THEORY OF FAR-INFRARED ATR FROM SURFACE-POLARITONS IN AN N-I-P-I SUPERLATTICE

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作者
ALMEIDA, NS
ALBUQUERQUE, EL
FULCO, P
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[1] Departamento de Física - CCE, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59 072 Natal, RN
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10.1016/0375-9601(91)90778-7
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We have analysed the surface phonon plasmon polariton spectra in n-i-p-i superlattices using the far-infrared attenuated-total-reflection (ATR) spectroscopy. We have used a theoretical approach based on an effective-medium theory to describe the polariton dispersion relation. The ATR spectrum was calculated not only in the usual way, but also by considering the superlattice as a uniaxial medium. Numerical results are shown and their main features discussed.
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