Optics: measuring and testing – By polarized light examination – Of surface reflection
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-11
2007-12-11
Nguyen, Tu T. (Department: 2886)
Optics: measuring and testing
By polarized light examination
Of surface reflection
Reexamination Certificate
active
10540003
ABSTRACT:
A method of optical characterization of a layer of material in which the spectrum of index n* (λ) is characterized by a limited number of “nodes” that are points with coordinates (λi, ni, ki) or (λi, n*i), with ni=n(λi), ki=k(λi) and n*i=ni+jki, where j2=−1, and an interpolation law between the “nodes,” which can be, for example, linear, cubic, of “spline” type or polynomial (of any given degree). This interpolation law allows the calculation, from the “nodes,” of the refraction indexes and the extinction coefficients for the wavelengths located between the “nodes.”
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