%0 Journal Article
%K optical properties
%K manganese compounds
%K Manganese
%K Energy gap
%K Band gaps
%K Endmembers
%K Linear combinations
%K Mixed-metals
%K Polar oxides
%K Tunabilities
%K Tunable Band-gap
%A X.S Xu
%A J.F Ihlefeld
%A J.H Lee
%A O.K Ezekoye
%A E Vlahos
%A Ramamoorthy Ramesh
%A V Gopalan
%A X.Q Pan
%A D.G Schlom
%A J.L Musfeldt
%B Applied Physics Letters
%D 2010
%G eng
%R 10.1063/1.3427499
%T Tunable band gap in Bi (Fe1-x Mnx) O3 films
%V 96
%X 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.