[Study on spectral property of phase transition of PcNi-VO2 films]

Highly oriented VO2 thin films were deposited on sapphire substrate and [C8H17O]8 PcNi thin films were spin-coated onto VO2 thin films. The microstructure of VO2 thin films was studied with XRD. The phase transition was observed and the change in the optical properties of the PcNi/VO2 multilayer-films were investigated with infrared spectrometer. It was found that the mid-infrared transmittance of the complex films in the wavelength range 1.5 to 5.5 mm raised with PcNi coating. The thermochromism of PcNi/VO2 films did not changed compared with VO2 films and the transition temperature was the same as that of VO2. It can be anticipated that the optical limiting property of PcNi/VO2 films will be superior to that of VO2 thin films or PcNi thin films.