Abstract

Adiabatic laser calorimetry, which is the most widely used method for studying the absorption coefficients of low-loss materials, can be adapted to study both the bulk and surface absorption by using a long rod sample geometry. In the limiting case of small heat losses, calculations of the thermal rise curves obtained in laser calorimetry indicate that two regions of constant slope can be expected. The first of these can be identified with the bulk absorption coefficient only and the second with the sum of the surface and bulk absorptions. Experimental data illustrating this two-slope behavior are presented.

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