Realization of ultrasmooth surface with atomic scale step structure on LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 substrates

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 556-560

  Lee, G H ^a  

^a Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LATTICE CONSTANTS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACES;

CARBON FILMS; MECHANOCHEMICAL POLISHING; SCANNING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE SCATTERING;

LITHIUM NIOBATE;

EID: 0038445224     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.000556     Document Type: Article

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