Annealing effect on the optical properties and laser-induced damage resistance of solgel-derived ZrO2 films

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1066-1074

  Liang, Liping ^a,b,c   Xu, Yao ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a,c   Sheng, Yonggang ^a,c   Wu, Dong ^a   Sun, Yuhan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GELS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANNEALING EFFECT; LASER-INDUCED DAMAGE RESISTANCE; XEROGEL FILMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 34250750275     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001066     Document Type: Article

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