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  • Title: Determination of Optical Constants of Solgel-Derived Inhomogeneous TiO(2) Thin Films by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry and Transmission Spectroscopy.
    Author: Mosaddeq-Ur-Rahman M, Yu G, Krishna KM, Soga T, Watanabe J, Jimbo T, Umeno M.
    Journal: Appl Opt; 1998 Feb 01; 37(4):691-7. PubMed ID: 18268642.
    Abstract:
    Amorphous and nanocrystalline TiO(2) thin films coated on a vitreous silica substrate by a solgel dip coating method are investigated for optical properties by spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) together with transmission spectroscopy. A method of analysis of SE data to determine the degree of inhomogeneity of TiO(2) films has also been presented. Instead of the refractive index, the volume fraction of void has been assumed to vary along the thickness of the films and an excellent agreement between the experimental and calculated data of SE below the fundamental band gap has been obtained. The transmission spectrum of these samples is inverted to obtain the extinction coefficient k spectrum in the wavelength range of 300-1600 nm by using the refractive indices and parameters of structure determined by SE. The nonzero extinction coefficient below the fundamental band-gap energy (3.2 eV) has been obtained for the nanocrystalline TiO(2) and shows the presence of optical scattering in the film.
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