Optical constants of thin films by means of a pointwise constrained optimization approach

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 317, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 133-136

  Chambouleyron, I ^a   Martinez J M ^a   Moretti, A C ^a   Mulato, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Refraction; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIELECTRIC FILMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; FILM THICKNESS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032050549     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-6090(97)00609-3     Document Type: Article

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