Some oxide films deposited by reactive low-voltage plasma-assisted evaporation

Low voltage plasma assisted evaporation (PAE) technique has been investigated as an effective evaporation technique for the deposition of oxide films of high optical performance. The PAE process consists of an electron beam evaporator and a large current plasma source. The guided wave method is used to measure the refractive index and attenuation coefficients of guided modes of some oxide films deposited by PEA. The experimental systems and results are presented.