Influence of surface roughness on the calculation of optical constants of a metallic film by attenuated total reflection

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 28, 1999, Pages 6029-6033

  Lee, Cheng Chung ^a   Jen, Yi Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0005571673     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006029     Document Type: Article

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