Thin Film Characterization by a Guided Light Technique.

Abstract

Zinc telluride films were fabricated by sputtering onto glass substrates using argon as the sputtering gas and ion exchange waveguides were made by exchanging the sodium atoms of a glass substrate for the silver atoms of a silver nitrate bath. Guided light techniques were than applied to both the zinc telluride films and the ion exchange waveguides in order to determine the modes of propagation. The waveguide modes were determined in the ion exchange waveguides but there were not any modes of propagation observed in the zinc telluride films. The determination of the modes of propagation for the ion exchange waveguides allowed their characterization to be done. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA030036

Entities

People

  • Stanley R. Czyzak

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Compounds
  • Films
  • Ion Exchange
  • Silver Compounds
  • Sputtering
  • Substrates
  • Tellurides
  • Thin Films
  • Waveguides

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.