Zirconium Dioxide/ZrO2

Opto Physical Properties

Applications: Zirconium Dioxide , a kind of good high-index material, can be applied for near-UV laser and beam splitter antirflection coatings, dielectric mirror coatings and multi-layer laser coatings.

Description: Films of ZrO2 prepared by electron beam evaporation show strong 

inhomogeneity of the refractive index. The refractive index at the film/air interface 

is smaller by about 0.1 than at the film substrate interface, called negative 

inhomogeneity. This is due to the film structure and the lower packing density at 

the filmair interface. By using IAD the inhomogeneity changes to positive and

under certain conditions homogeneous films can be obtained.