Possible applications of surface electromagnetic waves to measure absorption coefficients
- 1 October 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 59 (7) , 3492-3494
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1680508
Abstract
We show that surface electromagnetic waves can probably be used to measure the absorption coefficients of materials overlaying metals. The proposed experimental method is illustrated in the infrared frequency range using water, Teflon, and polyethylene as sample materials.Keywords
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