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Optical Constants

Optical Constants is a theoretical construct in the field of thin film optics that comprises the refractive index and extinction coefficient, collectively characterizing the intrinsic interaction of light with a material by quantifying its propagation and attenuation behavior within optical thin films.

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Optical Constants of the Noble Metals

P. B. Johnson, R. W. Christy · Physical review. B, Solid state · 1972 · 19.8K citations

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Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of Amorphous Germanium

J. Tauc, R. Grigorovici, A. Vancu · physica status solidi (b) · 1966 · 10.7K citations

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Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles

Robert G. W. Brown · Optica Acta International Journal of Optics · 1984 · 6.7K citations

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Optical Properties of Solids

F. Wooten, Sumner P. Davis · American Journal of Physics · 1973 · 4.6K citations

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Optical Constants of Water in the 200-nm to 200-μm Wavelength Region

George M. Hale, Marvin R. Querry · Applied Optics · 1973 · 4.4K citations

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  1. SA
    Sadao Adachi

    Gunma University, Japan

    42 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. ET
    E. T. Arakawa

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States

    35 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. FY
    F. Yakuphanoğlu

    Fırat University, Türkiye

    20 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. ES
    E.R. Shaaban

    Al-Azhar University, Egypt

    21 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. IY
    I.S. Yahia

    Ain Shams University, Egypt

    20 publications · 978 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    36 h-index

    341 publications

    13.8K citations

  2. Ain Shams University

    Cairo, Egypt

    34 h-index

    152 publications

    6.1K citations

  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    30 h-index

    148 publications

    12.5K citations

  4. Al-Azhar University

    Cairo, Egypt

    28 h-index

    77 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. Gunma University

    Maebashi, Japan

    27 h-index

    90 publications

    7.9K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    205 publications

    7.5K citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    23 h-index

    77 publications

    4.8K citations

  8. Assiut University

    Asyut, Egypt

    23 h-index

    64 publications

    2.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Applied Physics

    332 publications · 23.1K citations

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  2. Applied Optics

    285 publications · 22.3K citations

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  3. Journal of the Optical Society of America

    JOSA · 215 publications · 13.7K citations

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  4. Physical Review

    80 publications · 12K citations

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  5. Physical review. B, Solid state

    60 publications · 30.5K citations

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