ELECTRON PLASMA AND INTERFERENCE OF RADIATION FROM METALLIC AND DIELECTRIC FILMS

Abstract

An influence of kinetic and quantum properties of degenerate electron plasma on the interference of radiation from metallic and dielectric films is investigated. The reflection and transmission power coefficients as well as the phase differences of interfering beams as functions of the radiation frequency are studied in the cases of P- and S-waves. A difference of the results for the quantum electron plasma from the results for the classical electron plasma and for the classical electron gas is determined in cases of frequencies which are an order and much less than the plasma frequency.