Low loss sol-gel TiO 2 thin films for waveguiding applications

Coatings

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-58

  Touam, Tahar ^a   Znaidi, Lamia ^b   Vrel, Dominique ^b   Ninova Kuznetsova, Iva ^b   Brinza, Ovidiu ^b   Fischer, Alexis ^c   Boudrioua, Azzedine ^c  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Optical properties; Propagation losses; Sol gel; TiO 2 thin films; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887839765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/coatings3010049     Document Type: Article

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