Blue-shifting of circular Bragg phenomenon by annealing of chiral sculptured thin films

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 8001-8012

  Pursel, Sean M ^a   Horn, Mark W ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ANNEALING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEPOSITION; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BIDEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; CHIRAL SCULPTURED THIN FILMS; DENSITY REDUCTION; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33747795617     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.008001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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