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Optical and infrared reflectance of metal-insulator composites

Conference · · AIP (Am. Inst. Phys.) Conf. Proc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6897347
The reflectance in the infrared and visible (0.08 to 3.2 eV) has been measured for aluminum small particles compacted into potassium chloride. The aluminum particles were prepared by evaporation in inert gas atmosphere and had mean diameters of 200 A and 600 A. The volume fraction, f, of metal in the samples studied was between f = 0.03 and f approximately 1. For f approximately 0.15 the specimens exhibited finite dc conductivity. The main feature of the data is a decreasing reflectance with increasing frequency. The magnitude of the reflectance increases with metal concentration. Comparison of experiment with simple theories shows that the self consistent theory predicts the general form of the reflectance if the low concentration for first achieving conduction is taken into consideration. Kramers-Kronig inversion of the reflectances yields frequency dependent conductivities which are not like those of a simple metal.
Research Organization:
Ohio State Univ., Columbus
OSTI ID:
6897347
Report Number(s):
CONF-770925-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: AIP (Am. Inst. Phys.) Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 40
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English