Anisotropic Bruggeman effective medium approaches for slanted columnar thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Schmidt, Daniel ^a   Schubert, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZATION FACTOR; DIELECTRIC PARTICLES; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROACHES; ELLIPSOIDAL INCLUSIONS; GENERALIZED ELLIPSOMETRY; OPTICAL-MODEL APPROACH; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

ELLIPSOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA;

EID: 84883863055     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4819240     Document Type: Article

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