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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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Reflectance anisotropy oscillations during MOCVD and MBE growth of GaAs (001)

TL;DR: In this paper, an anisotropic effective medium model is applied to separate morphology related and surface reconstruction domain related contributions to reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy (RAS) oscillations.
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In situ characterization of N-carboxy anhydride polymerization in nanoporous anodic alumina.

TL;DR: Comparison of the PBLG/AAO results with those on a planar silicon dioxide surface indicated that both the conformational transitions and the PblG nanostructure development could be attributed to the confining geometry within the pores of the nanoporous AAO matrix.
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Porogen residues detection in optical properties of low-k dielectrics cured by ultraviolet radiation

TL;DR: In this article, the optical properties of low dielectric constant (low-k) films have been determined by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry in the range from 2 eV to 9 eV, to characterize the process of porogen removal during the UV-cure.
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Modification of refractive index in silicon oxynitride films during deposition

TL;DR: In this paper, inhomogeneous thin films of SiOxNy have been deposited by laser ablation of a Si3N4 sintered target in an oxygen gas environment and the high oxidation rate of silicon nitride has been used to control the film stoichiometry by varying the oxygen partial pressure.
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Copolycarbonate optical films developed using birefringence dispersion control

TL;DR: In this paper, a wide-band birefringence dispersion control (BDC) method was proposed to control the dispersion of flat panel displays (FPDs).
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Ellipsometry and polarized light

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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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