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s i l i c o n   c a r b i d e
state material data range (micron) Temperature reference (and link)
alpha SiC no,e 0.4 - 0.7 Thibault (1944) Am.Mineral. 29, 327
alpha SiC e1 1 - 100 kHz Hofman et al. (1957) Physica 23, 236
hexag. SiC n,ko,e [fig] 2.4 - 25 Spitzer et al. (1959) Phys.Rev. 113, 127.
cryst. SiC abso,e 2 - 10 Spitzer et al. (1960) in O'Connor J.R., Smiltens J. (eds.) Silicon Carbid. NY, Pergamon, p.347
hexag. SiC n,k [fig] 0.124 - 0.4 Philipp, Taft (1960) in O'Connor J.R., Smiltens J.(eds.) Silicon Carbid. NY, Pergamon, p.366,
hexag. SiC abs. (T) [fig] 0.4 - 0.7 Groth, Kauer (1961) Phys.Stat.Sol. 1, 445.
. SiC refl. UV Wheeler (1966) Sol.Stat.Comm. 4, 173
hexag. SiC n [t+f] 0.34 - 2.43 Choyke, Patrick (1968) J.Opt.Soc.Am. 58, 377.
hexag. SiC abs.c. [fig] 0.25 - 0.4 Choyke, Patrick (1968) Phys.Rev. 172, 769.
cubic SiC abs.c. [fig] 0.25 - 0.48 Choyke, Patrick (1969) Phys.Rev. 187, 1041.
beta SiC n [tab, appr] 0.47 - 0.69 Shaffer, Naum (1969) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59, 1498.
. SiC abs. [fig] 0.36 - 0.7 Lefevre (1970) Astron.Astrophys. 5, 37.
alpha SiC e1,2/o,e infinity Patrick, Choyke (1970) Phys.Rev. B2, 2255
alpha, beta SiC no,e [tab, appr] 467 - 691 Shaffer (1971) Appl.Opt. 10, 1034.
cryst. SiC . . Powell (1972) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62, 341
alpha SiC n,k 0.05 - 0.1 Rehn et al. (1976) in Fumi F.G. (ed.) Phys.Semicond. Rome, p.985
alpha SiC m.abs.c. [tab] 10.1 - 14.3 Dorschner et al. (1977), Astron.Nachr. 298, 279.
alpha, beta SiC no,e (T) [fig] 0.4 - 50 Pikhtin et al. (1977) Opt.Spectr. 43, 711.
. SiC refl. soft X-rays Rehn, Choyke (1980) Nucl.Instr.Methods 177, 173
beta SiC ext. [fig] 0.13 - 0.8 Stephens (1980) Astrophys.J. 237, 450.
alpha SiC m.abs.c. [t+f] 6.7 - 31.2 Friedemann et al. (1981), Astrophys.Sp.Ssi. 79, 405.
. SiC refl. vacuum UV Kelly et al. (1981) J.Phys. D14, 401
. SiC n,k 0.008 - 0.03 Rife, Osantowski (1981) Proc. SPIE 315, 103
alpha SiC n,k; e1,2 [fig] 7.7 - 25 Bohren, Huffman (1983) Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles. NY, J.Wiley, Ch.9.1.5.
alpha SiC m.abs.c. [tab] 2.5 - 40 Borghesi et al. (1983) Infr.Phys. 23, 321
beta SiC m.abs.c. [fig, appr] 25 - 250 Tanabe et al. (1983) Publ.Astron.Soc.Jpn. 35, 397.
alpha, beta SiC Qext/a [fig] 2.5 - 40 Borghesi et al. (1985) Astron.Astrophys. 153, 1.
cryst. SiC no,e,ko [tab] (c!) 0.04 - 25 Choyke, Palik (1985) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids. Acad. Press, p.587.
. SiC refl. extreme X-rays Mrowka et al. (1985) Proc. SPIE 597, 160
. SiC refl. extreme X-rays Sugawara et al. (1985) Nucl.Instr.Methods 228, 549
alpha, beta SiC Qext/a [fig] 2.5 - 300 Borghesi et al. (1986) Infr.Phys. 26, 37
cryst. SiC n,k [tab] 0.0012 - 0.016 Yanagihara et al. (1986) Appl.Opt. 25, 4586.
. SiC . mid IR Koike (1987) in Grain Formation Workshop, p.48
alpha SiC n,k [f+t] 0.1 - 244 Pegourie et al. (1988) Astron.Astrophys. 194, 335.
. SiC opt.const. 0.0024 - 0.1216 Windt et al. (1988) Appl. Opt. 27, 279
beta SiC n [tab] 0.35 - 0.70 Alterovitz, Woollam (1991) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids, II. Acad. Press, p.705.
alpha, beta SiC Qabs/a [fig] 40 - 1000 Blanco et al. (1991) Infr.Phys. 31, 167
alpha, beta SiC Cext [fig] 5 - 25 Orofino et al. (1991) Astron.Astrophys. 252, 315.
alpha SiC e1,2 [fig] (c!) 0.0012 - 1.24 (103) Laor, Draine (1993) Astrophys.J. 402, 441.
3C, 6H SiC refl. [fig] 0.12 - 0.3 Laumbrecht et al. (1993) Appl. Phys. Lett. 63, 2747
cryst. SiC refl. [fig] 0.12 - 0.3 Laumbrecht et al. (1994) Phys. Rev. B 50, 10722
alpha, beta SiC m.abs.c. [fig] 3 - 14 Kaito et al. (1995) Planet.Sp.Sci. 43, 1227
. SiC n,k [fig] 0.05 - 0.3 Adolph et al. (1996) Phys. Rev. B 53, 9797
cryst. SiC refl.; n,k [fig] 0.1 - 0.3 Adolph et al. (1997) Phys. Rev. B 55, 1422
cryst. SiC abs. [fig] 10 - 12.6 Papoular et al. (1998) Astron.Astrophys. 329, 1035.
cryst. meteor. SiC transm. [fig] 2.5 - 16.5 Andersen et al. (1999), Astron.Astrophys. 343, 933.
cryst. SiC abs.c. [fig] 2 - 25 Mutschke et al. (1999), Astron.Astrophys. 345, 187.
amor. SiC n,k [fig] 2 - 25 Mutschke et al. (1999), Astron.Astrophys. 345, 187.
amor. SiC n,k [f+t] 0.049 - 0.2 Larruquert, Keski-Kuha (2000) Appl. Opt. 39, 2772
cryst. SiC refl.; e1,2 [fig] 0.09 - inf-ty Rohling, Pollmann (2001) Phys. Rev. B 63, 125201
porous SiC refl. [fig] 9 - 16.7 Spanier, Herman (2001) Phys. Rev. B 61, 10437
cryst. SiC n,k very wide Zollner et al. (2002) Am. Phys. Soc. Meet., U12.009
. SiC n, k [tab] [fig] 5 - 152 nm Garoli et al. (2006) Applied Optics IP
cry. α-SiC (Alpha Aecar Johnson: 6H polytype: thin films) Absoption [fig.] 15-1000 (650-10cm-1) Speck, Hofmeister (2004) ApJ
cry. β-SiC (Superior Graphite Company: polytype 3C: avg. grain size of ~1mm: thin films) Absorption [fig.] 15-1000 (650-10cm-1) Speck, Hofmeister (2004) ApJ
cry. β-SiC (Rohm & Haas Compahy: a wafer: 380mm thick) Absorption [fig.] 15-1000 (650-10cm-1);
2-22 (450-4000cm-1)		 Speck, Hofmeister (2004) ApJ
amor. SiC Transmission [fig.] 10-50 μm 300K ClĂ©ment, D. et al. (2005) The astrophysical Journal, Volume 621, Issue 2, pp. 985-990
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. FeC transm./m.abs.c. [f/t] 15 - 125 Nuth et al. (1985) Astrophys.J. 290, L41.
cryst. Fe3C transm./m.abs.c. [f/t] 15 - 125 Nuth et al. (1985) Astrophys.J. 290, L41.
t i t a n i u m   c a r b i d e
cryst. TiC . . Demaayer (1974) PhD thesis, Calif.Univ., Los Angeles,
cubic TiC refl. 0.155 - 12.4 Fong, Wooten (1976) Final Report Calif.Univ., Davis Dept.Phys.,
. TiC sp. IR Huiling (1984) J. Centr. South Inst. Mining & Metal. 2   40, 74
cryst. TiC n,k [f+t] 0.0015 - 0.015 Yanagihara et al. (1986) Appl.Opt. 25, 4586.
. TiC . . Koide et al. (1990) Phys. Rev. B 42, 4979
. TiC sp. IR von Helden et al. (2000) Science 288, 313
. TiC refl. [fig] 0.2 - 200 Henning, Mutschke (2001), Acta Spectrosc. A57, 815.
. TiC (Alpha Aecar Johnson: avg. grain size 2mm: bulk: film) Absorption [fig.] 15-1000 (650-10cm-1) Speck, Hofmeister (2004) ApJ
Notes:
state: cryst. - crystaline, hexag. - hexagonal.
data: abs. - absorbance, abs.c. - absorption coefficient, e1,2 - dielectric permittivity, ext. - extinction, m.abs.c. - mass absorption coefficient, n,k - refractive index, n,ko,e - that for ordinary and extraordinary rays, refl. - reflectance; Cext/abs - extinction/ absorption cross-section, Q/a - efficiency divided by particle size; [appr] - approximations, [fig] - figure, [tab] - table, [t+f] - table and figure.

1 The quick-look figures were borrowed from the graphic library of the Ioffe Physical Institute.

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