Zinc Oxide Films Fabricated via Sol-Gel Method and Dip-Coating Technique-Effect of Sol Aging on Optical Properties, Morphology and Photocatalytic Activity.

Zinc oxide layers on soda-lime glass substrates were fabricated using the sol-gel method and the dip-coating technique. Zinc acetate dihydrate was applied as the precursor, while diethanolamine as the stabilizing agent. This study aimed to determine what effect has the duration of the sol aging process on the properties of fabricated ZnO films.

Sol-Gel Derived Silica-Titania Waveguide Films for Applications in Evanescent Wave Sensors-Comprehensive Study.

Composite silica-titania waveguide films of refractive index ca. 1.8 are fabricated on glass substrates using a sol-gel method and dip-coating technique.

Optical Thin Films Fabrication Techniques-Towards a Low-Cost Solution for the Integrated Photonic Platform: A Review of the Current Status.

In the past few decades, several methods concerning optical thin films have been established to facilitate the development of integrated optics. This paper provides a brief depiction of different techniques for implementing optical waveguide thin films that involve chemical, physical, and refractive index modification methods. Recent advances in these fabrication methods are also been presented.

Subwavelength Grating Waveguide Structures Proposed on the Low-Cost Silica-Titania Platform for Optical Filtering and Refractive Index Sensing Applications.

The sol−gel dip-coating method is a cost-efficient way for the realization of thin films on a planar substrate. In this work, high-quality, low-loss, and low-surface roughness silica−titania thin films are deposited on a glass substrate with the sol−gel dip-coating method. This platform works in the visible to near-IR wavelength ranges and can be useful for several eye-catching photonic components.

High Refractive Index Silica-Titania Films Fabricated via the Sol-Gel Method and Dip-Coating Technique-Physical and Chemical Characterization.

Crack-free binary SiO:TiO composite films with the refractive index of ~1.94 at wavelength 632.8 nm were fabricated on soda-lime glass substrates, using the sol-gel method and dip-coating technique.

Mode Sensitivity Exploration of Silica-Titania Waveguide for Refractive Index Sensing Applications.

In this paper, a novel and cost-effective photonic platform based on silica-titania material is discussed. The silica-titania thin films were grown utilizing the sol-gel dip-coating method and characterized with the help of the prism-insertion technique. Afterwards, the mode sensitivity analysis of the silica-titania ridge waveguide is investigated via the finite element method.