TANTALUM PENTOXIDE AR
Application
Tantalum pentoxide, Ta2O5, is a high-index, low-absorption material usable for coatings in the near-UV (350 nm) to IR (>8 μm) regions. Dense, hard layers can be deposited by electron-beam evaporation or by sputtering. Typical applications include near-UV to near-IR antireflection and multilayer filter coatings. Tantala can be used in combination with low-index Silicon dioxide layers to form high index-contrast multilayer structures ranging from wide-band AR coatings to bandpass filters and dichroic beam-splitters.