Abstract:
The twolayer SiO2/ZrO2 thin films were deposited on K9 glass by solgel dipcoating method. The colloidal suspensions of ZrO2 and SiO2 were prepared using Zr(OPr)4 and TEOS as materials, respectively. For sample 1, the ZrO2 film was directly deposited on the predeposited SiO2 film. For sample 2, the ZrO2 film was deposited on the predeposited and ammoniatreated SiO2 film. Analysis results indicate that the simulated ψλ and Δλ curves are perfectly consistent with the experimental curves. The results show that the thickness of infiltrated layer of sample 2 is reduced by 45 nm by ammonia treatment compared with smaple 1. The laserinduced damage threshold (LIDT) of the two kinds of films were measured. The LIDT of samples 1 and 2 are 14.8 and 15.03 J/cm2, respectively. The damage morphologies are mainly ablation according to optical microscopy.