Photoluminescence and waveguiding in sputtered films of Er-doped chalcogenide glasses

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5451, Issue , 2004, Pages 327-336

  Fuchs, A ^a   Pick, J ^a,c   Balan, V ^b   Vigreux, C ^b   Pradel, A ^b  

^a IMEP LAHC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c LIPHY   (France)

Author keywords

AFM; Chalcogenide glasses; Channel waveguides; Photoluminescence; Rare earth doping; RF sputtering; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHONONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUENCHING; SPUTTERING; THIN FILMS;

AFM; CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; RARE-EARTH-DOPING; RF SPUTTERING;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 12444259767     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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