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Optical properties of thin films

David E. Aspnes
- 19 Mar 1982 - 
- Vol. 89, Iss: 3, pp 249-262
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In this article, the connection between microstructure and absolute limits to the allowed values of the dielectric response of two-phase composites is reviewed and a solution of the Clausius-Mossotti problem is developed from basic principles.
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This article is published in Thin Solid Films.The article was published on 1982-03-19. It has received 1433 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Surface roughness & Isotropy.

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Effective dielectric function of mixtures of three or more materials: a numerical procedure for computations

TL;DR: In this article, a numerical procedure for solving the mathematical equations that define the effective medium for a mixture of materials is presented, and the basic idea is to transform the inherent complex root-finding problem into a minimization task in real space.
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Protein adsorption on and swelling of polyelectrolyte brushes:A simultaneous ellipsometry-quartz crystal microbalance study

TL;DR: With a coupled spectroscopic ellipsometry-quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation experimental setup, quantitative information can be obtained about the amount of buffer components coupled to a poly(acrylic acid) brush surface in swelling and protein adsorption processes.
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Mixed films of TiO 2 –SiO 2 deposited by double electron-beam coevaporation

TL;DR: Linear and Bruggeman's effective medium approximation models fit the experimental data better than other models and are used to fabricate TiO( 2)-SiO(2) mixed films.
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Interface properties and structural evolution of TiN/Si and TiN/GaN heterostructures

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) to study the evolution of microstructure, stoichiometry, and electron-transport properties of TiN heterostructures grown on Si and gallium nitride (GaN) by reactive magnetron sputtering.
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Optical properties of gas‐evaporated metal particles: Effects of a fractal structure

TL;DR: In this article, an effective medium theory for fractal structures is developed for the case where both the particles and the surrounding medium percolate, and a structural parameter which can be related to the fractal dimension is present in the theory.
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Ellipsometry and polarized light

TL;DR: In this article, the polarization of light waves and propagation of polarized light through polarizing optical systems are discussed. But the authors focus on the application of ellipsometry in the field of measurement in ellipsometer systems.
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A Variational Approach to the Theory of the Effective Magnetic Permeability of Multiphase Materials

TL;DR: In this article, the authors established and applied variational theorems for the derivation of bounds for the effective magnetic permeability of macroscopically homogeneous and isotropic multiphase materials.
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Investigation of effective-medium models of microscopic surface roughness by spectroscopic ellipsometry

TL;DR: In this article, Bruggeman and Maxwell Garnett showed that the dielectric properties of microscopically rough layers of thicknesses 100-500 \AA{}A are accurately modeled in the effective medium approximation.
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