Optical constants of transition metals: Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and Pd
- 15 June 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 9 (12), 5056-5070
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.9.5056
Abstract
The optical constants and were determined for some transition metals (Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Pd) from reflection and transmission measurements on vacuum-evaporated polycrystalline thin films at room temperature, in the spectral range 0.5-6.5 eV. Three optical measurements were inverted to determine the film thickness as well as and . The estimated error in was ±2 Å and that in , was less than ±2% over most of the spectral range. Transmission measurements were made on films in the thickness range 200-500 Å. Many transition metals oxidize rapidly in the air and so measurements on those samples were performed in a nitrogen atmosphere. A detailed analysis of the effect of oxidation on the measured quantities indicates that it is small. The effects on the optical constants of the film thickness and the evaporation rate are discussed. Some recent theoretical calculations of the interband optical conductivity are compared with the results for V, Cr, and Ni. In addition, some other recent experiments are compared with our results.
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