34 Physics
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011


Phone: (515) 294-3675
Fax: (515) 294-0689
Email: fuchs@iastate.edu

B.S. 1954, California Institute of Technology; M.S. 1955, Ph.D. 1957, University of Illinois; T. H. Stuttgart 1957-58; Laboratory for Insulation Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1958-61; Iowa State University 1961-present; Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, 1973-1974; Freie Universitaet Berlin and Fritz-Haber Institut, 1986-1987; Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, 1996-1997; Ames Laboratory, 1961-present.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theory of the optical properties of metals and insulators: thin films, small particles, rough surfaces, disordered systems, non-local effects, surface reflectance spectroscopy. Electron energy-loss spectroscopy of inhomogeneous systems.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

R. G. Barrera, C. I. Mendoza, R. Fuchs
Electron energy-loss spectroscopy in systems of polarizable spheres,
Physica B 279, 29 (2000).

C. I. Mendoza, R. G. Barrera, R. Fuchs
Electron energy loss in ordered arrays of polarizable spheres,
Phys. Rev. B 60, 13831 (1999).

C. I. Mendoza, R. G. Barrera, R. Fuchs
Energy loss of electrons traveling parallel to the interface of a semi-infinite granular composite,
Phys. Rev. B 57, 11193 (1998).

R. Fuchs, C. I. Mendoza, R. G. Barrera, J. L. Carrillo
Electron energy-loss spectroscopy of inhomogeneous systems,
Physica A 241, 29 (1997).

R. Fuchs, R. Barrera, J. L. Carrillo
Spectral representations of the electron energy loss in composite media,
Phys. Rev. B 54 12824 (1996).

R. G. Barrera, R. Fuchs
Theory of electron energy loss in a random system of spheres
Phys. Rev. B 52, 3256 (1995)

R. Fuchs, K. Ghosh
Optical and dielectric properties of self-similar structures
Physica A 207, 185 (1994).

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