Complete Absorption of Light by Thin Metal Films
- 1 January 1959
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Proceedings of the Physical Society
- Vol. 73 (1) , 40-44
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0370-1328/73/1/307
Abstract
Reflectances of non-opaque aluminium films were measured from the substrate side as a function of angle of incidence. For the p-polarization there is a maximum reflectance near the critical angle for the substrate; for a certain range of Al thicknesses this is followed by a sudden drop which can be to zero reflectance giving complete absorption. This effect can be predicted from thin film theory but has not previously been noted.Keywords
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