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Thin Al films were deposited onto glass by magnetron sputtering. Spectral transmittance and reflectance were wavelength independent at a thickness tc consistent with the percolation threshold and minimum metallic conductivity. We found tc ≊1 nm, which is much less than for evaporated Al films.
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Kunz et al. (1988) studied this question.
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