used as cathode, one containing Co and the other Ti, which were used as binders for forming the cathode shape. The films were fabricated by varying the pulse arc current and substrate bias voltage. The discharge, deposition and film properties were investigated under these deposition conditions. The cathode wear amount when using WC-Co (WC cathode containing Co) was found to be smaller than that measured when WC-Ti (WC cathode containing Ti) was used. The W-C film thickness was approximately 30 - 40 nm under all conditions, except when the pulse arc current was 50 A and the film thickness, was approximately 10 nm. Compared to the WC-Ti, the consumption of cathode material is suppressed in the WC-Co, indicating that the efficiency for film preparation of the latter is good. From the X-ray diffraction analysis, the crystalline phase of W-C films fabricated using WC-Co and WC-Ti were observed as W2C and WC1-x, respectively, indicating that different crystalline phases could be fabricated using different cathodes. From the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, the oxidation layer formed by air exposure was observed to exclusively exist on the W-C film surface. Moreover, almost all oxygen in the oxidation layer bonded with tungsten.

Mechanical Properties of Composite SiNx/DLC Films Prepared by Filtered Cathodic Arc of Graphite Incorporated with RF Sputtering of Silicon Nitride

Composite SiNx/DLC films were deposited on Si substrate by RF magnetron sputtering of silicon nitride (Si3N4) target simultaneously with filtered cathode arc (FCA) of graphite. The RF power was fixed at 100 W whereas the arc currents of FCA were 20, 40, 60 and 80 A. The effects of arc current on the structure, surface roughness, density and mechanical properties of SiNx/DLC films were investigated. The results show that the arc current in the studied range has effect on the structure, surface roughness, density and mechanical properties of composite SiNx/DLC films. The composite SiNx/DLC films show the sp3 content between 53.5% and 66.7%, density between 2.54 and2.98 g/cm3, stress between 1.7 and 2.2 GPa, and hardness between 35 and 51 GPa. Furthermore, it was found that the density, stress and hardness correlate linearly with the sp3 content for composite SiNx/DLC films.

ESTIMATE ACCURACY OF NONLINEAR COEFFICIENTS OF SQUEEZEFILM DAMPER USING STATE VARIABLE FILTER METHOD

The estimate model for a nonlinear system of squeeze film damper (SFD) is described.The method of state variable filter (SVF) is used to estimate the coefficients of SFD.The factors which are critical to the estimate accuracy are discussed

Development of DWDM Filter Manufacture

DWDM technology is developing rapidly. Thin film narrow bandpass filter plays an important role in this field. This article presents some achievements in developing the DWDM narrow bandpass filters and also describes the results achieved by us.

Preparation and Characterization of Nanotitanium Dioxide Coating Film Doped with Fe^(3+) Ions on Porous Ceramic

The nanotitanium dioxide （TiO2） photocatalytic and porous ceramic filtering technique is one of the advanced methods to effectively treat organic wastewater. The TiO2 sol doped with Fe^3＋ ions was prepared by sol-gel processing. The influences of the process conditions of coating nanophotocatalytic material- Fe^3＋-TiO2 film on the surface of porous ceramic filter by dipping-lift method on the performance of porous ceramic filter were studied. The porous ceramic filters have two functions at the same time, filtration and photocatalytic degradation. The results of this study showed that the pH and viscosity of the sol, amount of Fe^3＋ ions doped as well as the coating times greatly affect the quality of coating film, the performance parameters and the photocatalytic activity of the porous ceramic filter. When the pH of the sol is 3-4, the viscosity is about 6 mPa.S, the amount of doped Fe^3＋ ions is about 2.0 g/L, the porous ceramic filter has been shown to have the best filtering performance and photocatalytic activity. In this condition, the porosity of porous ceramic is about 42.5%, the pore diameter is 8-10μm. The degradation of methyl-orange is 74.76% under lighting for 120 rain.

SAW filter with AIN on diamond

Diamond surface acoustic wave(SAW) has been used to boost the frequency of thin film filters made of piezoelectric materials.Many designs have been tested and with significant results,in particular,AlN on diamond(AlNoD) as the interface for transmitting Rayleigh wave was studied extensively .However,in all cases,nano crystalline or microcrystalline AlN coatings were deposited,typically by sputtering or CVD,on polycrystalline diamond film.The diamond film itself may contain nano or micro grains that are deposited by CVD.The presence of extensive grain boundaries in AlN can attenuate rapidly the propagation of Rayleigh wave.Moreover,the bonding between loose atomic packing of AlN and tight lattice of diamond is weak so much of the mechanical energy is dissipated as heat.In fact,the energy loss is much higher than energy transmitted during the resonating process.In this research,we attempted to improve the matching of atoms at the interface of AlNoD by doping AlN lattice with boron atoms.The shrinking of the lattice may allow more atoms are aligned at the interface.Moreover,a method of coupling single crystal AlN on single crystal diamond is proposed.Such a coupling can maximize the signal-to-noise ratio of the resonating AlNoD at the same time minimize the insertion loss of the SAW filter.

The Fabrication of 2.5 GHz SAW Filter Using ZnO/Diamond Structure

Great interest in surface acoustic wave device based on diamond is attracted because diamond has the highest surface acoustic wave velocity of all substrates.In this paper,400 nm ZnO film was deposited on polycrystalline diamond wafer by magnetron sputtering.The experimental results indicate that highly c-axis oriented and fine-grain polycrystalline ZnO films have been obtained.100 nm Al thin film was deposited on ZnO/diamond by electron evaporation.Standard interdigital-transducers with the electrodes of 1.0μm width were fabricated on the Al film using photolithography and reactive ion etching (RIE) processes.A 2.48 GHz longitudinally-coupled double-mode surface acoustic wave filter has been successfully fabricated using the Al/ZnO/diamond structure.

The design and preparation of a Fabry–Pérot polarizing filter

A novel single-cavity narrowband Fabry-Perot （FP） polarizing filter at normal incidence, constructed from a sandwich structure with sculptured anisotropic space layer and symmetric isotropic HR mirrors, is designed and prepared. The optical performances of transmittance, phase shift, central wavelength, and bandwidth for two polarized states are analyzed with the characteristic matrix. The numerical studies accord reasonably well with the experimental results. It is demonstrated that the polarization state of the electromagnetic wave and phase shift can be modulated by employing an anisotropic space layer in the polarizing beam splitter system. The birefringence of the anisotropic space layer provides a sophisticated phase modulation by varying the incidence angles over a broad range to have a wide-angle phase shift.

Structural and mechanical properties of amorphous carbon films deposited by the dual plasma technique

Direct current metal filtered cathodic vacuum arc （FCVA） and acetylene gas （C2H2） were wielded to synthesize Ti-containing amorphous carbon films on Si （100）. The influence of substrate bias voltage and acetylene gas on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the films were investigated. The results show that the phase of TiC in the （111） preferential crystallographic orientation exists in the film,and the main existing pattern of carbon is sp2. With increasing the acetylene flow rate,the contents of Ti and TiC phase of the film gradually reduce; however,the thickness of the film increases. When the substrate bias voltage reaches -600 V,the internal stress of the film reaches 1.6 GPa. The micro-hardness and elastic modulus of the film can reach 33.9 and 237.6 GPa,respectively,and the friction coefficient of the film is 0.25.

用于荧光内窥镜的陷波滤光片的研制

基于荧光内窥镜的实际应用确定陷波滤光片的技术指标,以光学薄膜理论为基础设计陷波滤光片结构,采用Essential Macleod软件辅助进行膜系设计,分析膜层敏感度,选择合适镀膜设备、工艺控制方法制备陷波滤光片。制备的滤光片通带透射率均值达到97%以上,截止背景达到OD6以上,透射波前畸变低于λ/4@632.8 nm,满足医疗健康微创精准手术的应用需求。

Study on superprism effect in the multilayer optical thin film stack

Researches show that multilayer optical thin film stack can exhibit superprism effect due to their large abnormal dispersions. We investigated and simulated this effect numerically in a 1-D non-periodic film structure-Fabry-Perot filters (FPF), which possess drastic change in phase and large group delay around wavelength of peak transmittance, and fabricated this device to realize remarkable superprism effect. We tested experimentally with the maximum spatial separation shift up to 65 μm, and the experimental result is in good agreement with the theory. Compared with the traditional prism, the total thickness of our structure is only 3.3 μm, and our prism shows a stronger angular resolution of 1.8°/nm.

45°倾斜应用的多通道干涉截止滤光片研制

光纤通信的发展对通信器件中薄膜滤光片提出了新的要求。根据45°倾斜应用的多通道干涉截止滤光片的设计指标,选择Nb2O5和SiO2为高、低折射率材料设计非规整膜系,以减少偏振效应的影响。结合APS1104型镀膜机的特点,分析了设计膜系的膜层灵敏度和薄膜生长过程中的模拟监控曲线,判断设计薄膜的可镀制性。然后采取直接光学监控方式,选择合适的镀制工艺成功镀制滤光片。测试结果表明:滤光片在45°倾斜应用条件下,1255~1365 nm、1475~1502 nm双通带最大插入损耗为0.199 dB,1547~1565 nm为反射带,通带隔离度为17.3 dB,满足系统应用需求。

Microstructure and Application of YBCO Superconductive Films with Low Surface Resistance

Large area YBCO superconductive films prepared by d.c. magnetron sputtering have reached: T c>89 K, J c>3.5×10 6 A/cm 2 (77 K, 0 T), R s=0.25 mΩ, at 77.5 K, 9894 MHz. The microstructure analysis of the film showed it has fine monocrystalline structure and the crystalline perfectness is satisfactory. The oscillator, filter and antenna made from these films are good in performance. Therefore, YBCO superconductive films have great prospect in application.

Parylene F在V频段MMIC防护上的应用

为了验证Parylene F材料在V频段MMIC防护上的应用,设计了薄膜滤波器、铝基和铜基的可调放大器模块。采用真空气相沉积工艺在滤波器、放大器模块上制作Parylene F膜层。测试结果表明:5μm的膜层使滤波器中心频率向左偏移300~350 MHz,其插损、矩形系数几乎没有变化;5μm膜层使可调放大器模块增益峰值下降约0.1%~0.2%,正常态、衰减态下的增益均出现了漂移现象,但处理前后的增益曲线趋势基本一致;模块的噪声系数峰值增加了1.12~1.78 dB,正常态与衰减态下的噪声系数曲线均出现了漂移,但处理前后的噪声系数曲线趋势基本一致,且铜基腔体的噪声系数恶化较铝基腔体弱。分析结果表明,通过滤波器、可调放大器的补偿设计,可以实现Parylene F在V频段MMIC防护上的应用。