Unveiling the cation ratio mediated structural modifications in TiO2:GeO2 mixtures for gravitational-wave detectors

Author:

Bhowmick SangitaORCID,Osovsky Ruth,Davenport Aaron,Schiettekatte FrançoisORCID,Chicoine Martin,Menoni Carmen S

Abstract

Abstract Amorphous thin films of Ti doped GeO2 are of interest for coatings of the mirrors in gravitational wave detectors (GWDs) due to their low internal friction (Vajente et al 2021 Phys. Rev. Lett. 127 071101). The addition of Ti to amorphous GeO2 (a-GeO2) enables tailoring of the optical and structural properties of the mixtures. However, the specific modifications that occur in the amorphous network with the addition of Ti are not known. In this work, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is used to identify modifications to the bonding of Ge and Ti atoms in mixtures of Ti doped a-GeO2 with different Ti cation content. The formation of (Ti–O–Ge) bonds is evidenced from: (1) the presence of a peak which intensity increases with Ti content and causes a shift to lower binding energy (BE) of the core level O 1s peak; (2) the shift to higher BE of the Ti 2p 3/2 peak and a decrease in the energy split; and (3) the shift to lower BE of the Ge 3d 5/2 peak and increase in the energy split. These changes reflect modifications to the bonding when Ge replaces Ti in Ti–O–Ti bonds and Ti replaces Ge in Ge–O–Ge bonds due to their difference in electronegativity. A decrease in the O–O nearest-neighbour distance due to the incorporation of Ti atom is also observed from the broadening of the valence band spectra. The results show the 0.44 Ti doped a-GeO2 mixture has a balance between the (Ti–O–Ge) and the (Ge–O–Ge) networks, not observed in Ti poor and Ti rich mixtures. This finding could have important consequences in the optimisation of amorphous Ti doped a-GeO2 mixtures for low internal friction coatings of GWDs.

Funder

NSF Center for Coatings Research

Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies

US National Science Foundation

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Publisher

IOP Publishing

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