Precise determination of the complex optical constant of mica

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3263-3270

  Nitsche, Robert ^a   Fritz, Torsten ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICA; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THICK FILMS; TRANSPARENCY;

INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; NONABSORBING WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; SPECTRAL RANGES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942539076     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003263     Document Type: Article

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9. This approximation is used only to illustrate the physical difficulties. The actual calculations are carried out by use of the precise equations.
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12. Note that the interference frequency has to be evaluated by use of the plot transmission versus energy and not versus wavelength.
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14. Equation (10) already implies the condition k ≪ n, so the first term of the product in Eq. (10) depends on n only.
15. 2 is small, so the assumption of one slope A for the complete thickness regime holds.