SiC Refractive Index

Name: SiC Refractive Index (n, k)
Creator: Acuitik
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Keywords: SiC, refractive index, n, k, optical constants, thin film

Optical constants (n, k) of SiC, covering 0.01 – 2.09 μm wavelength range.

Range 0.006 – 2.092 μm

Data Points 445

Optical Constants at Key Wavelengths

632.8 nm (He-Ne)

n = 3.3901

k = 0.2738

589.3 nm (Na-D)

n = 3.4116

k = 0.3214

532 nm

n = 3.4404

k = 0.3951

n, k Dispersion Curves

Data Table (Sampled)

Wavelength (μm)	n	k
0.0062	0.99067	0.00700
0.0066	0.98969	0.00857
0.0072	0.98851	0.01127
0.0078	0.98991	0.01267
0.0084	0.98965	0.01427
0.0091	0.98885	0.01584
0.0098	0.99137	0.01827
0.0106	0.99489	0.01815
0.0114	0.99500	0.01454
0.0123	1.00135	0.01278
0.0133	0.98563	0.00432
0.0144	0.97844	0.00517
0.0156	0.97135	0.00647
0.0168	0.96412	0.00864
0.0182	0.95668	0.01089
0.0196	0.94823	0.01317
0.0212	0.93826	0.01566
0.0229	0.92637	0.01877
0.0247	0.91226	0.02304
0.0267	0.89597	0.02850
0.0289	0.87668	0.03586
0.0312	0.85501	0.04566
0.0337	0.83025	0.05703
0.0364	0.80073	0.07139
0.0393	0.76631	0.08987
0.0461	0.67415	0.14330
0.0646	0.42246	0.57000
0.0976	0.58715	1.46000
0.1648	1.88683	2.25165
0.2265	2.99866	1.96246
0.2942	3.51720	1.31546
0.3619	3.59193	0.84321
0.4297	3.49691	0.59870
0.4974	3.45973	0.45685
0.5651	3.42413	0.35185
0.6328	3.39010	0.27380
0.7005	3.35757	0.21887
0.7683	3.33082	0.17675
0.8360	3.30544	0.14636
0.9037	3.28454	0.12495
1.3110	3.20919	0.05154
2.0920	3.14622	0.01265

Sampled data (445 points total). Click "Download Full CSV" for complete data.

Notes

Density: 2.98 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 SiC thin films. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 28, 2340-2345 (2011) (Numerical data kindly provided by Juan Larruquert)

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