Title
Determination Of Volume And Surface Contributions To The Total Attenuation In Zns Wave-Guides
Abbreviated Journal Title
Appl. Optics
Keywords
Optical-Waveguides; Substrate-Temperature; Thin-Films; Scattering; Losses; Optics
Abstract
We relate the modal waveguide attenuation of polycrystalline ZnS films to their mode field properties, namely the field amplitudes at the interfaces and the power confinement factor, to show that the total waveguide attenuation is caused by a combination of volume and surface effects. Our results show that the surface losses for the TE0 mode, which are approximately 1.5 dB/cm, are independent of the total attenuation, which varies from 6 to 40 dB/cm. This suggests that the losses of the lower-order modes are dominated by volume effects such as scattering from crystallite boundaries and absorption.
Journal Title
Applied Optics
Volume
32
Issue/Number
18
Publication Date
1-1-1993
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
3306
Last Page
3311
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0003-6935
Recommended Citation
"Determination Of Volume And Surface Contributions To The Total Attenuation In Zns Wave-Guides" (1993). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 723.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/723
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