Optimization problems in the estimation of parameters of thin films and the elimination of the influence of the substrate

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-50

  Birgin, Ernesto G ^a   Chambouleyron, Ivan E ^b   Martínez, José Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Applications of mathematical programming; Mathematical programming; Methods of steepest descent type; Nonlinear programming; Physical optics

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

OPTICAL PARAMETERS;

THIN FILMS;

FILM; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0037334685     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(02)00695-7     Document Type: Article

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