Improved method for determination of optical constants of organic thin films from reflection and transmission measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1174-1182

  Djurišić, Aleksandra B ^a   Fritz, Torsten ^a   Leo, Karl ^a   Li, E Herbert ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OBJECTIVE FUNCTION;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 0038443413     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.001174     Document Type: Article

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