TY - JOUR
T1 - Infrared optics applications of thin polyaniline emeraldine base films
AU - Bormashenko, Edward
AU - Pogreb, Roman
AU - Sutovski, Semion
AU - Shulzinger, Alexander
AU - Sheshnev, Avigdor
AU - Izakson, Gregory
AU - Katzir, Abraham
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Israel Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport (Project no. 1461-2-00) and the Israel Ministry of Absorption. The authors are thankful to Dr. Yosef Erlich and Dr. Shlomo Fastig for their assistance in the measurement of laser radiation damage threshold. We are grateful to Professor Lev Nagli for his generous support of our experimental activity.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The use of polyaniline emeraldine base films as antireflection coating for near and middle IR optics elements was studied. The optical quality of ZnSe substrates spin-coated with thin PANI EB layers were studied using a Linnik interferometer. The spectral properties of PANI coated ZnSe plates were investigated in broad IR band with FTIR spectrometer. It was shown that PANI coating allows a significant decrease of Fresnel losses in the near and middle IR bands (1.0 - 6.25 μm). The coating allowed continuous transmission of high power density of IR radiation produced by CO2 laser. The transmission coefficient doesn't depend on the incident laser beam power density (up to 3 W/mm2). The laser irradiation damage threshold of the PANI EB coating was studied at a wavelength of 1.5 μm and established as high as 0.1 GW/mm2 (τ = 12 10-9s) for PANI EB coating with a thickness of 150 nm. Microhardness of the PANI EB coated ZnSe plates was established as satisfactory.
AB - The use of polyaniline emeraldine base films as antireflection coating for near and middle IR optics elements was studied. The optical quality of ZnSe substrates spin-coated with thin PANI EB layers were studied using a Linnik interferometer. The spectral properties of PANI coated ZnSe plates were investigated in broad IR band with FTIR spectrometer. It was shown that PANI coating allows a significant decrease of Fresnel losses in the near and middle IR bands (1.0 - 6.25 μm). The coating allowed continuous transmission of high power density of IR radiation produced by CO2 laser. The transmission coefficient doesn't depend on the incident laser beam power density (up to 3 W/mm2). The laser irradiation damage threshold of the PANI EB coating was studied at a wavelength of 1.5 μm and established as high as 0.1 GW/mm2 (τ = 12 10-9s) for PANI EB coating with a thickness of 150 nm. Microhardness of the PANI EB coated ZnSe plates was established as satisfactory.
KW - Antireflection
KW - Coating
KW - Infrared
KW - Laser irradiation damage threshold
KW - Polyaniline emeraldine base
KW - Spectrum
KW - ZnSe
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U2 - 10.1117/12.473165
DO - 10.1117/12.473165
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AN - SCOPUS:0344496979
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 4991
SP - 445
EP - 451
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
IS - 1
T2 - PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering: Organic Photonic Materials and Devices V
Y2 - 27 January 2003 through 30 January 2003
ER -