Direct calculation of the optical constants for a thin film using a midpoint envelope

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 4660-4666

  Humphrey, Stephen ^a  

^a Korry Electronics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; REFLECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

ALGEBRAIC SOLUTION; GLASS SUBSTRATE; REFLECTION SPECTRUM;

ALGEBRA;

EID: 34548591716     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.004660     Document Type: Article

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