Low-temperature NIR-VUV optical constants of (001) LaAlO<sub>3</sub> crystal
Nepomniashchaia, Natalia; Vetokhina, Volha; Chvostova, Dagmar; Bryknar, Zdenek; Dejneka, Alexandr; Tyunina, Marina (2022-07-18)
Nepomniashchaia, N., Vetokhina, V., Chvostova, D., Bryknar, Z., Dejneka, A., & Tyunina, M. (2022). Low-temperature NIR-VUV optical constants of (001) LaAlO 3 crystal. Optical Materials Express, 12(8), 3081. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.461098
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Abstract
The optical constants and dielectric function of (001) LaAlO3 crystal were investigated at low temperatures down to 10 K in the NIR-VUV spectral range (photon energies 0.8–8.8 eV). Reflection variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry and transmission spectroscopy were applied. Interband transitions were examined using the Tauc plots and the critical-point analysis. At room temperature, the indirect bandgap of 5.6 ± 0.01 eV and the lowest-energy direct transition at 7.2 ± 0.03 eV were detected. On cooling to 10 K, a blueshift of ∼0.2 eV and ∼0.1 eV was observed for the indirect and direct transitions, respectively. In the transparency spectral range, the index of refraction was found to be nearly temperature-independent and vary with photon energy from 2.0 (1 eV) to 2.5 (5.5 eV). It was suggested that the excellent thermal stability of the index of refraction may be related to the revealed thermally stable interband transitions. The results are of importance for modeling and design of modern optical devices.
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