Microstructural and optical properties of dysprosium doped copper oxide thin films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition technique

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 8197-8205

  Faiz, Hafsa ^a   Siraj, K ^a   Khan, M F ^a   Irshad, M ^a   Majeed, S ^a   Rafique, M S ^a   Naseem, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE FILMS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

BLUE-SHIFTED; CUO THIN FILMS; DOPED COPPER OXIDES; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; OPTICAL BAND GAP ENERGY; OPTOELECTRONIC INDUSTRY; POLYCRYSTALLINE; PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84964324658     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-016-4824-7     Document Type: Article

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