Abstract
We show that reflection of a monochromatic light from a semi-infinite medium covered with a stack of layered media is equivalent to that from an effective "semi-infinite medium" characterized by two distinct optical dielectric constants for the s-and p-polarized components, respectively. Such an effective-substrate approach simplifies the analysis of ellipsometry measurements of a wide range of surface-bound processes including thin-film growth and surface-bound reactions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2021-2028 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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Landry, J. P., Wang, X., Fei, Y. Y., & Zhu, X. D. (2008). Effective-substrate theory for optical reflection from a layered substrate. Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics, 25(12), 2021-2028. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.25.002021