Waveguide Spectroscopy of Thin Films

By Alexander Vasil'evich Khomchenko

In Waveguide Spectroscopy of Thin Films new methods of study of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of thin films are presented. These techniques are based on the principles of the spatial Fourier spectroscopy of the light beam reflected from a prism-coupling device with the tunnel excitation of guided lightmodes in thin-film structures.

Measurement techniques of determination of the absorption coefficient, refractive index and thickness of the dielectric, semiconductor or metallic films are considered.

This book is highly recommended for specialists in the fields of integrated and thin film optics and for graduated students in related specialties.

• There are new techniques of measurement of thin-film parameters stated

• Language: English
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Release date: Dec 19, 2005
• ISBN: 9780080457895

Alexander Vasil'evich Khomchenko

A.V.Khomchenko is D.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics (from Stepanov Institute of Physics, Minsk, Belarus). His research interests are in integrated optics, surface and interfaces physics, optical waveguides, testing of linear and nonlinear optical parameters of thin films. Alexander V. Khomchenko was born in Gomel, Belarus, on Mart 23, 1957. He received the Ph.D. degrees in optics and D.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from Stepanov Institute of Physics, Minsk, Belarus, in 1990 and 2003, respectively. He became a Senior Researcher in 1990, an Scientific Secretary in 1991 and Head of Laboratory of optoelectronic devices 2003, at the Institute of Applied Optics of Natioal Academy of Sciences, Mogilev, Belarus. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Belarus-Russian University, Mogilev, Belarus. His research interests are in integrated optics, surface and interfaces physics, optical waveguides, testing of linear and nonlinear optical parameters of thin films. Dr. A.V. Khomchenko is a member of the Belarus Physical Society and the Rozhdestvensky Optical Society - OSR.

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