Oxide films for Optical Applications Grown on Glass Substrates

Transition metal oxides with perovskite structures form a fascinating and technologically important class of materials. These compounds exhibit various types of orderings, including ferromagnetic, orbital, and charge ordering, which can interact and coexist in complex and dynamic ways. What makes these systems particularly intriguing is their ability to have these orderings controlled through external stimuli, such as electric, magnetic, or stress fields, resulting in multifunctional properties like piezoelectricity and magnetoelasticity.

In this presentation, we will explore the growth of vanadium oxide thin films, prepared by pulsed laser deposition, and grown on unconventional substrates, like glass templates. We will show how the electronic and optical properties can be influenced with the growth temperature and the thickness of the films. Finally, we will also highlight the potential applications of these films in fields such as optics.[1-4]



References

[1] V. Polewczyk et al., Adv. Func. Mater. (2023) 2301056.

[2] M. Rath et al., ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 15 (2023) 20240.

[3] A. Cheikh et al., ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces 16 (2024) 47854.

[4] M. El Rami et al., Appl. Surf. Science (2024).