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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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Perspectives on oblique angle deposition of thin films: From fundamentals to devices

TL;DR: In this article, the electron beam assisted evaporation technique is analyzed along with other methods operating at oblique angles, including, among others, magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser or ion beam-assisted deposition techniques.
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Effects of carrier concentration on the dielectric function of ZnO:Ga and In 2 O 3 : Sn studied by spectroscopic ellipsometry: Analysis of free-carrier and band-edge absorption

TL;DR: In this article, the dielectric functions of transparent conductive oxides with different carrier concentrations were derived from spectroscopic ellipsometry using the Drude and Tauc-Lorentz models.
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Optical properties and solar selectivity of coevaporated Co‐Al2O3 composite films

TL;DR: In this paper, a uniform separated-grain structure with regular hcp Co particles embedded in Al2O3 was found for Co contents (fCos) up to ∼30 vol
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Processing, Structure, Properties, and Applications of PZT Thin Films

TL;DR: Ferroelectrics are dielectric materials that have spontaneous polarization in certain temperature range and show nonlinear polarization-electric field dependence called a hysteresis loop as discussed by the authors.
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Electromagnetic properties of small-particle composites

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of fractal morphology, such as a localization of dipolar eigenmodes and large fluctuations of local fields, are analyzed, and linear and non-linear optical properties of small-particle aggregates are considered.
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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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