Optical properties of aluminum nitride single crystals in the THz region

We report on measurements of the refractive indices and the absorption in bulk single crystals of aluminum nitride, in the region from 1 to 8 THz. The birefringence is approximately 0.2 and is larger than in the optical frequency range. Both indices exhibit normal dispersion with no pronounced absor...

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Published in:Optical materials express 2015-10, Vol.5 (10), p.2106-2111
Main Authors: Majkić, Aleksej, Puc, Uroš, Franke, Alexander, Kirste, Ronny, Collazo, Ramón, Sitar, Zlatko, Zgonik, Marko
Format: Article
Language:English
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Aluminum nitride
Birefringence
Dielectric constant
Dispersions
Optical properties
Power loss
Refractivity
Single crystals
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Summary:We report on measurements of the refractive indices and the absorption in bulk single crystals of aluminum nitride, in the region from 1 to 8 THz. The birefringence is approximately 0.2 and is larger than in the optical frequency range. Both indices exhibit normal dispersion with no pronounced absorption resonances. Optical power loss coefficients are approximately 2 cm super(-1) and 4 cm super(-1) and the estimated static dielectric constants are 7.84 and 9.22, for the ordinary and extraordinary polarization, respectively.
ISSN:2159-3930
2159-3930
DOI:10.1364/OME.5.002106