Modification of the surface properties of glass-ceramic materials at low-pressure RF plasma stream
Modification of the surface properties of glass-ceramic materials at low-pressure RF plasma stream
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DOI:
10.1063/1.5018231
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发表时间:
2018-05
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Alexander Tovstopyat;I. Gafarov;V. Galeev;V. Azarova;A. Golyaeva
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作者:
Alexander Tovstopyat;I. Gafarov;V. Galeev;V. Azarova;A. Golyaeva
The surface roughness has a huge effect on the mechanical, optical, and electronic properties of materials. In modern optical systems, the specifications for the surface accuracy and smoothness of substrates are becoming even more stringent. Commercially available pre-polished glass-ceramic substrates were treated with the radio frequency (RF) inductively coupled (13.56 MHz) low-pressure plasma to clean the surface of the samples and decrease the roughness. Optical emission spectroscopy was used to investigate the plasma stream parameters and phase-shifted interferometry to investigate the surface of the specimen. In this work, the dependence of RF inductively coupled plasma on macroscopic parameters was investigated with the focus on improving the surfaces. The ion energy, sputtering rate, and homogeneity were investigated. The improvements of the glass-ceramic surfaces from 2.6 to 2.2 A root mean square by removing the “waste” after the previous operations had been achieved.