Determination of the optical constants (n and k) of inhomogeneous thin films with linear index profiles

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4591-4597

  Al Kuhaili, Mohammad F ^a   Khawaja, Ehasn E ^a   Durrani, Sardar M A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION INDEX; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33746108034     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004591     Document Type: Article

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