Use of sandwich structures with ZnO:Al transparent electrodes for the measurement of the electro-optic properties of standard and fluorinated poled copolymers at λ=1.55μm

Growth and Characterization of Indium-Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Sol-Gel Method

“…In addition, ZnO is one of the II-VI compound semiconductors and is composed of hexagonal wurtzite crystal structure. As a matter of fact, ZnO has a variety of potential applications such as gas sensors [1], surface acoustic devices [2], transparent electrodes [3], and solar cells [4]. Various deposition techniques like sputtering [5], pulsed laser deposition (PLD) [6], chemical vapor deposition (CVD) [7], molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) [8], hydrothermal reaction [9], and sol-gel [10] have been widely employed in the deposition of ZnO thin films.…”

Effect of thickness on structural, optical and electrical properties of nanostructured ZnO thin films by spray pyrolysis

“…As a matter of fact, simultaneous occurrence of both high optical transmittance in the visible range, and low resistivity make ZnO an important material in the manufacture of heat mirrors used in gas stoves, conducting coatings in aircrafts glasses to avoid surface icing, and thin film electrodes in amorphous silicon solar cells. ZnO is a member of the hexagonal wurtzite class; it is a semiconducting, piezoelectric and optical waveguide material and has a variety of potential applications such as sensors [1], surface acoustic devices [2], transparent electrodes [3], and solar cells [4,5]. Some of these applications are based on the simultaneous occurrence of low resistivity and high transmittance in the visible spectrum, when ZnO is manufactured in the form of thin solid films.…”

Fluorinated and Non-Fluorinated Electro-Optic Copolymers: Determination of the Time and Temperature Stability of the Induced Electro-Optic Coefficient

“…As most researchers are using indium tin oxide (ITO) as the semitransparent electrode, this means that, unless a deeper theoretical approach is used [45,[47][48][49], all the measurements obtained for wavelengths larger than about 1μm are affected by large errors due to the fact that ITO has got its plasma resonance in near-infrared and becomes reflective. Better results can be obtained in the near-infrared region by using aluminium doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al) or, alternatively, more transparent electrodes [50,51].…”