Influence of crystal structure on the light scatter of zirconium oxide films

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1626-1637

  Reicher, David ^a,b   Jungling, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b S Systems Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Light scatter; Thin films; Zirconium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037567416     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001626     Document Type: Article

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