Coating Material of Infrared Reflectors
Scanning mirrors in infrared systems and optical mirrors in various reflective optical systems need to be coated with high-reflection coatings. The highly reflective film has high reflectivity in the corresponding band. Physical and chemical properties of the film are stable. It resists the erosion of substances, such as moisture in the atmosphere. Under normal circumstances, optical mirrors are coated with high-reflective film using vacuum evaporation metal film technology. Metals such as gold, silver, copper, aluminum, and rhodium can be used as metal materials for infrared high-reflection films. Optical thin films of silver and copper are easily oxidized in the air and greatly reducing their reflectivity. Moreover, the adhesion of silver film to glass is worse than that of aluminum. The protective film is not easy to be plated firmly. Beryllium is expensive and toxic, so beryllium film is almost not used. At present, in infrared mirrors, the most widely used metal films are usuall