RT journal article T1 Hybrid Dispersion Model Characterization of PAZO Azopolymer Thin Films over the Entire Transmittance Spectrum Measured in the UV/VIS/NIR Spectral Region A1 Minkov, Dorian A1 Nedelchev, Lian A1 Angelov, George A1 Márquez Navarro, Emilio José A1 Blagoeva, Blaga A1 Mateev, Georgi A1 Nazarova, Dimana A2 Física de la Materia Condensada K1 innovative dispersion model K1 PAZO polymer K1 thin film K1 optical characterizatics K1 UV/VIS/NIR transmittance spectra AB Notwithstanding the significant optical applicability of PAZO polymer films, there are noaccurate data about their optical characteristics. To remedy this shortcoming, in this study threePAZO polymer thin films are characterized, with dissimilar thicknesses, on glass substrates usingonly one UV/VIS/NIR transmittance spectrum T(l) per sample and an original hybrid dispersionmodel (HDM). HDM is based on the Tauc–Lorentz model, the new amorphous dispersion formula,the Tauc–Lorentz–Urbach model of Foldyna and the Tauc–Lorentz–Urbach model of Rodriguez.HDM with two oscillators is employed in characterizations of the PAZO polymer films in the range[300, 2500] nm, whereby the root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) of the fitted transmittance spectrumwith respect to T(l) does not exceed 1.6 10�����3. Decreasing RMSD by 2.3% to 94.4% is demonstratedby employing HDM compared with the above mentioned four popular dispersion models, for eachone of the studied films. HDM is applicable to amorphous films independent of their thickness aswell as to cases of non-transparent substrate. PB MDPI SN 1996-1944 YR 2022 FD 2022 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32042 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/32042 LA eng DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz RD 10-nov-2026