BiFeO3 Refractive Index

Optical constants (n, k) of BiFeO3, covering 0.20 – 1.67 μm wavelength range.

Range 0.197 – 1.669 μm
Data Points 702

Optical Constants at Key Wavelengths

632.8 nm (He-Ne)
n = 2.9674
k = 0.0000
589.3 nm (Na-D)
n = 3.0407
k = 0.0000
532 nm
n = 3.2247
k = 0.0381
1550 nm (Telecom)
n = 2.7185
k = 0.0000

n, k Dispersion Curves

Data Table (Sampled)

Wavelength (μm)nk
0.19712.197391.55945
0.22392.205121.49422
0.25092.326261.65705
0.27792.713231.77032
0.30493.152031.56818
0.33203.316691.20247
0.35903.267550.98898
0.38613.297080.99820
0.41313.589670.85491
0.44013.616140.45897
0.46713.459220.25223
0.49413.352710.16485
0.52103.270520.06848
0.54803.160830.01296
0.57493.074060.00010
0.60183.016170.00002
0.62872.973860.00002
0.65552.940610.00002
0.68242.913580.00002
0.70932.891100.00002
0.73612.872090.00002
0.76302.855800.00002
0.78982.841710.00002
0.81662.829400.00002
0.84342.818580.00002
0.87002.809000.00002
0.89662.800480.00002
0.92312.792860.00002
0.94952.786030.00002
0.97562.779880.00002
1.01232.772170.00002
1.07062.761750.00002
1.12892.753100.00002
1.18722.745830.00002
1.24552.739650.00002
1.30382.734350.00002
1.36222.729760.00002
1.42072.725770.00002
1.47922.722260.00002
1.53782.719170.00002
1.59662.716430.00002
1.65542.713980.00002
1.66932.713440.00002

Sampled data (702 points total). Click "Download Full CSV" for complete data.

Notes

25 nm BiFeO3 film grown on (100)SrTiO3 substrate.

References

A. Kumar, R. C. Rai, N. J. Podraza, S. Denev, M. Ramirez, Y.-H. Chu, L. W. Martin, J. Ihlefeld, T. Heeg, J. Schubert, D. G. Schlom, J. Orenstein, R. Ramesh, R. W. Collins, J. L. Musfeldt, V. Gopalan. Linear and nonlinear optical properties of BiFeO3. Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 121915 (2008) (Numerical data kindly provided by Ryan Haislmaier and Venkatraman Gopalan)

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