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Reconstruction and modeling of the complex refractive index of nonlinear glasses from terahertz to optical frequencies

Pacewicz A., Cimek J., Salski B., Walczakowski M., Buczynski R.

Optics Express

29(16), 2021, 26191-26209, 10.1364/OE.431430

The linear complex refractive index of a set of borosilicate and tellurite as well as heavy metal oxide silicate, germanate and fluoride glasses has been determined using the Kramers-Kronig analysis on combined data from terahertz time domain (THz-TD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers in the ultrabroadband range of 0.15 THz to 200 THz. Debye, Lorentz and shape language modeling (SLM) approaches are applied. Far-infrared absorption power-law model parameters are determined via searching for the largest frequency range that minimizes the root mean squared error (RMSE) of a linear least squares fit for the set of glasses and other glass literature data. Relationships between the absorption parameters, glass properties and compositions are explored.


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