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TiO2: 2%Sm3+ thin films were prepared by oblique angle deposition. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer, fluorescence spectrophotometer was employed to characterize the structure and optical properties of TiO2: 2%Sm3+ thin films. The results indicated that these thin films were with anisotropic columnar structure before and after calcination. The optical anisotropy measured by transmission difference (Tp-Ts) at 500nm was increasing from 8% to 33% with calcination. Under ultraviolet excitation (λex = 330nm) and commercial 365nm UV lamp excitation, these TiO2: Sm3+ thin films show intense 4G5/2→ 6H5/2, 7/2, 9/2 emissions of Sm3+. The polarized photoluminescence was anticipated in the anisotropic thin films. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It is well known that the location of guided-mode resonance (GMR) in grating waveguide structures closely tracks the leaky mode dispersion curves. In this paper, taking Bragg reflection due to periodicity and interaction between different modes into account, we first present a schematic diagram of the dispersion relations of leaky modes in multimode grating waveguide structures, both for s-polarized (TE mode) and p-polarized (TM mode) incident waves. Due to the perturbation of the grating layer, the interaction between different resonance modes (transverse standing waves) is inevitable. This transverse interference will result in the non-Bragg nature resonance band gaps in the dispersion curves. Exploiting the characteristics of leaky mode dispersions over the full range of the first Brillouin zone, we hoped we could gain some insight into the relationship among the mode interactions, band gaps, and their benefits to optical elements utilizing the GMR effect in grating waveguide structures. Finally, a specific structure is analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]