TY - JOUR KW - Optical properties KW - Manganese compounds KW - Manganese KW - Energy gap KW - Band gaps KW - Endmembers KW - Linear combinations KW - Mixed-metals KW - Polar oxides KW - Tunabilities KW - Tunable Band-gap AU - X.S Xu AU - J.F Ihlefeld AU - J.H Lee AU - O.K Ezekoye AU - E Vlahos AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AU - V Gopalan AU - X.Q Pan AU - D.G Schlom AU - J.L Musfeldt AB - In order to investigate band gap tunability in polar oxides, we measured the optical properties of a series of Bi (Fe1-x Mnx) O3 thin films. The absorption response of the mixed metal solid solutions is approximately a linear combination of the characteristics of the two end members, a result that demonstrates straightforward band gap tunability in this system. © 2010 American Institute of Physics. BT - Applied Physics Letters DO - 10.1063/1.3427499 LA - eng M1 - 19 N1 - cited By 50 N2 - In order to investigate band gap tunability in polar oxides, we measured the optical properties of a series of Bi (Fe1-x Mnx) O3 thin films. The absorption response of the mixed metal solid solutions is approximately a linear combination of the characteristics of the two end members, a result that demonstrates straightforward band gap tunability in this system. © 2010 American Institute of Physics. PY - 2010 T2 - Applied Physics Letters TI - Tunable band gap in Bi (Fe1-x Mnx) O3 films VL - 96 SN - 00036951 ER -