- •Preface
- •The Author
- •Contributors
- •Table of Contents
- •1.1 Introduction*
- •1.2.1 Isotropic Crystals
- •1.2.2 Uniaxial Crystals
- •1.2.3 Biaxial Crystals
- •1.3.2 Uniaxial Crystals
- •1.3.1 Isotropic Crystals
- •1.3.3 Biaxial Crystals
- •1.3.4 Dispersion Formulas for Refractive Indices
- •1.3.5 Thermooptic Coefficients
- •1.4 Mechanical Properties
- •1.4.1 Elastic Constants
- •1.4.2 Elastic Moduli
- •1.4.3 Engineering Data
- •1.5 Thermal Properties
- •1.5.1 Melting Point, Heat Capacity, Thermal Expansion, and Thermal Conductivity
- •1.5.2 Temperature Dependence of Heat Capacity for Selected Solids
- •1.5.3 Debye Temperature
- •1.6 Magnetooptic Properties
- •1.6.1 Diamagnetic Materials
- •1.6.2 Paramagnetic Materials
- •1.6.3 Ferromagnetic, Antiferromagnetic, and Ferrimagnetic Materials
- •1.7 Electrooptic Properties
- •1.7.1 Linear Electrooptic Coefficients
- •1.7.2 Quadratic Electrooptic Materials
- •1.8 Elastooptic Properties
- •1.8.1 Elastooptic Coefficients
- •1.8.2 Acoustooptic Materials
- •1.9 Nonlinear Optical Properties
- •1.9.1 Nonlinear Refractive Index*
- •1.9.2 Two-Photon Absorption*
- •1.9.3 Second Harmonic Generation Coefficients
- •1.9.4 Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Coefficients
- •1.9.5 Optical Phase Conjugation Materials*
- •2.1 Introduction
- •2.2 Commercial Optical Glasses
- •2.2.1 Optical Properties
- •2.2.3 Mechanical Properties
- •2.2.4 Thermal Properties
- •2.3 Specialty Optical Glasses
- •2.3.1 Optical Properties
- •2.3.2 Mechanical Properties
- •2.3.3 Thermal Properties
- •2.4 Fused (Vitreous) Silica*
- •2.5 Fluoride Glasses
- •2.5.1 Fluorozirconate Glasses
- •2.5.2 Fluorohafnate Glasses
- •2.5.3 Other Fluoride Glasses
- •2.6 Chalcogenide Glasses
- •2.7 Magnetooptic Properties
- •2.7.1 Diamagnetic Glasses
- •2.7.2 Paramagnetic Glasses
- •2.8 Electrooptic Properties
- •2.9 Elastooptic Properties
- •2.10 Nonlinear Optical Properties
- •2.10.1 Nonlinear Refractive Index*
- •2.10.2 Two-Photon Absorption
- •2.10.3 Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Coefficients
- •2.10.4 Brillouin Phase Conjugation
- •2.11 Special Glasses
- •2.11.1 Filter Glasses
- •2.11.2 Laser Glasses
- •2.11.3 Faraday Rotator Glasses
- •2.11.4 Gradient-Index Glasses
- •2.11.5 Mirror Substrate Glasses
- •2.11.6 Athermal Glasses
- •2.11.7 Acoustooptic Glasses
- •2.11.8 Abnormal Dispersion Glass
- •3.1 Optical Plastics
- •3.2 Index of Refraction
- •3.3 Nonlinear Optical Properties
- •3.4 Thermal Properties
- •3.5 Engineering Data
- •4.1 Physical Properties of Selected Metals
- •4.2 Optical Properties
- •4.3 Mechanical Properties
- •4.4 Thermal Properties
- •4.5 Mirror Substrate Materials
- •5.1 Introduction
- •5.2 Water
- •5.2.1 Physical Properties
- •5.2.2 Absorption
- •5.2.3 Index of Refraction
- •5.3 Physical Properties of Selected Liquids
- •5.3.1 Thermal conductivity
- •5.3.2 Viscosity
- •5.3.3 Surface Tension
- •5.3.4 Absorption
- •5.4 Index of Refraction
- •5.4.1 Organic Liquids
- •5.4.2 Inorganic Liquids
- •5.4.3 Calibration Liquids
- •5.4.4 Abnormal Dispersion Liquids
- •5.5 Nonlinear Optical Properties
- •5.5.1 Two-Photon Absorption Cross Sections
- •5.5.2 Nonlinear Refraction
- •5.5.3 Kerr Constants
- •5.5.4 Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Coefficients
- •5.5.5 Stimulated Raman Scattering
- •5.5.6 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
- •5.6 Magnetooptic Properties
- •5.6.1 Verdet Constants of Inorganic Liquids
- •5.6.2 Verdet Constants of OrganicLiquids
- •5.6.3 Dispersion of the Verdet Constants
- •5.7 Commercial Optical Liquids
- •6.1 Introduction
- •6.2 Physical Properties of Selected Gases
- •6.3 Index of Refraction
- •6.4 Nonlinear Optical Properties
- •6.4.2 Two-Photon Absorption
- •6.5 Magnetooptic Properties
- •6.6 Atomic Resonance Filters
- •Appendices
- •Safe Handling of Optical Materials
- •Fundamental Physical Constants
- •Units and Conversion Factors
Verdet Constants V of Organic Liquids (from Ref. 7)—continued
Formula |
Name |
λ (nm) |
T(°C) |
V (rad/T m) |
|
|
|
|
|
C14H10 |
phenanthrene |
578 |
100.0 |
17.0 |
C16H34 |
hexadecane |
589 |
15.0 |
3.93 |
C18H14 |
1,2-diphenylbenzene |
589 |
15.0 |
13.7 |
C18H22 |
1,6-diphenylhexane |
589 |
20.0 |
8.00 |
5.6.3Dispersion of the Verdet Constants
Dispersion of the Verdet Constant V in the Near Ultraviolet and Visible
|
|
|
|
V(λ)(rad/T·m), λ(nm) |
|
|
||
Formula |
Name |
347.1 |
457.9 |
488.0 |
514.5 |
580.0 |
632.8 |
694.3 |
CH3NO2 |
nitromethane |
|
4.07 |
3.58 |
3.26 |
2.60 |
2.15 |
1.67 |
CH4O |
methanol |
8.46 |
4.68 |
4.16 |
3.69 |
3.00 |
2.40 |
1.88 |
C2H4O2 |
acetic acid |
9.75 |
5.29 |
4.65 |
4.13 |
3.29 |
2.71 |
2.09 |
C2H6O |
ethanol |
10.5 |
5.61 |
4.95 |
4.45 |
3.49 |
2.90 |
2.30 |
C3H6O |
acetone |
10.5 |
5.64 |
4.95 |
4.45 |
3.46 |
2.84 |
2.79 |
H2O |
water |
12.4 |
6.78 |
5.85 |
5.24 |
4.10 |
3.35 |
2.66 |
CCl4 |
carbon tetrachloride |
15.4 |
8.03 |
7.04 |
6.31 |
4.95 |
4.04 |
3.23 |
C6H5NO2 |
nitrobenzene |
|
10.7 |
9.60 |
8.41 |
6.66 |
5.41 |
4.33 |
C7H8 |
toluene |
31.4 |
14.3 |
12.2 |
10.7 |
8.09 |
6.60 |
5.24 |
C6H6 |
benzene |
|
16.0 |
13.6 |
12.1 |
9.13 |
7.39 |
5.93 |
CS2 |
carbon disulfide |
|
22.2 |
19.2 |
16.8 |
12.9 |
10.4 |
8.26 |
Liquids are listed in increasing order of the Verdet constant.8
Dispersion of the Verdet constant for several liquids listed in the table above
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Dispersion of the Verdet Constant V in the Near Infrared2
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|
|
Vλ) (rad/T m), λ(µm) |
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Formula |
Name |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
H2O |
water |
3.67 |
2.04 |
1.28 |
(0.844 at 1.25 _m) |
|
SnCl4 |
tin tetrachloride |
11.9 |
6.31 |
3.93 |
1.75 |
0.902 |
TiCl4 |
titanium tetrachloride |
–3.81 |
–1.45 |
–0.756 |
–0.291 |
–0.145 |
CCl4 |
carbon tetrachloride |
4.68 |
2.59 |
1.66 |
0.727 |
0.378 |
CS2 |
carbon disulfide |
11.5 |
6.23 |
3.93 |
1.69 |
0.902 |
CHCl3 |
chloroform |
4.51 |
2.50 |
1.63 |
0.698 |
0.378 |
CH3I |
methyl iodide |
9.25 |
5.18 |
3.26 |
1.40 |
0.785 |
CH2I2 |
methylene iodide |
13.8 |
7.80 |
4.92 |
2.12 |
1.16 |
CH4O |
methyl alcohol |
2.71 |
1.48 |
0.931 |
0.553 |
0.378 |
C2H5I |
ethyl iodide |
8.12 |
4.39 |
2.82 |
1.19 |
0.698 |
C2H6O |
ethyl alcohol |
3.23 |
1.75 |
1.11 |
0.553 |
0.291 |
C3H6O |
acetone |
3.00 |
1.77 |
1.16 |
0.495 |
0.262 |
C4H10O |
ethyl ether |
2.97 |
1.69 |
1.05 |
0.465 |
0.233 |
C4H10O |
n-butyl alcohol |
3.49 |
1.95 |
1.25 |
0.524 |
0.407 |
C6H6 |
benzene |
8.17 |
4.45 |
2.76 |
1.13 |
0.640 |
C6H5NO2 |
nitrobenzene |
6.08 |
3.32 |
2.12 |
0.902 |
0.524 |
C7H8 |
toluene |
7.50 |
3.99 |
2.53 |
1.02 |
0.582 |
C7H16 |
n-heptane |
3.46 |
1.92 |
1.25 |
0.524 |
0.262 |
C8H10 |
xilene |
6.75 |
3.72 |
2.33 |
1.02 |
0.553 |
C10H7Br |
α-bromonaphthalene |
13.4 |
7.13 |
4.42 |
1.83 |
1.02 |
Temperature = 23ºC.
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