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Waveguide Raman spectroscopy of sol–gel Gd2O3 thin films

✍ Scribed by C. Le Luyer; A. García-Murillo; E. Bernstein; J. Mugnier

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
198 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0377-0486

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Abstract

Gadolinium oxide films, prepared by the sol–gel process, present waveguiding properties. Their structures were studied by waveguide Raman spectroscopy (WRS) and confirmed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The structural evolution of the layers with annealing temperatures from 650 up to 900°C was investigated. The WRS results and TEM observations were correlated and revealed that crystallization started at 650°C into the cubic phase. The mean diameter of the crystallites dispersed in the amorphous phase is around 5 nm at this temperature. The film is totally crystallized into the cubic phase at 700°C. The monoclinic phase simultaneously appears at 800°C and both phases still co‐exist after heat treatment at 900°C. The films present a heterogeneous structure at 900°C with grain sizes varying from 5 up to 50 nm and as consequence their waveguiding properties strongly decrease. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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