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REFERENCES: |
    A. Cheikh, J. Gonçalves, C. Labbé, X. Portier, P. Marie, C. Frilay, O. Debieu, S. Duprey, W. Jadwisienczak, D. Ingram, J. Cardin.
    Tailoring the structural and optical properties of Ta<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> thin films via radio frequency magnetron sputtering for high-refractive index transparent materials.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.183273"><i> J. Alloys Compd.</i> <b>1040</b>, 183273 (2025)</a>
    (Numerical data kindly provided by Julien Cardin)
COMMENTS: |
    Ta<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> Crystalline (orthorhombic) thin film.
    Deposited by radio frequency magnetron sputtering
    at sputtering power density 3.28 W/cm<sup>2</sup>
    under oxygen flow of 8 sccm.
    Annealed at 750 °C.
DATA:
  - type: tabulated nk
    data: |
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