AlGaAsSb and AlGaAs films as thick as 1 μm with Al content as high as 60% were successfully grown by low-temperature (200 °C) MBE. To overcome the well-known problem of growth disruption due to a high aluminum content and a low growth temperature, we applied intermittent growth with the temperature elevation to smooth out the emerging roughness of the growth front. Post-growth annealing of the obtained material allowed us to form a developed system of As or AsSb nanoinclusions, which occupy 0.3–0.6% of the material volume. While the As nanoinclusions are optically inactive, the AsSb nanoinclusions provide a strong optical absorption near the band edge of the semiconductor matrix due to the Fröhlich plasmon resonance. Owing to the wider bandgap of the grown Al0.6Ga0.4As0.97Sb0.03 compound, we have expanded the spectral range available for studying the Fröhlich plasmon resonance. The grown metamaterial represents an optically active medium of which the formation process is completely compatible with the epitaxial growth technology of semiconductors.

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Epitaxial layers of AlxGa1-xAs1-ySby with an aluminum content x~60% and antimony content y~3% were successfully grown by molecular-beam epitaxy at low temperature. A developed system of AsSb nanoinclusions was formed in the semiconductor matrix by subsequent annealing. The extended transparency window of the obtained metamaterial allows us to document the absorption of light near the interband absorption edge of the AlxGa1-xAs1-ySby semiconductor matrix. Parameters of the observed extinction band allow us to attribute the optical absorption to the plasmon resonance in the system of AsSb nanoinclusions. Keywords: molecular beam epitaxy, x-ray diffraction analysis, transmission electron microscopy, optical properties, plasmon resonance.

The challenges of large-scale mirror design for in-vessel collection system of ITER Divertor Thomson Scattering (DTS) are under consideration. These are the mirrors located out-of-line vision of fusion plasma (so called “second mirrors” i.e. not First Mirrors) with high-reflective Ag-based coating. The paper outlines: approaches providing optical surface shape and angular position stability; Ag coating applicability in nuclear irradiation, ITER in-vessel application and its resistance to Steam Ingress. Although, this assessment and the proposed solutions are considered in terms of ITER DTS compatibility, they may also appear to be of some use in other ITER diagnostics and in diagnostics of other fusion devices.

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