Silicon and silicon oxides

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state material data range (micron) reference (and link)
. silicon n,k [tab] 0.6 - 2.3 Ingersoll (1910) Astrophys. J. 32, 265.
cryst. silicon n 1 - 2.6 Briggs (1950) Phys. Rev. 77, 287
cryst. silicon abs. (T) . Dash, Newman (1955) Phys. Rev. 99, 1151
cryst. silicon n 1.4 - 11 Salzberg, Villa (1957) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47, 244
. silicon abs. . Macfarlane et al. (1958) Phys. Rev. 111, 1245
cryst. silicon n infrared Cardona et al. (1959) J. Phys. Chem. Sol. 8, 204
cryst. silicon abs.c. 6.7 - 25 Johnson (1959) Proc. Phys. Soc. Lond. 73, 265
. silicon abs. . Macfarlane et al. (1959) J. Phys. Chem. Solids 8, 388
cryst. silicon n,k [fig] 0.11 - 1.2 Philipp, Taft (1960) Phys. Rev. 120, 37
cryst. silicon n,k 70 - 600 Sasaki, Ishiguro (1962) Phys. Rev. 127, 1091
. silicon e infrared Philipp, Ehrenreich (1963) Phys. Rev. 129, 1550
cryst. silicon n,k 70 - 600 Randall, Rawcliffe (1967) Appl. Opt. 6, 1889
. silicon abs. . Vol'fson, Subashiev (1967) Sov. Phys. Semicond. 1, 327
amor. silicon k (T) [fig] 0.77 - 2.48 Brodsky et al. (1970) Phys. Rev. B1, 2632.
cryst. silicon n 1.12 - 2.16 Primak (1971) Appl. Opt. 10, 759
cryst. silicon abs. [fig] 0.0118 - 0.0125 Brown, Rustgi (1972) Phys. Rev. Let. 28, 497.
amor. silicon abs. [fig] 0.0118 - 0.0125 Brown, Rustgi (1972) Phys. Rev. Let. 28, 497.
amor. silicon n,k; e1,2 [fig] 0.06 - inf-ty Pierce, Spicer (1972) Phys. Rev. B 5, 3017.
cryst. silicon n,k 0.05 - 0.25 Philipp (1972) J. Appl. Phys. 43, 2836
cryst. silicon n 1.3 - 10 Villa (1972) Appl. Opt. 11, 2102
cryst. silicon n,k (T) [tab] 30 - 333 Loewenstein et al. (1973) Appl. Opt. 12, 398.
amor. silicon abs. [fig] 14.3 - 286 Brodsky, Lurio (1974) Phys. Rev. B 9, 1646.
alpha silicon abs. [fig] 14.3 - 286 Brodsky, Lurio (1974) Phys. Rev. B 9, 1646.
cryst. silicon k; e2 . Hulthen (1975) Phys. Scr. 12, 342
cryst. silicon n (T) [tab] 2.5 - 10 Icenogle et al. (1976) Appl. Opt. 15, 2348.
cryst. silicon n,k [fig] 1 - 100 Barta (1977) Infr. Phys. 17, 319
cryst. silicon abs. (T) [fig] 4.5 - 10 Bendow et al. (1977) Appl. Opt. 16, 2909.
cryst. silicon abs.c. about 0.01 Brown et al. (1977) Phys. Rev. B15, 478
cryst. silicon abs.c. infrared Hordvik, Skolnik (1977) Appl. Opt. 16, 2919
. silicon n,k [t+f] 0.45 - 1 Zanzucchi et al. (1977) J. Appl. Phys. 48, 5227
. silicon n,k 0.546 Taft (1978) J. Electrochem. Soc. 125, 968
hydr. silicon n (T) [fig] 2.48 - 40 Freeman, Paul (1979) Phys. Rev. B 20, 716.
cryst. silicon abs. (T) vis. - IR Weakliem, Redfield (1979) J. Appl. Phys. 50, 1491
cryst. silicon n,k 0.2 - 0.83 Aspnes, Theeten (1980) J. Electrochem. Soc. 127, 1359
cryst. silicon n 2.44 - 25 Edwards, Ochoa (1980) Appl. Opt. 19, 4130
amor. silicon abs. [fig] 0.7 - 1.1 Moddel et al. (1980) Phys. Rev. B22, 1918.
amor. silicon n,k 0.1 - 2.5 Weiser et al. (1980) J. Non-Cryst. Sol. 35/36, 447
. silicon k (T) 1.152 Jellison, Lowndes (1982) Phys. Rev. 99, 1151
. silicon e1,2 0.02 - 0.83 Aspens, Studna (1983) Phys. Rev. B 27, 985
amor. silicon abs. 0.5 - 1.4 Evangelisti et al. (1983) J. Non-Cryst. Sol. 55, 191
cryst. silicon e1,2 107 GHz Kinasewitz, Senitzki (1983) J. Appl. Phys. 54, 3394
cryst. silicon n,k (T) [t+f] (c!) 0.0006 - 333 Edwards (1985) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids. Acad. Press., p.547.
amor. silicon n,k [tab] (c!) 0.01 - 148 Piller (1985) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids. Acad. Press., p.571.
. silicon e 0.22 - 0.73 Lautenschlager et al. (1987) Phys. Rev. B 36, 4821
. silicon e1,2 0.02 - inf-ty Adachi (1988) Phys. Rev. B 38, 12966
. silicon abs. . Geist et al. (1988) Appl. Opt. 27, 3777
. silicon e1,2 0.02 - inf-ty Adachi (1989) J. Appl. Phys. 66, 3224
. silicon k 0.633 Geist et al. (1990) J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 95, 549
cryst. silicon n,k vis. Jellison (1992) Opt. Mater. 1, 41
. silicon n,k (T) vis. Jellison et al. (1994) J. Appl. Phys. 76, 3758
. silicon energy depos. [fig] 10-6 - 0.12 Dwek, Smith (1996) Astrophys. J. 459, 686.
. silicon abs. . Gentile et al. (1994) Appl. Opt. 35, 4392
porous silicon . . Smyntyna, Vashpanov (1998) SPIE 3359, 553
. silicon n,k [f+t] (c!) 0.207 - 0.414 Edwards (1998) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids, III. Acad. Press, p.531
. silicon n,k [f+t] (c!) 0.4 - 1.13 Geist (1998) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids, III. Acad. Press, p.519
irrad. silicon opt.depth [fig] 4.6 band Strazzulla et al. (1998) Astron. Astrophys. 338, 292.
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fused SiO n,k [fig] 0.2 - 14 Hass, Salzberg (1954) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 44, 181.
. SiO abs. . Cremer et al. (1958) Z. Electrochem. 62, 939
. SiO . . Ritter (1962) Opt. Acta 9, 197
. SiO n,k 0.05 - 1 Philipp (1971) J. Phys. Chem. Sol. 32, 1935
. SiO1-2 abs. infrared Nakamura et al. (1984) Sol. St. Comm. 50, 1079
non-cryst. SiO n,k [t+f] (c!) 0.05 - 14 Philipp (1985) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids. Acad. Press., p.765.
amor. SiO transm. [fig] 2.5 - 25 Morioka et al. (1998) Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 299, 78.
s i l i c o n   d i o x i d e
. quartz no,e (T) 0.2 - 0.64 Micheli (1902) Ann. Physik 7, 772
cryst. quartz no,e 0.2 - 2.5 Sosman (1927) Propert. Silica. NY. p.591
cryst. quartz abs. visual - IR Drummond (1935) Proc. Phys. Soc. Lond. 153, 328
. quartz no,e (T) visual Barbaron (1948) Compt. Rend. 226, 1443
. quartz no (T) visual Radhakrishnan (1948) Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. A27, 44
. quartz no,e (T) 0.25 - 0.6 Radhakrishnan (1951) Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. A33, 22
. quartz . . Simon, McMakon (1953) J. Chem. Phys. 21, 23
fused SiO2 n,k [fig] 0.2 - 14 Hass, Salzberg (1954) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 44, 181.
amor. SiO2 n (T) 0.34 - 3.5 Rodney, Spindler (1954) J. Res. NBS 53, 185
alpha quartz n,ko,e [fig] 7 - 27 Spitzer, Kleinman (1961) Phys. Rev. 121, 1324.
. quartz . far-IR Roberts, Coon (1962) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52, 1023
fused quartz n,k 0.2 - 3.7 Malitson (1965) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55, 1205
alpha quartz n,k 0.19 - 0.49 Voronkova et al. (1965) Optich. mater. dlja IK techn. Nauka, Moscow
fused quartz n,k 50 - 500 Bogens, Zukov (1966) J. Appl. Spektr. 4, 68
cryst. quartz n,ko 0.05 - 0.13 Philipp (1966) Sol. St. Comm. 4, 73
fused quartz n,k 0.05 - 0.1 Philipp (1966) Sol. St. Comm. 4, 73
fused silica n [appr] 0.224 - 3.09 Buerger, Katzin (1967) J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 29, 2715
. quartz n [appr] 0.224 - 3.09 Buerger, Katzin (1967) J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. 29, 2715
. SiO2 abs. soft X-ray Ershov, Lukirskii (1967) Sov. Phys. Sol. St. 8, 1699
. quartz refl. . Perry, Wrigley (1967) Appl. Opt. 6, 586
fused quartz n, abs. [fig] 110 - 550 Randall, Rawcliffe (1967) Appl. Opt. 6, 1889.
fused silica Q far-IR Bagdade, Stolen (1968) J. Phys. Chem. Sol. 29, 2001
cryst. quartz ne-no ultraviolet Chandrasekharan, Damany (1968) Appl. Opt. 7, 939
fused quartz refl. (T) [fig] 0.06 - 0.14 Platzoeder, Steinmann (1968) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 58, 588.
cryst. quartz ne-no ultraviolet Chandrasekharan, Damany (1969) Appl. Opt. 8, 671
amor. SiO2 bands . Potapov, Rakov (1970) Opt. Spektr. 29, 751
amor. SiO2 n,k [tab] 7.1 - 11.1 Zolotarev (1970) Opt. Spektr. 29, 66.
fused silica n (T) [tab] 0.23 - 3.37 Singh (1971) Optik 33, 293.
cryst. quartz n,k 0.1 - 4 Amer. Inst. Phys. Handbook. (1972) McGraw Hill, NY. p.27
amor. SiO2 photoem. [fig] . DiStefano et al. (1972) Phys. Rev. Lett. 27, 1560
. quartz em. spectra (a) [fig] 6 - 11.8 Hunt, Logan (1972) Appl. Opt. 11, 142.
amor. quartz n,k [tab] 7.1 - 50 Popova et al. (1972) Opt. Spektr. 33, 801.
alpha quartz refl. 2.5 - 50 Vlasov et al. (1972) IK spektry neorg.stekol. Himija, Leningrad. p.303
alpha quartz n,ko,e (T) [tab] 30 - 333 Loewenstein et al. (1973) Appl. Opt. 12, 398.
cryst. quartz transm., refl., e2 [fig] 0.033 - 0.155 Sorokin et al. (1973) Opt. Spektr. 35, 501.
amor. quartz m.abs.c. [t+f] 8.9 Day et al. (1974) Astrophys. J. 191, 415.
alpha quartz e 1 MHz Fontella et al. (1974) J. Appl. Phys. 45, 2852
amor. quartz n,k 1 - 50 Steyer (1974) Ph.D. thesis, Uni. Ariz.
amor. quartz n,k [tab] 7.14 - 25 Steyer et al. (1974) Appl. Opt. 13, 1586.
cryst. quartz n (T) [fig] 40 - 133 Alvarez et al. (1975) Infr. Phys. 15, 45
. quartz abs. infrared Galeener, Lucovski (1975) in Balkanski M. et al. (eds) Light Scat. Solids. Flammar., p.641
alpha quartz n,k 5.2 - 50 Gaskell, Johnson (1976) J. Non-cryst. Solids 20, 153
cryst. quartz n,k [tab] 0.1 - 0.14 Lamy (1977) Appl. Opt. 16, 2212.
fused quartz n,k [tab] 0.1 - 0.165 Lamy (1977) Appl. Opt. 16, 2212.
diff SiO2 abs. [fig] 0.3 - 0.5 Harrington et al. (1978) Appl. Opt. 17, 1541.
fused quartz n [fig] 8.3 - 500 Parker et al. (1978) Infr. Phys. 18, 215+221
fused quartz n,k infrared Philipp (1978) J. Appl. Phys. 50, 1053
amor. SiO2 . soft X-ray Senemand, Costa Limo (1978) in Pantelides T. (ed) Phys. SiO2 & its Interfac. Perg., p.75
cryst. SiO2 . soft X-ray Senemand, Costa Limo (1978) in Pantelides T. (ed) Phys. SiO2 & its Interfac. Perg., p.75
amor. SiO2 k [fig] 0.09 - 0.18 Weinberg et al. (1979) Phys. Rev. B19, 3107
glas. SiO2 n,k [tab] 0.007 - 0.31 Rife, Osantowski (1980) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 70, 1513.
. quartz n,k (calc) X-rays Henke (1981) in Attwood D.T., Henke B.L. (eds) Low Energy X-ray Diagn. AIP Conf. Proc., 75
alpha,beta quartz bands . Gorelik et al. (1982) Prepr. FIAN, 58
fused quartz e1,2 [fig] 7 - 25 Thiebaud, Kneuluehl (1983) Infr. Phys. 23, 131
. SiO1-2 abs. infrared Nakamura et al. (1984) Sol. St. Comm. 50, 1079
alpha SiO2 n,k [tab] 0.05 - 1000 Philipp (1985) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids. Acad. Press., p.719.
glas. SiO2 n,k [tab] 0.0006 - 500 Philipp (1985) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids. Acad. Press., p.749.
fused silica Qext/a (a) [fig] 7 - 200 Koike et al. (1987) Astrophys. Sp. Sci. 134, 95.
fused quartz n,k [tab] 50 - 1000 Zhilinskii et al. (1987) Opt. Spektr. 62, 1327.
fused quartz n,k [fig] 7 - 300 Koike et al. (1989) Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 239, 127.
fused quartz ext. [fig] 7 - 400 Koike, Shibai (1991) in Levasseur-Regourd, Hasegawa (eds) Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust. Kluwer. p.121.
glas. natural SiO2 ext. [fig] 7 - 400 Koike, Shibai (1991) in Levasseur-Regourd, Hasegawa (eds) Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust. Kluwer. p.121.
fused quartz Q [fig] 2 - 400 Koike, Shibai (1991) Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 269, 1011.
glas. SiO2 n,k [tab] 0.0001 - 0.024 Palik (1991) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids. II. Acad.Press., p.12.
sput. SiO2 n,k [tab] 0.2 - 1.2 Edlou et al. (1993) Appl. Opt. 32, 5601.
cryst. quartz n,k, emiss. [fig] 7 - 13 Wald, Salisbury (1995) J. Geophys. Res. 100, 24665.
cryst. quartz n,k [fig]; par. [tab] 7.7 - 500 Wenrich, Christensen (1996) J. Geophys. Res. 101, 15921.
amor. quartz n,k (T) [tab?] 6.7 - 500 Henning, Mutschke (1997) Astron. Astrophys. 327, 743
cryst. quartz n,k [fig] 5 - 24 Mustard, Hays (1997) Icarus 125, 145.
Notes:
state: amor. - amorphous, cryst. - crystalline, glas. - glassy, hydr. - hydrous/hydrated.
data: abs - absorption, abs.c. - absorption coefficient, disp.par. - dispersion parameters, e1,2 - dielectric function, ext. - extinction, m.abs.c. - mass absorption coefficient, n,k - refractive index, o,e - ordinary/extraordinary ray, photoem. - photoemission, refl. - reflectance, transm. - transmittance; (T) - dependence on temperature; [fig] - figure, [tab] - table, [t+f] - table and figure, (c!) - compilation.


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