Cerium oxyfluoride antireflection coating for group II-VI photod

Radiant energy – Ionic separation or analysis – Static field-type ion path-bending selecting means

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350166, 25037001, 20419211, G02B 110

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ABSTRACT:
A durable quarter wave antireflection coating for a photodetecting device 20, the photodetecting device being formed within a radiation absorbing layer 22 of HgCdTe which is epitaxially grown upon a surface of a substantially transparent Group II-VI substrate 24 having an index of refraction of between approximately 2.2 and 2.8. By example, the substrate 24 may comprise CdZnTe or CdTe. The antireflection coating 26 is formed upon a radiation receiving surface of the substrate 24. The antireflection coating may comprise a layer of CeO.sub.x F.sub.(3.0-x), where x has a value within the range of approximately zero to approximately 1.0. The CeO.sub.x F.sub.(3.0-x) layer is formed by an ion beam sputter technique, the CeO.sub.x F.sub.(3-x) layer being sputtered from a source comprised of CeF.sub.3 in the presence of a predetermined pressure of oxygen. In general, the antireflection coating may comprise a fluoride compound formed with a metal of the Lanthanide rare earth series which is substantially transparent to infrared radiation.

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