Model-free determination of optical constants: application to undoped and Ga-doped ZnO

David C. Look; Buguo Wang; Kevin D. Leedy

doi:10.1117/12.2255769

2 March 2017 Model-free determination of optical constants: application to undoped and Ga-doped ZnO

David C. Look, Buguo Wang, Kevin D. Leedy

Proceedings Volume 10105, Oxide-based Materials and Devices VIII; 101050H (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2255769
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

For single slabs of uniform material, such as bulk semiconductors, we derive closed-form expressions for absorption and reflection coefficients, ∝ and R, respectively, in terms of measured reflectance and transmittance, R_m and T_m. The formula for α can replace the several commonly used approximations for ∝ as a function of T_m, and in particular does not require ∝d >> 1, where d is the thickness. Thus, it can be applied to weak impurity absorptions, such as Fe absorption in Fe-doped GaN. Finally, the real (η) and imaginary (κ) parts of the index of refraction (n = η + iκ) can be obtained from ∝ and R and agree well with η and κ results obtained from other experiments. For multi-layer structures, “effective” values of ∝, R, η, and κ are obtained, but they can often be assigned to a particular layer. This new technique has been successfully applied to many bulk and layered structures.

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David C. Look, Buguo Wang, and Kevin D. Leedy "Model-free determination of optical constants: application to undoped and Ga-doped ZnO", Proc. SPIE 10105, Oxide-based Materials and Devices VIII, 101050H (2 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2255769

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