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Silicon and silicon oxides

s i l i c o n   (properties)
state material data range (micron) Temperature 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
. silicon . infrared Simon (1951) JOSA 41, 730
cryst. silicon abs.c.(T) [fig] 14.3 - 50 Collins, Fan (1954) Phys. Rev. 93, 674
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. 1 - 12 Spitzer, Fan (1957) Phys. Rev. 108, 268
. 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. (T) 0.95 - 1.27 eV 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
. silicon abs. 2 - 10 Hara, Nishi (1966) J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 21, 1222
. silicon abs. (T) infrared Runyan (1966) Technology Semiconductor Silicon, McGraw-Hill
cryst. silicon n,k 70 - 600 Randall, Rawcliffe (1967) Appl. Opt. 6, 1889
. silicon abs. 1 - 1.5 eV 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
. silicon . 0.3655(?) So, Vedam (1972) JOSA 62, 16
. silicon . 0.5461 So, Vedam (1972) JOSA 62, 596
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
. silicon refl. 0.1 - 7 eV Chelikowsky, Cohen (1976) Phys. Rev. B14, 556
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 abs. infrared Schroder et al. (1978) IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. ED-25, 254
. 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 abs. (T) 0.12 - 1.2 Sze (1981) Physics of Semiconductor Devices, J.Willey & Sons, NY
. a-Si:H refl.,e2 0.12 - 1.2 Jan et al. (1982) Sol. Energy Mat. 8, 241
. silicon abs. (T) 0.3 - 0.83 Jellison, Modine (1982) Appl. Phys. Lett. 41, 180
. silicon k (T) 1.152 Jellison, Lowndes (1982) Phys. Rev. 99, 1151
amor. silicon n,k; e1,2 [tab] 0.21 - 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
amor. silicon d.f.spectra [fig] 0.21 - 0.83 Aspnes (1983) Phys. Rev. B 29, 768
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 refr.ind.(T) . Dugas et al. (1986) Appl. Opt. 25, 3807
. 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 opt.const. 0.0024 - 0.1216 Windt et al. (1988) Appl. Opt. 27, 279
. 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
amor. a-Si:(H) diel. func. nearUV - nearIR Ilsin An et al. (1991) Appl. Phys. Lett. 59, 2543
amor. silicon e1,2 0.28 - 0.69 Fried et al. (1992) J. Appl. Phys. 71, 5260
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
. silicon . 50-180 eV Soufli, Gullikson (1997) Appl. Opt. 36, 5499
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.
amor. silicon abs.coef. [fig] 0.15 - inf-ty Knief, Niessen (1999) Phys. Rev. B 59, 12940
porous silicon refr.ind. . Lettieri et al. (1999) Opt. Commun. 168, 383
amor. silicon e1,2 [fig] 0.24 - 0.8 Adachi, Mori (2000) Phys. Rev. B 62, 10158
porous silicon e1,2 [fig] 0.06 - inf-ty De Filippo et al. (2001) Appl. Phys. A 73, 737
. silicon n,k very wide Zollner et al. (2002) Am. Phys. Soc. Meet., U12.009
s i l i c o n   o x i d e   (properties)
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.
amor. alpha-SiOx:H abs.c. [fig] 0.5 - 2.5 Janssen et al. (1999) Phys. Rev. B 60, 13561
s i l i c o n   d i o x i d e   (properties)
. 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
. quartz . . Laurens (1928) JOSA 17, 25
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
fused quartz glass refr.ind. UV - IR Rodney, Spindler (1954) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 44, 677
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
. SiO2 Raman sp. . Porto, Krishnan (1967) J. Chem. Phys. 47, 1009
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
glas. silica n (T) 0.23 - 3.37 Wray, Neu (1969) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59, 774
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.
glas. silica n (T) . Waxler, Cleek (1971) J. Res. Nat. Stand. A 75, 279
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
. silica refr.ind. . Presby, Kaminov (1978) Appl. Opt. 15, 3029
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
. silica refr.ind. . Presby, Kaminov (1978) Appl. Opt. 17, 3530
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
. quartz . (o-ray) far-IR Cummings, Tanner (1980) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 70, 123
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
fused silica . 3 - 25 Lang, Wolfe (1983) Appl. Opt. 22, 1267
fused silica . 0.3 - 25 Su (1983) Appl. Opt. 22, 2949
. SiO1-2 abs. infrared Nakamura et al. (1984) Sol. St. Comm. 50, 1079
fused silica refr.ind. 0.355 White, Smith (1984) Opt. Lett. 9, 10
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 silica refr.ind.(T) 0.1849 Lira, Vest (1987) Appl. Opt. 26, 774
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.
glas. silica n (T) . Jewell (1991) J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 74, 1689
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. silica n (T) 0.24 - 0.55 Matsuoka et al. (1991) J. Non-Cryst. Sol. 135, 86
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.
cryst. SiO2 e2,cond. [fig] 0.06 - inf-ty Xu, Ching (1991) Phys. Rev. B 44, 11048
sput. SiO2 n,k [tab] 0.2 - 1.2 Edlou et al. (1993) Appl. Opt. 32, 5601.
fused silica n (T) UV - near-IR Ghosh (1994) IEEE Phot. Techn. Lett. 6, 431
glass. silica refr.ind. . Kato et al. (1995) Opt. Lett. 20, 2279
. quartz . . Shoji et al. (1995) JOSA 14, 2268
cryst. quartz n,k, emiss. [fig] 7 - 13 Wald, Salisbury (1995) J. Geophys. Res. 100, 24665.
amor. SiO2 . 0.0014 - 0.025 Filatova et al. (1996) Opt. Spectr. 81, 458
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.
. SiO2 refr.ind. 0.38 - 0.8 Poenar, Wolffenbuttel (1997) Appl. Opt. 36, 5122
. silica . . Ghosh, Yajima (1998) J. Lightware Techn. 16, 2002
fused silica refr.ind. (T) 0.19 - 0.196 Gupta et al. (1998) Appl. Opt. 37, 5964
fused silica refr.ind. (c) 0.351,0.527,1.053 Milam (1998) Appl. Opt. 37, 546
glas. SiO2 n infrared Tan (1998) J. Non-Cryst. Sol. 223, 158
cryst. quartz appr. IR? Ghosh (1999) Opt. Comm. 163, 95
glas. SiO2 n infrared Tan (1999) Physica B 262, 98; J. Non-Cryst. Sol. 249, 51
. SiO2 . . Vergohl et al. (1999) Thin Sol. Films 351, 42
alpha quartz abs.sp. [fig] 0.06 - 0.25 Chang et al. (2000) Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2613
amor. silica sp. [fig] 7 - 100 Fabian et al. (2000), Astron. Astrophys. 364, 282.
amor. SiO2 n,k 0.77 - 1.1 Gunde (2000) Physica B 292, 286
fused silica . . Murphy, Flavin (2000) Appl. Opt. 39, 4607
amor. SiO2 refr.ind. infrared Ortiz et al. (2000) Thin Sol. Films 368, 74
ion-irrad. SiO2 refr.ind. . Swart et al. (2000) Nucl. Instr. Meth. Phys. Res. 166-7, 171
glas. SiO2 n (T) [fig] 1.44 - 4.77 Tan, Arndt (2000) J. Phys. Chem. Solid. 61, 1315.
fused silica . . Ekvall et al. (2001) Opt. Lett. 26, 896
fused silica refr. ind. vis. Hlubina (2001) Opt. Comm. 193, 1.
glas. silica n [tab] 1.31 - 4.84 Tan, Arndt (2001) J. Phys. Chem. Solid. 62, 1087.
fused silica refr.ind. . Obata et al. (2002) Opt. Lett. 27, 330
. SiO2 n,k very wide Zollner et al. (2002) Am. Phys. Soc. Meet., U12.009
amorphous SiO2 (Lancaster) absorption coefficients [fig]
transmission [fig]		 100μm - 2mm (5-100cm-1) Boudet et al. (Jul-05) ApJ
amorphous SiO2 Qext [fig.] 8-10 Tamanai et al. (2006) J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer
- α-Quartz 10-50 μm(MIR) Reflection [fig.] 300-900K S. Zeidler et al.(2013) Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 553, id.A81, 15 pp.
- quartz Reflectance[fig.] 3-6 μm - Thompson, M.S. et al. (2020) Icarus, Volume 346, article id. 113775
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.

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

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