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Optical properties of thin films

David E. Aspnes
- 19 Mar 1982 - 
- Vol. 89, Iss: 3, pp 249-262
TLDR
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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Tensile strain induced changes in the optical spectra of SrTiO3 epitaxial thin films

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of biaxial tensile strain on optical functions and band edge transitions of ultra thin epitaxial films was studied using as an example a 13 nm thick SrTiO3 films deposited on KTaO3(100) single-crystal substrates.
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Effective-medium model dependence of the radar reflectivity of conducting particle films

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a numerical study of the frequency dependent, complex effective permittivity e for a composite material which consists of lossy graphite-type microsphere inclusions randomly imbedded in a dielectric matrix, with a view towards assessing the suitability of such a composite for its use as a radar absorbing material.
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Parameterization of the dielectric function of semiconductor nanocrystals

TL;DR: In this paper, a selection of the approaches to parameterize and analyze the dielectric function of semiconductors, as well as some applications, are presented, and some applications are discussed.
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In situ ellipsometric characterization of SiNx films grown by laser ablation

TL;DR: In this paper, a Si3N4 sintered target in an ultrahigh vacuum system in vacuum and different gas environments, N2, Ar, and He, has been synthesized by laser ablating a Si 3N4 target.
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Ion beam-induced erosion and humidity effect of MgO protective layer prepared by vacuum arc deposition

TL;DR: In this article, the structural and optical properties of the MgO protective films were investigated, and the effect of moisture on the optical transmittance was also examined, and it was found that the optical transmission decreased with the relative humidity.
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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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