The near-normal incidence reflectivity of cleaved DyP and DyBi single
crystals has been measured between 0.03 and 12 eV. Using the Kramers-K
ronig relation, the optical conductivity, the dielectric function and
the effective number of carriers contributing to optical transitions h
ave been derived. impressive agreement is obtained with spectra comput
ed on the basis of a LMTO full-potential band-structure calculation wi
thin the local density approximation. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. A
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