Giant optical anisotropy of oblique-aligned ZnO nanowire arrays

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2015-2024

  Chen, Cheng Ying ^a   Huang, Jun Han ^b   Lai, Kun Yu ^a,c   Jen, Yi Jun ^d   Liu, Chuan Pu ^b   He, Jr Hau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUARTZ;

COMBINED METHOD; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; IN-PLANE BIREFRINGENCE; NANOMATERIAL; NATURAL QUARTZ; OBLIQUE ANGLES; OBLIQUE-ANGLE DEPOSITION; OPTICAL CONFINEMENT; PHOTONIC COMPONENTS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRE ARRAYS;

ZINC OXIDE;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84863025245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.002015     Document Type: Article

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