Optical properties of pyrolytic carbon deposits deduced from measurements of the extinction angle by polarized light microscopy

Carbon

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2430-2433

  Bortchagovsky, E G ^a   Reznik, B ^b   Gerthsen, D ^b   Pfrang, A ^b   Schimmel, Th ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Pyrolytic carbon; C. Optical microscopy; D. Optical properties

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PYROLYSIS;

PYROLYTIC CARBON;

CARBON;

EID: 0043238097     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6223(03)00282-3     Document Type: Article

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