Low optical loss nano-structured TiO2 planar waveguides by sol-gel route for photonic crystal applications

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-37

  Touam, T ^a   Znaidi, L ^b   Vrel, D ^b   Hadjoub, I ^a   Kuznetsova, I N ^b   Brinza, O ^b   Fischer, A ^c   Boudrioua, A ^c  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Optical properties; Photonic crystals; Propagation losses; Sol gel; TiO2 waveguides

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; CONTROLLED HYDROLYSIS; M-LINES SPECTROSCOPY; PROPAGATING MODE; PROPAGATION LOSS; STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; TIO; TITANIUM TETRAISOPROPOXIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROLYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84892807595     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-013-9692-2     Document Type: Article

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