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APPLICATIONS-CENTERED RESEARCH IN OPTICS

  • Vol. 22, Iss. 7 — Apr. 1, 1983
  • pp: 1099–1119

Optical properties of the metals Al, Co, Cu, Au, Fe, Pb, Ni, Pd, Pt, Ag, Ti, and W in the infrared and far infrared

M. A. Ordal, L. L. Long, R. J. Bell, S. E. Bell, R. R. Bell, R. W. Alexander, Jr., and C. A. Ward  »View Author Affiliations


Applied Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 7, pp. 1099-1119 (1983)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.22.001099


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Abstract

Infrared optical constants collected from the literature are tabulated. The data for the noble metals and Al, Pb, and W can be reasonably fit using the Drude model. It is shown that -∊l(ω) = ∊2(ω) ≃ ω2p/(2ω2τ) at the damping frequency ω = ωτ. Also -∊lτ) ≃ - (½) ∊l(0), where the plasma frequency is ωp.

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M. A. Ordal, L. L. Long, R. J. Bell, S. E. Bell, R. R. Bell, R. W. Alexander, Jr., and C. A. Ward, "Optical properties of the metals Al, Co, Cu, Au, Fe, Pb, Ni, Pd, Pt, Ag, Ti, and W in the infrared and far infrared," Appl. Opt. 22, 1099-1119 (1983)
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