Optical constants

Refractive index of TiC (Titanium carbide)

Pflüger et al. 1984: n,k 0.0311–2.48 µm

Data: tabulated nk
Range: 0.03107–2.48 µm
Points: 52
Licence: CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 3.02395
Extinction coefficient k: 2.59446

Permittivity ε₁: 2.41306
Permittivity ε₂: 15.691

Absorption coefficient α: 554849 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 36.0458 nm

Abbe number V_d: —
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: 0.806452 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 2.55008
Group velocity dispersion: — fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: — 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

# TiC (Titanium carbide): Pflüger et al. 1984: n,k 0.0311–2.48 µm
tic = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "TiC", "Pfluger", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(tic.range_nm)  # (31.07, 2479.7) nm
eps = tic.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_d48c9fa75966/lightsmith"
tic = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(tic.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (tic/pfluger-1984).

# ... load tic as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=tic)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, 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"]).

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Lightsmith is open source (MIT): Mie, T-matrix, BEM, DDA, FDTD, RCWA, TMM, mode solvers and inverse design behind one spec, on CPU or GPU. GitHub.

Comments and conditions

TiC_1.0. Room temperature.

References

1) J. Pflüger, J. Fink. Determination of optical constants by high-energy, electron-energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS), in Handbook of optical constants of solids II, Edward D. Palik, ed. Academic Press, 1991. pp. 293-310
2) J. Pflüger, J. Fink, W. Weber, K. P. Bohnen, G. Crecelius. Dielectric properties of TiC_x, TiN_x, VC_x, and VN_x from 1.5 to 40 eV determined by electron-energy-loss spectroscopy. Phys. Rev. B 30, 1155-1163 (1984)

doi:10.1103/physrevb.30.1155 Dielectric properties of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">TiC</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">TiN</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">VC</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">VN</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> from 1.5 to 40 eV determined by electron-energy-loss spectroscopy, Physical Review B (1984)

Cite

J. Pflüger, J. Fink, W. Weber, K. P. Bohnen and G. Crecelius. Dielectric properties of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">TiC</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">TiN</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">VC</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">VN</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> from 1.5 to 40 eV determined by electron-energy-loss spectroscopy. Physical Review B, 30, 1155-1163 (1984), doi:10.1103/physrevb.30.1155; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

52 rows as published

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

TiC (Titanium carbide), Pflüger et al. 1984: n,k 0.0311–2.48 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.03107	0.84	0.0505
0.03179	0.853	0.0101
0.03263	0.863	0.0896
0.03351	0.853	0.0841
0.03444	0.839	0.0797
0.03542	0.826	0.0795
0.03646	0.808	0.081
0.03757	0.785	0.083
0.03874	0.762	0.0892
0.03999	0.734	0.107
0.04133	0.709	0.123
0.04275	0.679	0.145
0.04428	0.654	0.174
0.04592	0.627	0.21
0.04768	0.603	0.248
0.04959	0.579	0.291
0.05166	0.547	0.344
0.0539	0.523	0.421
0.05635	0.523	0.516
0.05904	0.551	0.604
0.06199	0.603	0.675
0.06525	0.657	0.729
0.06888	0.688	0.75
0.07293	0.706	0.801
0.07749	0.723	0.859
0.08265	0.747	0.962
0.08856	0.87	1.03
0.09537	0.959	1.02
0.1033	0.942	0.98
0.1078	0.867	0.96
0.1127	0.745	1.06
0.1181	0.725	1.25
0.124	0.801	1.44
0.1305	0.955	1.5
0.1378	1.0	1.55
0.1459	1.07	1.63
0.155	1.12	1.69
0.1653	1.21	1.84
0.1771	1.42	1.89
0.1907	1.43	1.86
0.2066	1.52	2.02
0.2254	1.74	2.2
0.248	1.96	2.25
0.2755	2.16	2.31
0.31	2.3	2.33
0.3542	2.57	2.34
0.4133	2.78	2.43
0.4959	2.95	2.38
0.6199	3.05	2.67
0.8266	3.51	3.07
1.2399	3.97	3.78
2.4797	5.44	5.54

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About TiC (Titanium carbide)

Titanium carbide (TiC) is a hard, refractory ceramic material, often used in combination with other carbides. It's characterized by its excellent hardness, good wear resistance, and high melting point. With its metallic luster, TiC can be polished to a high reflectance. Because of these properties, it's frequently found in tool bits for cutting tools and abrasives. It also exhibits good thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity, which is uncommon for most ceramics. In the realm of electronics, titanium carbide can be utilized as a thin film resistor. When combined with other materials, like nickel, it can be used in the manufacturing of cermets, which possess properties of both metals and ceramics and find applications in various cutting tools.

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/main/TiC/nk/Pfluger.yml
ID: ds_d48c9fa75966
API: /v1/datasets/ds_d48c9fa75966

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