Extraction of the refractive index profile of thin transparent conductive oxide films from the analysis of reflectance optical spectra

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 515, Issue 24 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 8586-8589

  Kondilis, A ^a,b   Aperathitis, E ^a   Modreanu, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Indium tin oxide; Inhomogeneity; Optical constants; Optical properties; Refractive index profile

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OXIDE FILMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE (ITO); REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; SPATIAL INHOMOGENEITY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE FILMS;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

EID: 34548818142     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.03.112     Document Type: Article

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