Transmission of visible light through oxidized copper films: Feasibility of using a spectral projected gradient method

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1508-1514

  Ramírez Porras, Arturo ^a   Vargas Castro, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON BEAMS; GLASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

COPPER FILM; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENT;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1542306764     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001508     Document Type: Article

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