Role of granular structure in metal layers on the optical properties of absorbing mirrors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Walter, Harald ^a,b   Bauer, Georg ^a   Domnick, Ralph ^a   Jakopic, Georg ^c   Leitner, Alfred ^d  

^a Identif GmbH   (Germany)

^b CSEM   (Switzerland)

^c JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Multilayers; Optics of metals; Thin films

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COLORIMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENCY;

ABSORBING MIRRORS; METAL LAYERS; OPTICAL THIN FILM SYSTEMS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 33846041352     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2363167     Document Type: Article

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