Crystal Structure,Electronic and Optical Properties of Epitaxial Alkaline Earth Niobate Thin Films

• Main Author: Wan, Dongyang (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

This impressive thesis offers a comprehensive scientific study of the alkaline earth niobates and describes their nonlinear optical properties for the first time. It explores the crystal structure, electrical properties, optical absorption properties, hot carrier dynamics, nonlinear optical property...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Sample Preparation and Characterization Techniques
• The Nature of Electron Transport and Visiblelight Absorption in Strontium Niobate - A Plasmonic Water Splitter
• Comparison of Water Splitting Efficiencies of Mnbo3- d (M = Ca, Sr, Ba)
• New Tunable and Low-Loss Correlated Plasmons in Mott-like Insulating Oxides
• The Nonlinear Optical Properties of Mnbo3(M=Ca, Sr, Ba) Thin Films
• Strain-Induced Metal to Insulator Transition in Thin Film of Srnbo3
• Summary and Future Work.