Applications of Langmuir Films in Integrated Optics

Applications of magnetooptical waveguides in integrated optics

Magnetooptical garnets combine high Faraday rotation with low optical losses in the near infrared region where optical communication via glass fiber is established. In this spectral range garnets are the only materials discussed to realize nonreciprocal devices as optical isolators and circulators. Although such devices are available as microoptical components, practical versions of their integ...

Domain relaxation in Langmuir films

By JAMES C. ALEXANDER, ANDREW J. BERNOFF, ELIZABETH K. MANN, J. ADIN MANN Jr, JACOB R. WINTERSMITH AND LU ZOU Department of Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA Department of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711, USA Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA Department of Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve Univer...

Selective-area doping of porous solgel films for integrated optics.

A technique for doping of porous films by surface adsorption of ions from aqueous solution is demonstrated. Fabrication of the films by use of the solgel technique gives a nanometer-scale porosity, which provides high doping levels and homogeneity. Doping through a masking layer patterned by photolithography is thus possible. With Pb as a dopant, lead silicate films with refractive indices of 1...

Langmuir-Blodgett films of polyethylene

Synthesis of TiO2-ZnO-ZrO2 Nanocomposites for Nonlinear Optics Applications

A sol-gel technique under ultrasonic irradiation was applied to synthesize ZrO2/TiO2/ZnOnanocomposites. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the successful synthesis of nanocomposites. The strain and crystalline size values of ZrO2/TiO2/ZnO nanocomposites are estimated to be 9.98×10-4 and 17.66 nm, respectively. The linear absorption coefficient of ZrO2/TiO2/ZnO nanocomposites was measure...