Interference method for the determination of the complex refractive index of thin polymer layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Mouĺ, Adam J ^a   Meerholz, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER FILMS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

ELLIPSOMETRIC FITTING; HOMOGENEOUS FILMS; PARTIAL TRANSMISSION SUBSTRATES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34547829388     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2767232     Document Type: Article

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