Amorphous Tm3+ doped sulfide thin films fabricated by sputtering

Optical Materials

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 220-226

  Nazabal, V ^a   Jurdyc, A M ^b   Nemec P ^c   Brandily Anne, M L ^a   Petit, L ^d   Richardson, K ^d   Vinatier, P ^e   Bousquet, C ^a   Cardinal, T ^e   Pechev, S ^e   Adam, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARDUBICE   (Czech Republic)

^d Clemson University   (United States)

^e INST CHIM MATIERE COND BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Chalcogenide glasses; RF sputtering; Thin film; Thulium

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CHALCOGENIDES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FILM PREPARATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THULIUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMORPHOUS CHALCOGENIDE FILMS; CHALCOGENIDE GLASS; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; PLANAR OPTICAL CIRCUITS; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; RF-SPUTTERING; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 78649707483     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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