Comparative study of optical analysis methods for thin films
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Abstract Three popular optical analysis methods (the transfer-matrix method, the Tinkham formula, and Beer's law) have been used for analyzing the optical spectra of thin films. While the transfer-matrix method is an accurate method, the Tinkham formula and Beer's law are approximate methods. Here we investigated the three methods using measured transmittance spectra of insulating transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) thin films on a quartz substrate. Three different semiconducting 2H-TMD systems (MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2) were measured and analyzed. The optical conductivities obtained from the measured transmittance spectra using the transfer-matrix method and Tinkham formula and the absorption coefficients obtained using the transfer-matrix method and Beer's law were compared. The comparisons show some discrepancies. The reasons for the discrepancies between the results obtained via the two different methods were examined and the application limitations of the Tinkham formula and Beer's law were discussed.
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OpenAlex topics: 2D Materials and Applications · Perovskite Materials and Applications · Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
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