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state material data range (micron) reference (and link)
cryst. (Fe/Mg)O n,k [tab] 0.2 - 500 Henning et al. (1995) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 112, 143.
cryst. (Fe/Mg)O n,k [fig] 10 - 100 Begemann et al. (1995) Planet. Sp. Sci. 43, 1257.
cryst. FeO n,k [tab] 10 - 500 Henning et al. (1997) Astron. Astrophys. 327, 743.
h e m a t i t e
. Fe2O3 abs. . Hunt, Wisherd (1950) Anal. Chem. 22, 1478
. Fe2O3 n,k visual Baieley (1960) J. Appl. Phys. 31, 39S
. Fe2O3 abs. . Aria, Golomsina (1962) Sov. Phys. Sol. St. 4, 2921
. Fe2O3 n,k visual Winchell, Winchell (1967) Opt. Prop. Minerals
. Fe2O3 abs. . Liese (1967) Am. Mineral. 52, 1198
cryst. Fe2O3 . infrared Samuelsen, Shirane (1970) Phys. St. Sol. 42, 241
amor. Fe2O3 n,k [fig] 8.3 - 50 Popova et al. (1973) Opt. Spektr. 35, 954.
cryst. Fe2O3 n,ko,e [fig] 14.3 - 50 Popova et al. (1973) Opt. Spektr. 35, 954.
alpha Fe2O3 n,k 7.7 - 33 Tanaka (1973) Jpn. Appl. Phys. 18, 1043
cryst. Fe2O3 n,ka,b,c [tab] 4 - 250 Steyer (1974) Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Ariz.
. Fe2O3 Qext/a [fig] 3 - 100 Koike et al. (1981) Astrophys. Sp. Sci. 79, 77.
m a g n e t i t e
. Fe3O4 abs. 2.5 - 36 Waldron (1955) Phys. Rev. 99, 1727
. Fe3O4 n,k 1 - 15 Perry, Wrigley (1967) Appl. Opt. 6, 586
. Fe3O4 bands (calc) . White, DeAngelis (1967) Spectr. Acta 23A, 985
. Fe3O4 n,k 1 - 15 Samokhvalov et al. (1969) Sov. Phys. Sol. Stat. 10, 2172
. Fe3O4 abs. 15 - 50 Grimes, Collett (1971) Nature Phys. Sci. 230, 158
. Fe3O4 n,k 7.7 - 33 Tanaka (1973) Jpn. Appl. Phys. 18, 1043
. Fe3O4 n,k [fig] 0.3 - 13 Huffmann, Stapp (1973) IAU Symp. 52, p.297
. Fe3O4 n,k [tab] 1 - 100 Steyer (1974) Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Ariz.
. Fe3O4 e1,2 2.5 - 50 Moussouros (1975) Infr. Phys. 15, 69
cryst. Fe3O4 photoem. [fig] . Alvardo et al. (1976) Phys. Rev. B14, 2740
. Fe3O4 e1,2 [fig] (c) 20 - 200 Huffman (1977) Adv. Phys. 26, 129
cryst. Fe3O4 transm. (T) [fig] 2.5 - 50 Kuipers, Brabers (1977) Phys. Rev. Lett. 39, 488
. Fe3O4 e1,2 0.10 - 40 Schlegel et al. (1979) J. Phys. C 12, 1157
. Fe3O4 Qext/a [fig] 3 - 100 Koike et al. (1981) Astrophys. Sp. Sci. 79, 77.
. Fe3O4 ext. [fig] 0.195 - 0.65 Hecht, Nuth (1982) Astrophys. J. 258, 878.
cryst. Fe3O4 refl. (T) [fig] 12.4 - 1000 Degiorgi et al. (1987) Phys. Rev. B35, 5421.
. magnetite n,k [tab] (c!) 0.14 - 300 Mukai (1989) in Bonetti A. et al. (eds.) Evolution of interstellar dust and related topics. North-Holland, p.397.
m a g n e s i u m   o x i d e
cryst. MgO n,k (c!) visual Haase (1927) Z. Kristallogr. 65, 509
cryst. MgO n (T) 0.25 - 5.35 Strong, Brice (1935) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 25, 207
cryst. MgO n (T) visual Radhakrishnan (1951) Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. A23, 22
cryst. MgO k [fig] 0.2 - 0.32 Weber (1951) Z. Physik. 130, 392.
cryst. MgO n visual-IR Stephens, Malitson (1952) J. Res. NBS 49, 249
cryst. MgO k 0.08 - 0.035 Townsend (1953) Phys. Rev. 92, 556
cryst. MgO e1 inf-ty Born, Huang (1954) Dynam. Theor. Cryst. Lattices. Oxford, p.26
cryst. MgO k [fig] 0.17 - 0.35 Johnson (1954) Phys. Rev. 94, 845.
cryst. MgO refl. 0.09 - 0.18 Nelson (1955) Phys. Rev. 99, 1902
cryst. MgO k 3 - 6 eV Peria (1958) Phys. Rev. 112, 423
cryst. MgO abs. (T) infrared Groth (1960) Ann. Phys. 6, 328
cryst. MgO n visual-IR Herzberger, Salzberg (1962) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52, 420
cryst. MgO n,k [fig] 6.7 - 33 Haefele (1963) Ann. d. Phys. 10, 321.
. MgO k 100 - 600 Rowntree (1968) Ph.D. thesis, Ohio State Univ
. MgO refl. infrared Piriou (1964) Comp. Rend. 259, 1052
cryst. MgO abs.c. 0.24 - 1 Sakhnovskii (1965) Opt. Spectr. 18, 100
cryst. MgO n,k; e1,2 (T) [fig] 12.5 - 50 Jasperse et al. (1966) Phys. Rev. 146, 526.
. MgO refl. infrared Piriou, Cubannes (1967) Comp. Rend. 264, 5
. MgO k 10 - 14 Piriou, Cubannes (1967) Comp. Rend. 264, 630
cryst. MgO n,k 5 - 28 eV Roessler, Walker (1967) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 57, 835
cryst. MgO n,k 10 - 20 eV Williams, Arakawa (1967) J. Appl. Phys. 38, 5272
. MgO n,k 14 - 33 Duesler (1968) Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Hawaii
. MgO n 5 - 600 Piriou, Cubannes (1968) Opt. Acta 15, 271
cryst. MgO k 35 - 100 eV Fomichev, Zhukova (1969) Sov. Phys. Sol. St. 10, 2992
cryst. MgO refl., k [fig] 9 - 13.5; 15 - 27 Andermann, Duesler (1970) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 80, 53.
cryst. MgO n,k 29 - 80 eV Hanson (1971) Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Tennes
cryst. MgO e1,2 0 - 80 eV Haase (1971) Opt. Comm. 2, 447
. MgO e 1 MHz Fontella et al. (1974) J. Appl. Phys. 45, 2852
cryst. MgO k infrared Hordvik, Skolnik (1977) Appl. Opt. 16, 2919
. MgO e1,2 [fig] 0.03 - 62 Huffman (1977) Adv. Phys. 26, 129
cryst. MgO abs [fig] 0.3 - 0.5 Harrington et al. (1978) Appl. Opt. 17, 1541.
cryst. MgO abs.c. 2.5 - 5 Braunstein et al. (1980) NBS Publ. 620
cryst. MgO abs/emis.spectra [fig] X-ray Maeda et al. (1985) Phys. Lett. 112A, 431
cryst. MgO n visual-IR Dodge (1986) in Weber M.J. (ed) CRC Handbook Laser Sci. Techn., p.31
cryst. MgO abs. [fig] 0.17 - 1.2 Ballesteros et al. (1988) Phys. Rev. B 38, 4231.
cryst. MgO n,k [tab] (c!) 0.0021 - 625 Roessler, Huffman (1991) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants, II. Acad. Press., p.919.
cryst. (Fe/Mg)O n,k [tab] 0.2 - 500 Henning et al. (1995) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 112, 143
cryst. (Fe/Mg)O n,k [fig] 10 - 100 Begemann et al. (1995) Planet. Sp. Sci. 43, 1257.
a l u m i n u m   o x i d e    ( properties)
. Al2O3 no,e 0.5 - 0.7 Brauns (1909) Centralbl. Mineral., p.673
. Al2O3 n infrared Haas (1949) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 39, 532
. Al2O3 n,k [tab] 1.5 - 15 Harris (1955) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 45, 27.
. Al2O3 n 0.3 - 0.6 Hennig (1956) Z. Physik 144, 296
cryst. sapphire no,e (T) 0.25 - 0.7 Jeppesen (1958) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48, 629
alpha Al2O3 n (T) [tab] 0.26 - 5.6 Malitson et al. (1958) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48, 72.
cryst. ruby refl.; abs. . Mandarino (1959) Am. Mineral. 44, 961
cryst. Al2O3 abs. visual Mitchell et al. (1960) Phil. Mag. 5, 1013
cryst. Al2O3 abs. visual Levy (1961) Phys. Rev. 123, 1226
. Al2O3 n,k 15 - 70 Harris, Piper (1962) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52, 223.
alpha Al2O3 n [tab] 0.27 - 5.6 Malitson (1962) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52, 1377.
cryst. Al2O3 . far-IR Roberts, Coon (1962) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52, 1023
cryst. corundum refl. [fig] 13 - 26 Barker (1963) Phys. Rev. 132, 1474.
. Al2O3 n 0.35 - 1.6 Cox et al. (1964) J. Phys. 25, 250
. Al2O3 n 0.58 - 3.4 Voronkova et al. (1965) Optich. mater. dlja IK techn. Nauka, Moscow
amor. Al2O3 abs.c. X-ray Fomichev, Parobets (1966) Opt. Spectr. 21, 419
. Al2O3 n 0.3 - 0.8 Khan et al. (1966) Corros. Sci. 6, 483
amor. Al2O3 abs.c. X-ray Fomichev (1967) Sov. Phys. Sol. St. 8, 2312
cryst. corundum . infrared Porto, Krishnan (1967) J. Chem. Phys. 47, 1009
cryst. sapphire n,ke,o far-IR Russell, Bell (1967) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 57, 543
cryst. sapphire ne-no 0.14 - 0.32 Chandrasekharan, Damany (1969) Appl. Opt. 8, 671
cryst. ruby ne-no . Dodge et al. (1969) Appl. Opt. 8, 1703
cryst. sapphire n, ne-no vis. - IR Malitson, Dodge (1972) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62, 1405
. Al2O3 abs. infrared Deutsch (1973) J. Phys. Chem. Solids 34, 2091
cryst. Al2O3 n,k (T) [tab] 33 - 333 Loewenstein et al. (1973) Appl. Opt. 12, 398.
. sapphire eo . Gervais, Piriou (1974) J. Phys. C 7, 2374
cryst. Al2O3 n,ko 1 MHz Fontella et al. (1974) J. Appl. Phys. 45, 2852
. Al2O3 refl.,transm. infrared Maeland et al. (1974) Thin Solid Films 21, 67
. Al2O3 abs. infrared Deutsch (1975) J. Electron. Mater. 4, 663
cryst. corundum n,ke infrared Gervais et al. (1975) Rev. Int. Haut. Temp. Refr. 12, 58
. Al2O3 k [fig] 0.001 - 1.2 Hagemann et al. (1975) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 65, 742.
. Al2O3 abs. infrared Turner, Crawford (1975) Solid State Commun. 17, 167
cryst. Al2O3 n,ko,e 13 - 26 Zizin et al. (1975) Uspechi Fizich. Nauk 117, 573
. Al2O3 abs. infrared Harrington et al. (1976) Appl. Opt. 15, 1953
cryst. Al2O3 abs. (T) 0.2 - 1.2 Beljaev et al. (1977) Teplofiz. Vysok. Temp. 15, 214
leiko Al2O3 abs. (T) 3 - 5.5 Beljaev et al. (1977) Teplofiz. Vysok. Temp. 15, 214
cryst. Al2O3 abs [fig] 0.3 - 0.5 Harrington et al. (1978) Appl. Opt. 17, 1541.
. Al2O3 n (T) . Feldman et al. (1979) NBS Techn. Note 993
cryst. ruby ne,o (T) 0.633 Wilson (1980) Ph.D. thesis, Univ. South. Calif., Los Angeles
. Al2O3 n, e1,2 [fig] (r!) 5 - 50 Eriksson et al. (1981) Appl. Opt. 20, 2742.
gamma Al2O3 transm. infrared Bruesch et al. (1984) Phys. Rev. B29, 4691
. sapphire n (T) . Bukatyi et al. (1984) Opt. Spectrosc. 56, 283
cryst. sapphire n,ko (T) far-IR Cook, Perkowitz (1985) Appl. Opt. 24, 1773
cryst. Al2O3 e sub-mm Bystrov et al. (1986) Sov. Phys. Tech. Phys. 31, 1206
. sapphire n (T) 0.633, 0.799 Tapping, Reilly (1986) J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 3, 610
cryst. Al2O3 n,k 1 - 250 Worrell (1986) J. Mat. Sci. 21, 781
amor. Al2O3 refl. [fig] 10 - 33 Chu et al. (1988) J. Appl. Phys. 64, 3727.
gamma Al2O3 refl. [fig] 10 - 33 Chu et al. (1988) J. Appl. Phys. 64, 3727.
. Al2O3 n,k (T) infrared Hoffmann (1988) Mast.Ess., J.Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
cryst. sapphire transm.; abs.c.o (T) infrared Thomas et al. (1988) Appl. Opt. 27, 239
alpha Al2O3 n [tab] + abs. [fig] 4 + mm Stead, Simonis (1989) Appl. Opt. 28, 1874.
cryst. sapphire abs.c.o,e infrared Thomas et al. (1989) Appl. Opt. 28, 3277
. Al2O3 . far-IR Grischkowsky et al. (1990) J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 7, 2006
alpha Al2O3 abs. 0.15 - 1.4 Innocenzi et al. (1990) J. Appl. Phys. 67, 7542
. Al2O3 n (T) . Lange, Duncan (1990) SPIE Proc. 1326, 71
alpha Al2O3 transm. ultraviolet Evans (1991) J. Appl. Phys. 70, 3995
amor. Al2O3 n,k [tab] (c!) 0.01 - 0.2; 10 - 40 Gervais (1991) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants, II. Acad. Press., p.761.
cryst. Al2O3 n,k [tab] (c!) 0.2 - 1000 Gervais (1991) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants, II. Acad. Press., p.761.
. corundum n (T) . Zouboulis, Grimsditch (1991) J. Appl. Phys. 70, 772
cryst. sapphire ne,o (T) visual DeFranzo, Pazol (1993) Appl. Opt. 32, 2224
sput. Al2O3 n,k [tab] 0.2 - 1.2 Edlou et al. (1993) Appl. Opt. 32, 5601.
. sapphire abs. ultraviolet Thomas et al. (1993) Opt. Eng. 32, 1340
cryst. Al2O3 abs, refl.o,e (T) X-ray Tomiki et al. (1993) J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 62, 573
cryst. Al2O3 eo,e 0.001 - 0.14/0.2 Tomiki et al. (1993) J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 62, 1372
alpha alumina abs. (T) ultraviolet French et al. (1994) J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 77, 412
alpha Al2O3 n,k, e1,2 [fig] 0.04 - 1.2 Harman et al. (1994) J. Appl. Phys. 76, 8032.
amor. Al2O3 n,k [tab] 7.8 - 500 Begemann et al. (1997) Astrophys. J. 476, 199.
cryst. Al2O3 n,k o,e (c!) 0.01 - inf-ty. Thomas, Troff (1998) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids, III. Acad. Press, p.653
cryst. Al2O3 n,ko ultraviolet French et al. (1998?) J. Am. Ceram. Soc., submitted
s p i n e l
cryst. MgAl2O4 n,k visual Schlossmacher (1930) Z. Kristallogr. 72, 447
cryst. MgAl2O4 n inf-ty Wang, Zanzucchi (1971) J. Electrochem. Soc. 118, 586
. MgAl2O4 n,k [fig] 0.05 - 0.6 Huffman (1977) Adv. Phys. 26, 129
cryst. MgAl2O4 abs.c. [fig] 0.2 - 0.6 Woosley et al. (1980) Phys. Rev. B22, 1065
cryst. MgAl2O4 n 0.3 - 6 Roy, Hastert (1983) Proc. SPIE 400, 37
. spinel transm. infrared Thomas et al. (1988) Appl. Opt. 27, 245
cryst. MgAl2O4 n [tab], k [fig] 667 - 2000 Stead, Simonis (1989) Appl. Opt. 28, 1874.
cryst. MgAl2O4 n,k infrared Thomas et al. (1989) Proc. SPIE 1112, 260
cryst. Cr-spinels refl. 9 - 500 Lutz et al. (1991) J. Sol. St. Chem. 90, 54
cubic MgAl2O4 n,k (T) [tab] (c!) 0.34 - 2000 Tropf, Thomas (1991) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants, II. Acad. Press., p.883.
. spinel abs. ultraviolet Thomas et al. (1993) Opt. Eng. 32, 1340
Notes:
state: amor. - amorphous, cryst. - crystalline.
data: a,b,c - axes of a crystal, abs. - absorption, abs.c. - absorption coefficient, e1,2 - dielectric function, n,k - refractive index, o,e - ordinary/extraordinary ray, Qext/a - extinction efficiency/grain size, photoem. - photoemission, refl. - reflectance, transm. - transmittance; (T) - dependence on temperature; [fig] - figure, [tab] - table, [t+f] - table and figure, (c!) - compilation, (r!) - review.


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