A laser or electron beam assisted deposition in HV-CVD conditions was used in order to achieve structured amorphous alumina (Al2O3) deposits. Selective deposition of Al2O3 in the irradiated regions has been demonstrated. We investigate the influence of irr ...
Monocrystalline lattice matched Er(0.6 at. %): (Gd, LU)(2)O-3 films with nearly atomically flat surfaces and thicknesses up to 3 Am have been grown on Y2O3 substrates using pulsed laser deposition. The emission cross sections were comparable with the ones ...
We report on a heterodyne interferometric scanning near-field optical microscope developed for characterizing, at the nanometric scale, refractive index variations in thin films. An optical lateral resolution of 80 nm (lambda/19) and a precision smaller th ...
