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- Title
Towards Investigating Surface Quality of Single-Crystal Silicon Optics Polished with Different Processes.
- Authors
Sun, Laixi; Zhang, Yubin; Zhou, Xiaoyan; Duan, Miaomiao; Ye, Xin; Li, Weihua; Li, Yaguo; Yang, Liming
- Abstract
A series of cleaning and etching experiments utilizing organic solvent or weak alkali solutions were performed on single-crystal silicon optics polished with different processes. Polishing-introduced fractured defects in the subsurface layer were systematically characterized using laser-induced scattering imaging and photothermal weak absorption imaging techniques. A white-light interferometer also measured the surface morphology and roughness of the samples to evaluate the surface quality of the optics. The results show that the organic solvent cleaning process can eliminate the surface contamination resulting from the environment and the near-surface polishing-introduced impurities but can not remove the fractured defects in the subsurface layer of the optics. By contrast, weak alkali solution can effectively expose the subsurface defects and decrease the concentration of the embedded absorbing impurities to some extent. The results also imply that the polishing process has a crucial effect on the surface quality (e.g., surface roughness and error) and optical performance (e.g., surface absorption) after the subsequent treatments such as cleaning or etching. The corresponding methodology of cleaning and characterization can serve as a predictive tool for evaluating the polishing level and laser damage resistance of the single-crystal silicon optics.
- Subjects
OPTICS; SURFACE contamination; LASER damage; SILICON; SURFACE roughness; INDUSTRIAL diamonds
- Publication
Coatings (2079-6412), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 2, p158
- ISSN
2079-6412
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/coatings12020158