Thickness effect on the structural and optical constants of stibnite thin films prepared by sulfidation annealing of antimony films

Optik

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2295-2301

  Lakhdar, M Haj ^a   Ouni, B ^a   Amlouk, M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Band gap; Crystallite size; Optical constants; Thin films; Urbach tailing

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ENERGY GAP; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ANTIMONY SULPHIDE; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FOROUHI-BLOOMER MODEL; OPTICAL PARAMETER; ORTHORHOMBIC STRUCTURES; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; URBACH TAILINGS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84899633715     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2013.10.114     Document Type: Article

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