Some Optical Aspects of Thermally Evaporated Lead Oxide Thin Films

• Authors: S. Aly , M. Kaid , N. El-Sayed
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The optical properties of lead oxide samples prepared using thermal evaporation technique on unheated glass substrates with different film thicknesses have been studied. The structural characteristics of a lead oxide sample was investigated using X-ray diffraction and it is confirmed to be in the amorphous state. The optical properties of the prepared films were studied by transmittance and reflectance measurements, and the integrated transmittance (T_{UV}, T_{VIS} and T_{Sol}) in ultraviolet, visible and solar regions was calculated and found to be affected by film thickness. The dependence of absorption coefficient on wavelength was also reported. The energy gap was calculated and has been observed around 3.7 eV.

Keywords

EN

77.55.-g; 81.15.-z; 78.20.-e; 78.20.Ci; 78.40.-q

Discipline

• 78.20.Ci: Optical constants (including refractive index, complex dielectric constant, absorption, reflection and transmission coefficients, emissivity)
• 78.40.-q: Absorption and reflection spectra: visible and ultraviolet(for infrared spectra, see 78.30.-j; for optical spectra of superconductors, see 74.25.nd; for time resolved reflection spectroscopy, see 78.47.jg; for multiphoton absorption, see 79.20.Ws in impact phenomena)
• 78.20.-e: Optical properties of bulk materials and thin films(for optical properties related to materials treatment, see 81.40.Tv; for optical materials, see 42.70-a; for optical properties of superconductors, see 74.25.Gz; for optical properties of rocks and minerals, see 91.60.Mk; for optical properties of specific thin films, see 78.66.-w)
• 81.15.-z: Methods of deposition of films and coatings; film growth and epitaxy(for structure of thin films, see 68.55.-a; see also 85.40.Sz Deposition technology in microelectronics; for epitaxial dielectric films, see 77.55.Px)
• 77.55.-g: Dielectric thin films(see also 85.50.-n Dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric devices; for microelectronics applications, see 85.40.-e; for methods of film deposition, see 81.15.-z)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 124
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 713-716

Dates

published

2013-10

received

2012-10-15

(unknown)

2013-08-06

Contributors

author

S. Aly

• Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

author

M. Kaid

• Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

author

N. El-Sayed

• Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia, Egypt

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.124.713