Indium tin oxide overlayered waveguides for sensor applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 7066-7072

  Luff, B Jonathan ^a   Wilkinson, James S ^a   Perrone, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indium tin oxide; Integrated optical sensor; Ion exchange; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRODES; EVAPORATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; SUPERSTRATE INDEX;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031580738     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007066     Document Type: Article

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