The binding of an anionic surfactant onto an anionic surface by addition of divalent ions is reported based on experimental data from specular neutron reflection (NR) and attenuated total internal reflection IR spectroscopy (ATR-IR). Similar measurements using monovalent ions (sodium) do not show any evidence of such adsorption, even though the amount of surfactant can be much higher. This data...

We present reflection THz-time domain spectroscopy measurements of the complex conductivity of n-type, 0.038 V cm GaAs and n-type, 0.22 V cm Si wafers. These measurements clearly demonstrate the efficacy of the reflection technique on highly conductive, optically dense samples and approach the precision of THz–TDS transmission measurements. Because the THz-bandwidth, reflection measurements ext...

Optical clearing agents can improve tissue optical transmittance by reducing the diffuse reflection. The reflection on in vivo human skin before and after applying anhydrous glycerol and 30 to 50% liquid paraffin glycerol mixed solution are investigated in this paper. From their visible and near-infrared reflection spectroscopy, all of their diffuse reflections are reduced after applying the ag...

Optical properties of doped silicon wafers have been measured by means of terahertz time domain reflection spectroscopy. A method is proposed to obtain the relative phase by reflection accurately. By using this method, the relative phase is obtained within an error of less than 10 mrad at 1 THz. The experimentally obtained complex conductivity of relatively high-doped silicon (r 50.136 V cm) in...

To accurately determine sample optical properties using single fiber reflectance spectroscopy (SFR), an absolute calibration of the reflectance is required. We investigated two SFR calibration methods, using a calibrated mirror and using the Fresnel reflection at the fiber tip as a reference. We compared these to commonly used calibration methods, using either Intralipid-20% in combination with...