Hardening and Optimizing of the Black Gold Thin Film as the Absorption Layer for Infrared Detector

Dong-pei Qian, Chuan-gui Wu, Yao Shuai, Wen-bo Luo, Qiang-xiang Peng, Xiao-yong Chen, Wan-li Zhang

State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.

DOI: 10.4236/opj.2013.32B066                

Abstract

This paper reports on the study of the black gold thin film as the absorption layer in the near infrared spectrum. The fabrication of the black gold thin film was achieved by a thermal evaporation technique in N₂ atmosphere. Different evaporation conditions were attempted to optimize the absorbance of the black gold coating, especially the atmosphere pressure and the mass of evaporation source. The long-standing problem of black gold’s adhesion with the substrate was solved by fuming 502 superglues into the black gold layer, which had almost no impact on the absorbance performance. Layers produced at N₂ atmosphere of 3×10³ Pa show an absorbance exceeding0.9 inthe near infrared.

Keywords

Black Gold; 502 Fuming; Absorption Layer

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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