B4C Refractive Index

Name: B4C Refractive Index (n, k)
Creator: Acuitik
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: B4C, refractive index, n, k, optical constants, thin film

Optical constants (n, k) of B4C, covering 0.00 – 2.20 μm wavelength range.

Range 0.002 – 2.200 μm

Data Points 1340

Optical Constants at Key Wavelengths

632.8 nm (He-Ne)

n = 3.2468

k = 0.4857

589.3 nm (Na-D)

n = 3.2327

k = 0.5303

532 nm

n = 3.2080

k = 0.5962

1550 nm (Telecom)

n = 3.2401

k = 0.1042

n, k Dispersion Curves

Data Table (Sampled)

Wavelength (μm)	n	k
0.0017	0.99906	0.00013
0.0018	0.99897	0.00016
0.0019	0.99887	0.00018
0.0020	0.99878	0.00021
0.0021	0.99868	0.00024
0.0022	0.99858	0.00028
0.0023	0.99842	0.00035
0.0025	0.99814	0.00039
0.0026	0.99788	0.00049
0.0028	0.99759	0.00061
0.0031	0.99708	0.00091
0.0035	0.99653	0.00130
0.0038	0.99599	0.00175
0.0041	0.99540	0.00255
0.0045	0.99511	0.00241
0.0052	0.99410	0.00365
0.0058	0.99234	0.00544
0.0065	1.00131	0.00805
0.0075	0.99252	0.00088
0.0093	0.98554	0.00159
0.0114	0.97645	0.00275
0.0122	0.97247	0.00343
0.0136	0.96534	0.00469
0.0153	0.95578	0.00648
0.0169	0.94507	0.00868
0.0198	0.92272	0.01430
0.0231	0.89381	0.02409
0.0264	0.86089	0.03621
0.0297	0.82138	0.05154
0.0330	0.77666	0.07323
0.0363	0.72473	0.10186
0.0396	0.66651	0.13432
0.1839	2.37149	1.63052
0.2884	3.04671	1.11052
0.3901	3.13130	0.77893
0.4918	3.18492	0.64523
0.5935	3.23387	0.52697
0.6952	3.25749	0.43052
0.7969	3.26515	0.35435
0.8986	3.26927	0.29904
1.3389	3.25036	0.14991
2.1999	3.18609	0.04400

Sampled data (1340 points total). Click "Download Full CSV" for complete data.

Notes

Density: 2.28 g/cm³. Film deposited at room temperature.

References

J. I. Larruquert, A. P. Pérez-Marín, S. García-Cortés, L. Rodríguez-de Marcos, J. A. Aznárez, J. A. Méndez. Self-consistent optical constants of sputter-deposited B₄C thin films. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29, 117-123 (2012) (Numerical data kindly provided by Juan Larruquert)

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