Electrical characterization of sputter-deposited ZnO coatings on optical fibers

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Fox, Glen R ^a   Damjanovic, Dragan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Optical phase modulator; Piezoelectric optical fiber coatings; Piezoelectric thin films; Radial resonance; Reactive sputtering; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; LIGHT MODULATORS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; RESONANCE; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS; TRANSDUCERS; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL FIBER COATINGS; REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031257292     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01606-3     Document Type: Article

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