Optical properties of Au-Ag alloys: An ellipsometric study

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 403-410

  Peña Rodríguez, Ovidio ^a,b   Caro, Magdalena ^c   Rivera, Antonio ^b   Olivares, José ^d,e   Perlado, José Manuel ^b   Caro, Alfredo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FUSIÓN NUCLEAR   (Spain)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE MICROANÁLISIS DE MATERIALES   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU-AG ALLOYS; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; NEAR-IR REGIONS; SIZE EFFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY MEASUREMENTS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

ALLOYS; SILVER; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84893441662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.4.000403     Document Type: Article

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