Optical absorption of heterogeneous thin solid films

  • Olaf Stenzel
Nanostructures
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Part of the Advances in Solid State Physics book series (ASSP, volume 39)

Abstract

The absorption behaviour of heterogeneous thin and ultrathin solid film samples is discussed. We focus on systems with nanometric characteristic spatial dimensions (cluster sizes, thickness values). Subnanometer changes in these dimensions may lead to drastic changes in the absorptance of the samples. We present and discuss experimental results concerning the optical properties of amorphous hydrogenated carbon as well as metal island films on surfaces and in ultra-thin nonmetallic films.

Keywords

Merit Function Silver Cluster Equivalent Thickness Island Film Thin Film System 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Olaf Stenzel
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  1. 1.Institute of Physics, Optical Spectroscopy and Molecular PhysicsTechnische Universität ChemnitzChemnitzGermany

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