Abstract:A survey is given of some optical methods that are used to investigate the metal surface and thin oxide films on the metal. These optical techniques allow observation of the film during the actual process of film growth on the metal in a metal/electrolyte or metal/gas system.Besides ellipsometry multiple reflection, modulated reflectance spectroscopy and internal reflectance spetroscopy are discussed.
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