Fabrication and characterization of epitaxial Ba0.7Sr 0.3TiO3 thin films for optical waveguide applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1972-1978

  Wang, Dan Yang ^a   Chan, Helen Lai Wa ^a   Choy, Chung Loong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PRISMS;

BARIUM STRONTIUM TITANATE; ELECTRO-OPTIC (E-O) PROPERTIES; OPTICAL LOSSES; PRISM COUPLING TECHNIQUE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33645765137     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.001972     Document Type: Article

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