Optical constants

Refractive index of SrTiO₃ (Strontium titanate, STO)

Bond 1965: n 0.43–3.8 µm

Data: formula 1
Range: 0.43–3.8 µm
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

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At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 2.4089
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 5.80278
Permittivity ε₂: 0

Absorption coefficient α: 0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): — nm

Abbe number V_d: 12.715
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.535034 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 2.72328
Group velocity dispersion: 1256.3 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -6853.78 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy: 2.11001 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, n_g = n − λ dn/dλ, GVD = λ³/(2πc²) d²n/dλ², D = −(λ/c) d²n/dλ². Group-velocity dispersion is given for formula data only.

Use it in Lightsmith

Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith

import lightsmith as ls

# SrTiO3 (Strontium titanate, STO): Bond 1965: n 0.43–3.8 µm
srtio3 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "SrTiO3", "Bond", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(srtio3.range_nm)  # (430, 3800) nm
eps = srtio3.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_4f5f69bd3872/lightsmith"
srtio3 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(srtio3.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (srtio3/bond-1965).

# ... load srtio3 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=srtio3)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=430, stop_nm=1000, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim)  # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext)     # extinction efficiency at each wavelength

Same spec runs with DDA, FDTD, BEM or T-matrix: ls.compare(sim, ["mie", "dda"]).

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_4f5f69bd3872/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
srtio3_dl = ls.DrudeLorentz.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))

A dispersive Drude–Lorentz model for time-domain solvers.

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Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (formula 1), λ in µm

n^{2} - 1 = \frac{3.042143 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - {0.1475902}^{2}} + \frac{1.170065 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - {0.2953086}^{2}} + \frac{30.83326 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - {33.18606}^{2}}

Valid from 0.43 to 3.8 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	0.0
C2	3.042143
C3	0.1475902
C4	1.170065
C5	0.2953086
C6	30.83326
C7	33.18606

References

1) W. L. Bond. Measurement of the refractive indices of several crystals. J. Appl. Phys. 36, 1674-1677 (1965)
2) M. J. Dodge. Refractive Index. In M. J. Weber (ed.), Handbook of Laser Science and Technology, Volume IV, Optical Material: Part 2, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1986 (as cited in Handbook of Optics, 3rd edition, Vol. 4. McGraw-Hill 2009).
* Ref. 2 provides a dispersion formula based on data from Ref. 1

doi:10.1063/1.1703106 Measurement of the Refractive Indices of Several Crystals, Journal of Applied Physics (1965)

Cite

W. L. Bond. Measurement of the Refractive Indices of Several Crystals. Journal of Applied Physics, 36, 1674-1677 (1965), doi:10.1063/1.1703106; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 400 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library

CSV comma separated TXT tab separated YAML n, k Full database record original YAML All quantities CSV JSON metadata

SrTiO3 (Strontium titanate, STO), Bond 1965: n 0.43–3.8 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n
0.43	2.580264
0.432355	2.575158
0.434722	2.570179
0.437103	2.56532
0.439496	2.560577
0.441903	2.555947
0.444323	2.551425
0.446756	2.547008
0.449203	2.542691
0.451662	2.538472
0.454136	2.534348
0.456623	2.530314
0.459123	2.526369
0.461637	2.522509
0.464165	2.518732
0.466707	2.515035
0.469263	2.511415
0.471832	2.507871
0.474416	2.5044
0.477014	2.500999
0.479626	2.497667
0.482253	2.494402
0.484893	2.491202
0.487549	2.488064
0.490218	2.484988
0.492903	2.481971
0.495602	2.479012
0.498316	2.476108
0.501045	2.47326
0.503789	2.470465
0.506547	2.467722
0.509321	2.465029
0.51211	2.462385
0.514914	2.459789
0.517734	2.45724
0.520569	2.454736
0.52342	2.452277
0.526286	2.44986
0.529168	2.447486
0.532066	2.445153
0.53498	2.442861
0.537909	2.440607
0.540855	2.438392
0.543816	2.436214
0.546794	2.434073
0.549789	2.431967
0.552799	2.429896
0.555826	2.427859
0.55887	2.425856
0.56193	2.423884
0.565008	2.421945
0.568102	2.420037
0.571213	2.418159
0.574341	2.416311
0.577486	2.414493
0.580648	2.412702
0.583828	2.41094
0.587025	2.409205
0.590239	2.407496
0.593471	2.405814
0.596721	2.404157
0.599989	2.402526
0.603274	2.400919
0.606578	2.399336
0.6099	2.397777
0.613239	2.396241
0.616598	2.394728
0.619974	2.393237
0.623369	2.391767
0.626783	2.390319
0.630215	2.388892
0.633666	2.387486
0.637136	2.3861
0.640625	2.384733
0.644133	2.383386
0.64766	2.382058
0.651207	2.380748
0.654773	2.379457
0.658358	2.378184
0.661964	2.376928
0.665589	2.37569
0.669233	2.374469
0.672898	2.373264
0.676583	2.372076
0.680288	2.370904
0.684013	2.369748
0.687759	2.368607
0.691525	2.367481
0.695312	2.366371
0.699119	2.365275
0.702948	2.364193
0.706797	2.363126
0.710667	2.362073
0.714559	2.361033
0.718472	2.360007
0.722406	2.358994
0.726362	2.357994
0.73034	2.357007
0.734339	2.356032
0.73836	2.35507
0.742404	2.354119
0.746469	2.353181
0.750557	2.352254
0.754667	2.351339
0.7588	2.350435
0.762955	2.349543
0.767133	2.348661
0.771333	2.34779
0.775557	2.34693
0.779804	2.34608
0.784075	2.34524
0.788368	2.34441
0.792685	2.34359
0.797026	2.34278
0.801391	2.34198
0.805779	2.341188
0.810191	2.340407
0.814628	2.339634
0.819089	2.33887
0.823574	2.338115
0.828084	2.337368
0.832619	2.336631
0.837178	2.335901
0.841763	2.33518
0.846372	2.334467
0.851007	2.333761
0.855667	2.333064
0.860353	2.332374
0.865064	2.331692
0.869801	2.331018
0.874564	2.33035
0.879353	2.32969
0.884169	2.329037
0.88901	2.328391
0.893879	2.327752
0.898774	2.32712
0.903695	2.326494
0.908644	2.325875
0.91362	2.325262
0.918623	2.324656
0.923653	2.324056
0.928711	2.323462
0.933797	2.322874
0.93891	2.322292
0.944052	2.321715
0.949221	2.321145
0.954419	2.32058
0.959646	2.32002
0.964901	2.319466
0.970184	2.318918
0.975497	2.318374
0.980839	2.317836
0.98621	2.317303
0.991611	2.316775
0.997041	2.316251
1.0025	2.315733
1.00799	2.315219
1.01351	2.31471
1.01906	2.314206
1.02464	2.313706
1.03025	2.31321
1.03589	2.312719
1.04157	2.312232
1.04727	2.31175
1.053	2.311271
1.05877	2.310796
1.06457	2.310326
1.0704	2.309859
1.07626	2.309396
1.08215	2.308937
1.08808	2.308482
1.09404	2.30803
1.10003	2.307582
1.10605	2.307137
1.11211	2.306696
1.1182	2.306258
1.12432	2.305823
1.13048	2.305391
1.13667	2.304963
1.14289	2.304538
1.14915	2.304115
1.15544	2.303696
1.16177	2.30328
1.16813	2.302866
1.17453	2.302456
1.18096	2.302048
1.18743	2.301642
1.19393	2.301239
1.20047	2.300839
1.20704	2.300442
1.21365	2.300046
1.2203	2.299653
1.22698	2.299263
1.2337	2.298875
1.24046	2.298489
1.24725	2.298105
1.25408	2.297723
1.26095	2.297343
1.26785	2.296965
1.27479	2.296589
1.28178	2.296216
1.28879	2.295844
1.29585	2.295473
1.30295	2.295105
1.31008	2.294738
1.31726	2.294373
1.32447	2.294009
1.33172	2.293647
1.33902	2.293286
1.34635	2.292927
1.35372	2.29257
1.36113	2.292213
1.36859	2.291858
1.37608	2.291504
1.38362	2.291152
1.39119	2.2908
1.39881	2.29045
1.40647	2.2901
1.41417	2.289752
1.42192	2.289405
1.4297	2.289058
1.43753	2.288713
1.44541	2.288368
1.45332	2.288024
1.46128	2.287681
1.46928	2.287338
1.47733	2.286996
1.48542	2.286655
1.49355	2.286314
1.50173	2.285974
1.50995	2.285634
1.51822	2.285295
1.52654	2.284956
1.53489	2.284617
1.5433	2.284279
1.55175	2.283941
1.56025	2.283603
1.56879	2.283265
1.57738	2.282928
1.58602	2.28259
1.59471	2.282252
1.60344	2.281915
1.61222	2.281577
1.62105	2.28124
1.62992	2.280902
1.63885	2.280564
1.64782	2.280225
1.65685	2.279887
1.66592	2.279548
1.67504	2.279209
1.68422	2.278869
1.69344	2.278529
1.70271	2.278188
1.71204	2.277847
1.72141	2.277505
1.73084	2.277163
1.74032	2.27682
1.74985	2.276476
1.75943	2.276131
1.76906	2.275786
1.77875	2.27544
1.78849	2.275093
1.79828	2.274745
1.80813	2.274396
1.81803	2.274046
1.82799	2.273694
1.838	2.273342
1.84806	2.272989
1.85818	2.272634
1.86836	2.272278
1.87859	2.271921
1.88888	2.271563
1.89922	2.271203
1.90962	2.270842
1.92008	2.270479
1.93059	2.270115
1.94116	2.269749
1.95179	2.269381
1.96248	2.269012
1.97323	2.268641
1.98403	2.268269
1.9949	2.267894
2.00582	2.267518
2.01681	2.26714
2.02785	2.26676
2.03896	2.266378
2.05012	2.265994
2.06135	2.265607
2.07264	2.265219
2.08399	2.264829
2.0954	2.264436
2.10687	2.264041
2.11841	2.263643
2.13001	2.263243
2.14167	2.262841
2.1534	2.262436
2.16519	2.262029
2.17705	2.261619
2.18897	2.261207
2.20096	2.260791
2.21301	2.260373
2.22513	2.259953
2.23731	2.259529
2.24957	2.259102
2.26188	2.258673
2.27427	2.25824
2.28672	2.257805
2.29925	2.257366
2.31184	2.256924
2.3245	2.256479
2.33723	2.25603
2.35003	2.255578
2.36289	2.255123
2.37583	2.254664
2.38884	2.254202
2.40192	2.253736
2.41508	2.253266
2.4283	2.252793
2.4416	2.252316
2.45497	2.251835
2.46841	2.25135
2.48193	2.250861
2.49552	2.250369
2.50919	2.249872
2.52293	2.249371
2.53674	2.248865
2.55063	2.248356
2.5646	2.247842
2.57865	2.247323
2.59277	2.246801
2.60696	2.246273
2.62124	2.245741
2.63559	2.245205
2.65003	2.244663
2.66454	2.244117
2.67913	2.243566
2.6938	2.24301
2.70855	2.242448
2.72338	2.241882
2.7383	2.241311
2.75329	2.240734
2.76837	2.240152
2.78353	2.239564
2.79877	2.238971
2.8141	2.238372
2.82951	2.237768
2.845	2.237158
2.86058	2.236542
2.87625	2.23592
2.892	2.235293
2.90783	2.234659
2.92376	2.234019
2.93977	2.233373
2.95587	2.23272
2.97205	2.232061
2.98833	2.231396
3.00469	2.230724
3.02114	2.230045
3.03769	2.22936
3.05432	2.228668
3.07105	2.227968
3.08787	2.227262
3.10477	2.226549
3.12178	2.225828
3.13887	2.2251
3.15606	2.224364
3.17334	2.223621
3.19072	2.222871
3.20819	2.222112
3.22576	2.221346
3.24342	2.220572
3.26119	2.21979
3.27904	2.218999
3.297	2.218201
3.31505	2.217394
3.33321	2.216578
3.35146	2.215754
3.36981	2.214921
3.38827	2.21408
3.40682	2.213229
3.42548	2.212369
3.44423	2.211501
3.46309	2.210622
3.48206	2.209735
3.50113	2.208838
3.5203	2.207931
3.53958	2.207014
3.55896	2.206088
3.57845	2.205151
3.59804	2.204204
3.61775	2.203247
3.63756	2.202279
3.65748	2.201301
3.67751	2.200312
3.69764	2.199312
3.71789	2.198301
3.73825	2.197279
3.75872	2.196246
3.7793	2.195201
3.8	2.194144

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Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

Transmittance T: —
Reflectance R: —

Fresnel reflection calculator

R_p: —
R_s: —
R = (R_p+R_s)/2: —
Phase φ_p: —
Phase φ_s: —
Brewster angle θ_B: —
Critical angle θ_C: —

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About SrTiO3 (Strontium titanate, STO)

Strontium titanate (SrTiO₃) is a crystalline solid that is often transparent or pale yellow. It possesses perovskite structure and has garnered significant attention in the field of materials science and solid-state physics due to its intriguing dielectric, ferroelectric, and optical properties. SrTiO₃ is widely used as a substrate material for growing high-temperature superconductors, magnetic films, and other oxide thin films. Its high refractive index has also made it popular as a diamond simulant in jewelry, although this use has decreased in favor of more modern materials. In addition, it's used in electronics as a high-k dielectric in DRAM capacitors. The compound can be naturally found in a mineral called perovskite, but most commercial SrTiO₃ is synthetically produced.

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/main/SrTiO3/nk/Bond.yml
ID: ds_4f5f69bd3872
API: /v1/datasets/ds_4f5f69bd3872

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