The influence of erbium doping of Al-N sputtered coatings on their optical properties

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 446, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 264-270

  Oliveira, J C ^a   Cavaleiro, A ^a   Vieira, M T ^a   Bigot, L ^b   Garapon, C ^b   Mugnier, J ^b   Jacquier, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminium nitride; Lanthanides; Luminescence; Sputtering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; ERBIUM; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS QUARTZ SUBSTRATES; SIGNAL INTENSITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0347379699     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2003.09.055     Document Type: Article

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