Characterization of plasmonic effects in thin films and metamaterials using spectroscopic ellipsometry

TWH Oates, H Wormeester, H Arwin - Progress in Surface Science, 2011 - Elsevier
In this article, spectroscopic ellipsometry studies of plasmon resonances at metal–dielectric
interfaces of thin films are reviewed. We show how ellipsometry provides valuable non …

Molecular characterization of organic electronic films

DM DeLongchamp, RJ Kline, DA Fischer… - Advanced …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Organic electronics have emerged as a viable competitor to amorphous silicon for the active
layer in low‐cost electronics. The critical performance of organic electronic materials is …

Overview of variable-angle spectroscopic ellipsometry (VASE): II. Advanced applications

B Johs, JA Woollam, CM Herzinger… - Optical metrology: a …, 1999 - spiedigitallibrary.org
A preceding companion paper provides a general introduction to Variable Angle
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (VASE), and also describes many typical applications of the …

Extension of rotating-analyzer ellipsometry to generalized ellipsometry: determination of the dielectric function tensor from uniaxial TiO2

M Schubert, B Rheinländer, JA Woollam, B Johs… - JOSA A, 1996 - opg.optica.org
For what is the first time, to our knowledge, we report on the extension of spectroscopic
rotating-analyzer ellipsometry to generalized ellipsometry to define and to determine three …

On the optical anisotropy of conjugated polymer thin films

M Campoy-Quiles, PG Etchegoin, DDC Bradley - Physical Review B …, 2005 - APS
In this paper the problem of optical anisotropies in conjugated polymer thin films is revisited
and the results in the literature are critically reappraised. Several models for upper bounds …

Tuning the index of a waveguide structure

LC Gunn III - US Patent 7,120,338, 2006 - Google Patents
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Ellipsometry on thin organic layers of biological interest: characterization and applications

H Arwin - Thin Solid Films, 2000 - Elsevier
The thickness resolution and in situ advantage of ellipsometry make this optical technique
particularly suitable for studies of thin organic layers of biological interest. Early ellipsometric …

Generalized ellipsometry and complex optical systems

M Schubert - Thin Solid Films, 1998 - Elsevier
Extension of spectroscopic rotating-analyzer ellipsometry with automated compensator
function to generalized ellipsometry (GE) is reported in order to define and determine three …

Generalized far-infrared magneto-optic ellipsometry for semiconductor layer structures: determination of free-carrier effective-mass, mobility, and concentration …

M Schubert, T Hofmann, CM Herzinger - JOSA A, 2003 - opg.optica.org
We report for the first time on the application of generalized ellipsometry at far-infrared
wavelengths (wave numbers from 150 cm^-1 to 600 cm^-1) for measurement of the …

Explicit solutions for the optical properties of arbitrary magneto-optic materials in generalized ellipsometry

M Schubert, TE Tiwald, JA Woollam - Applied optics, 1999 - opg.optica.org
Analytic expressions for the eigenvalues for the four-wave components at an oblique angle
of light incidence inside a randomly oriented anisotropic magneto-optic dielectric medium …