# this file is part of refractiveindex.info database # refractiveindex.info database is in the public domain # copyright and related rights waived via CC0 1.0 REFERENCES: | S. V. Zhukovsky, A. Andryieuski, O. Takayama, E. Shkondin, R. Malureanu, F. Jensen, A. V. Lavrinenko. Experimental demonstration of effective medium approximation breakdown in deeply subwavelength all-dielectric multilayers. Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 177402 (2015) (Numerical data kindly provided by Osamu Takayama) COMMENTS: | 20 nm thick films on Si substrate deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) at 120 °C deposition temperature. DATA: - type: tabulated nk data: | 0.211002 1.716848 1.305756 0.212576 1.736134 1.322382 0.214150 1.756003 1.338500 0.215724 1.776440 1.354101 0.217299 1.797432 1.369177 0.218873 1.818965 1.383719 0.220447 1.841027 1.397717 0.222022 1.863606 1.411162 0.223596 1.886689 1.424044 0.225171 1.910264 1.436353 0.226746 1.934320 1.448076 0.228321 1.958845 1.459205 0.229896 1.983827 1.469726 0.231471 2.009255 1.479628 0.233046 2.035117 1.488898 0.234621 2.061402 1.497524 0.236196 2.088096 1.505493 0.237771 2.115187 1.512791 0.239347 2.142664 1.519404 0.240922 2.170513 1.525319 0.242498 2.198720 1.530519 0.244073 2.227271 1.534990 0.245649 2.256153 1.538718 0.247225 2.285349 1.541685 0.248800 2.314846 1.543877 0.250376 2.344625 1.545277 0.251952 2.374670 1.545867 0.253528 2.404964 1.545632 0.255105 2.435487 1.544554 0.256681 2.466221 1.542615 0.258257 2.497144 1.539799 0.259833 2.528235 1.536088 0.261410 2.559473 1.531463 0.262986 2.590832 1.525906 0.264563 2.622288 1.519401 0.266139 2.653814 1.511929 0.267716 2.685385 1.503471 0.269293 2.716969 1.494012 0.270870 2.748539 1.483531 0.272447 2.780061 1.472014 0.274024 2.811502 1.459442 0.275601 2.842828 1.445799 0.277178 2.874002 1.431070 0.278755 2.904985 1.415239 0.280332 2.935739 1.398292 0.281909 2.966220 1.380216 0.283487 2.996387 1.360997 0.285064 3.026195 1.340626 0.286642 3.055597 1.319093 0.288219 3.084546 1.296389 0.289797 3.112993 1.272510 0.291375 3.140889 1.247451 0.292952 3.168186 1.221211 0.294530 3.194836 1.193791 0.296108 3.220792 1.165193 0.297686 3.246013 1.135426 0.299264 3.270464 1.104499 0.300842 3.294120 1.072421 0.302420 3.316973 1.039208 0.303998 3.339046 1.004873 0.305576 3.360406 0.969427 0.307155 3.381209 0.932871 0.308733 3.401779 0.895181 0.310311 3.422822 0.856268 0.311890 3.446212 0.815812 0.313468 3.484207 0.769207 0.315047 3.497663 0.686527 0.316626 3.490255 0.617094 0.318204 3.474872 0.556571 0.319783 3.455054 0.503183 0.321362 3.432582 0.455770 0.322941 3.408519 0.413468 0.324520 3.383559 0.375601 0.326099 3.358175 0.341612 0.327678 3.332698 0.311038 0.329257 3.307368 0.283485 0.330836 3.282356 0.258616 0.332415 3.257785 0.236138 0.333994 3.233744 0.215796 0.335573 3.210294 0.197365 0.337153 3.187475 0.180649 0.338732 3.165316 0.165474 0.340311 3.143829 0.151684 0.341891 3.123019 0.139143 0.343470 3.102885 0.127729 0.345050 3.083420 0.117331 0.346630 3.064612 0.107852 0.348209 3.046447 0.099205 0.349789 3.028909 0.091311 0.351369 3.011980 0.084100 0.352948 2.995641 0.077508 0.354528 2.979873 0.071477 0.356108 2.964654 0.065957 0.357688 2.949967 0.060901 0.359268 2.935789 0.056267 0.360848 2.922101 0.052017 0.362428 2.908885 0.048117 0.364008 2.896121 0.044536 0.365588 2.883790 0.041247 0.367169 2.871876 0.038222 0.368749 2.860359 0.035440 0.370329 2.849225 0.032879 0.371909 2.838456 0.030521 0.373490 2.828038 0.028348 0.375070 2.817956 0.026345 0.376650 2.808196 0.024497 0.378231 2.798743 0.022791 0.379811 2.789586 0.021216 0.381392 2.780711 0.019760 0.382972 2.772108 0.018414 0.384553 2.763764 0.017169 0.386134 2.755669 0.016017 0.387714 2.747813 0.014950 0.389295 2.740186 0.013961 0.390876 2.732779 0.013045 0.392457 2.725583 0.012195 0.394037 2.718589 0.011406 0.395618 2.711790 0.010673 0.397199 2.705177 0.009993 0.398780 2.698744 0.009360 0.400361 2.692484 0.008772 0.401942 2.686389 0.008225 0.403523 2.680454 0.007716 0.405104 2.674672 0.007241 0.406685 2.669038 0.006799 0.408266 2.663546 0.006387 0.409847 2.658192 0.006003 0.411428 2.652969 0.005645 0.413010 2.647874 0.005310 0.414591 2.642901 0.004998 0.416172 2.638047 0.004705 0.417753 2.633307 0.004432 0.419335 2.628677 0.004177 0.420916 2.624154 0.003938 0.422497 2.619734 0.003714 0.424079 2.615413 0.003505 0.425660 2.611188 0.003309 0.427241 2.607056 0.003125 0.428823 2.603014 0.002952 0.430404 2.599059 0.002790 0.431986 2.595189 0.002638 0.433567 2.591399 0.002496 0.435149 2.587689 0.002362 0.436730 2.584055 0.002236 0.438312 2.580496 0.002118 0.439894 2.577008 0.002006 0.441475 2.573590 0.001902 0.443057 2.570240 0.001803 0.444638 2.566955 0.001710 0.446220 2.563734 0.001623 0.447802 2.560575 0.001540 0.449384 2.557475 0.001463 0.450965 2.554435 0.001389 0.452547 2.551451 0.001320 0.454129 2.548522 0.001255 0.455711 2.545647 0.001193 0.457292 2.542824 0.001135 0.458874 2.540052 0.001080 0.460456 2.537329 0.001028 0.462038 2.534654 0.000979 0.463620 2.532026 0.000933 0.465202 2.529444 0.000889 0.466784 2.526906 0.000847 0.468365 2.524411 0.000808 0.469947 2.521959 0.000770 0.471529 2.519547 0.000735 0.473111 2.517176 0.000701 0.474693 2.514844 0.000670 0.476275 2.512549 0.000640 0.477857 2.510293 0.000611 0.479439 2.508072 0.000584 0.481021 2.505887 0.000558 0.482603 2.503736 0.000534 0.484185 2.501619 0.000510 0.485767 2.499536 0.000488 0.487349 2.497484 0.000467 0.488931 2.495464 0.000447 0.490513 2.493474 0.000428 0.492095 2.491515 0.000410 0.493677 2.489585 0.000393 0.495259 2.487684 0.000377 0.496841 2.485811 0.000361 0.498423 2.483966 0.000346 0.500005 2.482147 0.000332 0.501587 2.480356 0.000319 0.503169 2.478589 0.000306 0.504752 2.476848 0.000293 0.506334 2.475131 0.000282 0.507916 2.473439 0.000271 0.509498 2.471771 0.000260 0.511080 2.470125 0.000250 0.512662 2.468503 0.000240 0.514244 2.466902 0.000231 0.515826 2.465323 0.000222 0.517408 2.463766 0.000213 0.518990 2.462230 0.000205 0.520572 2.460714 0.000198 0.522154 2.459219 0.000190 0.523736 2.457743 0.000183 0.525318 2.456287 0.000176 0.526901 2.454849 0.000170 0.528483 2.453430 0.000164 0.530065 2.452030 0.000158 0.531647 2.450647 0.000152 0.533229 2.449282 0.000147 0.534811 2.447935 0.000141 0.536393 2.446604 0.000136 0.537975 2.445290 0.000131 0.539557 2.443992 0.000127 0.541139 2.442711 0.000122 0.542721 2.441445 0.000118 0.544303 2.440195 0.000114 0.545885 2.438960 0.000110 0.547467 2.437739 0.000106 0.549049 2.436534 0.000103 0.550631 2.435343 0.000099 0.552213 2.434166 0.000096 0.553794 2.433003 0.000093 0.555376 2.431854 0.000090 0.556958 2.430718 0.000087 0.558540 2.429595 0.000084 0.560122 2.428486 0.000081 0.561704 2.427389 0.000079 0.563286 2.426305 0.000076 0.564868 2.425233 0.000074 0.566449 2.424174 0.000071 0.568031 2.423126 0.000069 0.569613 2.422090 0.000067 0.571195 2.421066 0.000065 0.572776 2.420053 0.000063 0.574358 2.419052 0.000061 0.575940 2.418061 0.000059 0.577522 2.417082 0.000057 0.579103 2.416113 0.000055 0.580685 2.415154 0.000054 0.582267 2.414206 0.000052 0.583848 2.413269 0.000051 0.585430 2.412341 0.000049 0.587012 2.411423 0.000048 0.588593 2.410515 0.000046 0.590175 2.409616 0.000045 0.591756 2.408727 0.000044 0.593338 2.407847 0.000042 0.594919 2.406977 0.000041 0.596501 2.406116 0.000040 0.598082 2.405263 0.000039 0.599663 2.404419 0.000038 0.601245 2.403584 0.000037 0.602826 2.402757 0.000036 0.604407 2.401939 0.000035 0.605989 2.401129 0.000034 0.607570 2.400327 0.000033 0.609151 2.399534 0.000032 0.610733 2.398748 0.000031 0.612314 2.397970 0.000030 0.613895 2.397199 0.000029 0.615476 2.396437 0.000029 0.617057 2.395682 0.000028 0.618638 2.394934 0.000027 0.620219 2.394193 0.000026 0.621800 2.393460 0.000026 0.623381 2.392734 0.000025 0.624962 2.392014 0.000024 0.626543 2.391302 0.000024 0.628124 2.390596 0.000023 0.629705 2.389898 0.000022 0.631286 2.389205 0.000022 0.632867 2.388520 0.000021 0.634447 2.387841 0.000021 0.636028 2.387167 0.000020 0.637609 2.386501 0.000020 0.639189 2.385841 0.000019 0.640770 2.385186 0.000019 0.642351 2.384538 0.000018 0.643931 2.383896 0.000018 0.645512 2.383259 0.000017 0.647092 2.382629 0.000017 0.648672 2.382004 0.000017 0.650253 2.381385 0.000016 0.651833 2.380771 0.000016 0.653414 2.380163 0.000015 0.654994 2.379560 0.000015 0.656574 2.378963 0.000015 0.658154 2.378371 0.000014 0.659734 2.377784 0.000014 0.661315 2.377203 0.000014 0.662895 2.376626 0.000013 0.664475 2.376055 0.000013 0.666055 2.375488 0.000013 0.667635 2.374927 0.000013 0.669214 2.374370 0.000012 0.670794 2.373818 0.000012 0.672374 2.373271 0.000012 0.673954 2.372729 0.000011 0.675534 2.372191 0.000011 0.677113 2.371658 0.000011 0.678693 2.371130 0.000011 0.680273 2.370605 0.000010 0.681852 2.370086 0.000010 0.683432 2.369570 0.000010 0.685011 2.369059 0.000010 0.686590 2.368552 0.000010 0.688170 2.368050 0.000009 0.689749 2.367552 0.000009 0.691328 2.367057 0.000009 0.692907 2.366567 0.000009 0.694487 2.366081 0.000009 0.696066 2.365599 0.000008 0.697645 2.365121 0.000008 0.699224 2.364646 0.000008 0.700803 2.364176 0.000008 0.702381 2.363709 0.000008 0.703960 2.363246 0.000008 0.705539 2.362787 0.000007 0.707118 2.362332 0.000007 0.708696 2.361880 0.000007 0.710275 2.361432 0.000007 0.711854 2.360987 0.000007 0.713432 2.360546 0.000007 0.715010 2.360108 0.000007 0.716589 2.359674 0.000006 0.718167 2.359243 0.000006 0.719745 2.358815 0.000006 0.721324 2.358391 0.000006 0.722902 2.357970 0.000006 0.724480 2.357553 0.000006 0.726058 2.357138 0.000006 0.727636 2.356727 0.000006 0.729214 2.356319 0.000006 0.730792 2.355914 0.000005 0.732369 2.355512 0.000005 0.733947 2.355113 0.000005 0.735525 2.354717 0.000005 0.737102 2.354325 0.000005 0.738680 2.353935 0.000005 0.740257 2.353548 0.000005 0.741835 2.353164 0.000005 0.743412 2.352783 0.000005 0.744989 2.352405 0.000005 0.746566 2.352029 0.000005 0.748144 2.351657 0.000004 0.749721 2.351287 0.000004 0.751298 2.350919 0.000004 0.752875 2.350555 0.000004 0.754451 2.350193 0.000004 0.756028 2.349834 0.000004 0.757605 2.349478 0.000004 0.759182 2.349123 0.000004 0.760758 2.348772 0.000004 0.762335 2.348423 0.000004 0.763911 2.348077 0.000004 0.765488 2.347733 0.000004 0.767064 2.347392 0.000004 0.768640 2.347053 0.000004 0.770216 2.346716 0.000003 0.771792 2.346382 0.000003 0.773368 2.346050 0.000003 0.774944 2.345721 0.000003 0.776520 2.345394 0.000003 0.778096 2.345069 0.000003 0.779672 2.344746 0.000003 0.781247 2.344426 0.000003 0.782823 2.344108 0.000003 0.784398 2.343792 0.000003 0.785974 2.343479 0.000003 0.787549 2.343167 0.000003 0.789124 2.342858 0.000003 0.790700 2.342551 0.000003 0.792275 2.342246 0.000003 0.793850 2.341943 0.000003 0.795425 2.341642 0.000003 0.797000 2.341343 0.000003 0.798574 2.341046 0.000003 0.800149 2.340751 0.000003 0.801724 2.340459 0.000003 0.803298 2.340168 0.000002 0.804873 2.339879 0.000002 0.806447 2.339592 0.000002 0.808021 2.339307 0.000002 0.809596 2.339024 0.000002 0.811170 2.338742 0.000002 0.812744 2.338463 0.000002 0.814318 2.338186 0.000002 0.815891 2.337910 0.000002 0.817465 2.337636 0.000002 0.819039 2.337364 0.000002 0.820613 2.337094 0.000002 0.822186 2.336825 0.000002 0.823760 2.336559 0.000002 0.825333 2.336294 0.000002 0.826906 2.336030 0.000002 0.828479 2.335769 0.000002 0.830052 2.335509 0.000002 0.831625 2.335251 0.000002 0.833198 2.334994 0.000002 0.834771 2.334739 0.000002 0.836344 2.334486 0.000002 0.837916 2.334234 0.000002 0.839489 2.333985 0.000002 0.841061 2.333736 0.000002 0.842634 2.333489 0.000002 0.844206 2.333244 0.000002 0.845778 2.333000 0.000002 0.847350 2.332758 0.000002 0.848922 2.332517 0.000002 0.850494 2.332278 0.000002 0.852066 2.332041 0.000002 0.853638 2.331804 0.000002 0.855209 2.331570 0.000002 0.856781 2.331336 0.000002 0.858352 2.331105 0.000002 0.859923 2.330874 0.000001 0.861495 2.330645 0.000001 0.863066 2.330418 0.000001 0.864637 2.330192 0.000001 0.866208 2.329967 0.000001 0.867778 2.329743 0.000001 0.869349 2.329521 0.000001 0.870920 2.329301 0.000001 0.872490 2.329081 0.000001 0.874061 2.328863 0.000001 0.875631 2.328647 0.000001 0.877201 2.328431 0.000001 0.878771 2.328217 0.000001 0.880341 2.328005 0.000001 0.881911 2.327793 0.000001 0.883481 2.327583 0.000001 0.885050 2.327374 0.000001 0.886620 2.327166 0.000001 0.888189 2.326960 0.000001 0.889759 2.326754 0.000001 0.891328 2.326550 0.000001 0.892897 2.326347 0.000001 0.894466 2.326146 0.000001 0.896035 2.325945 0.000001 0.897604 2.325746 0.000001 0.899173 2.325548 0.000001 0.900741 2.325351 0.000001 0.902310 2.325155 0.000001 0.903878 2.324960 0.000001 0.905446 2.324767 0.000001 0.907014 2.324574 0.000001 0.908583 2.324383 0.000001 0.910151 2.324193 0.000001 0.911718 2.324004 0.000001 0.913286 2.323816 0.000001 0.914854 2.323629 0.000001 0.916421 2.323443 0.000001 0.917988 2.323258 0.000001 0.919556 2.323075 0.000001 0.921123 2.322892 0.000001 0.922690 2.322710 0.000001 0.924257 2.322530 0.000001 0.925823 2.322350 0.000001 0.927390 2.322171 0.000001 0.928957 2.321994 0.000001 0.930523 2.321817 0.000001 0.932089 2.321641 0.000001 0.933656 2.321467 0.000001 0.935222 2.321293 0.000001 0.936788 2.321121 0.000001 0.938354 2.320949 0.000001 0.939919 2.320778 0.000001 0.941485 2.320608 0.000001 0.943050 2.320439 0.000001 0.944616 2.320271 0.000001 0.946181 2.320104 0.000001 0.947746 2.319938 0.000001 0.949311 2.319773 0.000001 0.950876 2.319609 0.000001 0.952441 2.319445 0.000001 0.954005 2.319283 0.000001 0.955570 2.319121 0.000001 0.957134 2.318960 0.000001 0.958698 2.318801 0.000001 0.960262 2.318642 0.000001 0.961826 2.318484 0.000001 0.963390 2.318326 0.000001 0.964954 2.318170 0.000001 0.966517 2.318014 0.000001 0.968081 2.317859 0.000001 0.969644 2.317705 0.000001 0.971207 2.317552 0.000001 0.972771 2.317400 0.000001 0.974333 2.317249 0.000001 0.975896 2.317098 0.000001 0.977459 2.316948 0.000001 0.979021 2.316799 0.000001 0.980584 2.316651 0.000001 0.982146 2.316503 0.000001 0.983708 2.316356 0.000001 0.985270 2.316210 0.000001 0.986832 2.316065 0.000001 0.988394 2.315921 0.000001 0.989956 2.315777 0.000001 0.991517 2.315634 0.000001 0.993078 2.315492 0.000001 0.994640 2.315350 0.000001 0.996201 2.315210 0.000001 0.997762 2.315070 0.000001 0.999322 2.314930 0.000001 1.011346 2.313881 0.000001 1.014711 2.313594 0 1.018076 2.313311 0 1.021442 2.313030 0 1.024809 2.312752 0 1.028176 2.312478 0 1.031544 2.312206 0 1.034912 2.311937 0 1.038281 2.311671 0 1.041651 2.311407 0 1.045021 2.311146 0 1.048392 2.310888 0 1.051764 2.310632 0 1.055136 2.310379 0 1.058509 2.310129 0 1.061883 2.309881 0 1.065257 2.309635 0 1.068631 2.309392 0 1.072007 2.309151 0 1.075383 2.308913 0 1.078760 2.308677 0 1.082137 2.308444 0 1.085515 2.308213 0 1.088893 2.307983 0 1.092272 2.307757 0 1.095652 2.307532 0 1.099032 2.307310 0 1.102414 2.307089 0 1.105795 2.306871 0 1.109177 2.306655 0 1.112560 2.306441 0 1.115944 2.306229 0 1.119328 2.306019 0 1.122713 2.305811 0 1.126099 2.305605 0 1.129485 2.305401 0 1.132871 2.305198 0 1.136259 2.304998 0 1.139647 2.304800 0 1.143035 2.304603 0 1.146425 2.304408 0 1.149814 2.304215 0 1.153205 2.304024 0 1.156596 2.303834 0 1.159988 2.303646 0 1.163380 2.303460 0 1.166773 2.303276 0 1.170167 2.303093 0 1.173561 2.302912 0 1.176956 2.302732 0 1.180352 2.302555 0 1.183748 2.302378 0 1.187145 2.302203 0 1.190542 2.302030 0 1.193940 2.301859 0 1.197339 2.301688 0 1.200738 2.301520 0 1.204138 2.301353 0 1.207539 2.301187 0 1.210940 2.301023 0 1.214342 2.300860 0 1.217744 2.300698 0 1.221147 2.300538 0 1.224551 2.300380 0 1.227955 2.300222 0 1.231360 2.300066 0 1.234766 2.299912 0 1.238172 2.299758 0 1.241579 2.299606 0 1.244987 2.299456 0 1.248395 2.299306 0 1.251804 2.299158 0 1.255213 2.299011 0 1.258623 2.298865 0 1.262034 2.298721 0 1.265445 2.298577 0 1.268857 2.298435 0 1.272270 2.298294 0 1.275683 2.298154 0 1.279097 2.298016 0 1.282511 2.297878 0 1.285926 2.297742 0 1.289342 2.297606 0 1.292758 2.297472 0 1.296175 2.297339 0 1.299593 2.297207 0 1.303011 2.297076 0 1.306430 2.296946 0 1.309849 2.296817 0 1.313269 2.296689 0 1.316690 2.296562 0 1.320112 2.296436 0 1.323534 2.296312 0 1.326956 2.296188 0 1.330380 2.296065 0 1.333803 2.295943 0 1.337228 2.295822 0 1.340653 2.295702 0 1.344079 2.295583 0 1.347505 2.295465 0 1.350932 2.295347 0 1.354360 2.295231 0 1.357788 2.295115 0 1.361217 2.295001 0 1.364647 2.294887 0 1.368077 2.294775 0 1.371508 2.294662 0 1.374939 2.294551 0 1.378372 2.294441 0 1.381804 2.294332 0 1.385238 2.294223 0 1.388672 2.294115 0 1.392106 2.294008 0 1.395542 2.293902 0 1.398977 2.293797 0 1.402414 2.293692 0 1.405851 2.293588 0 1.409289 2.293485 0 1.412727 2.293383 0 1.416166 2.293282 0 1.419606 2.293181 0 1.423046 2.293081 0 1.426487 2.292982 0 1.429929 2.292883 0 1.433371 2.292785 0 1.436814 2.292688 0 1.440257 2.292592 0 1.443701 2.292496 0 1.447146 2.292401 0 1.450591 2.292306 0 1.454037 2.292213 0 1.457484 2.292120 0 1.460931 2.292027 0 1.464379 2.291936 0 1.467827 2.291845 0 1.471276 2.291754 0 1.474726 2.291665 0 1.478177 2.291575 0 1.481628 2.291487 0 1.485079 2.291399 0 1.488531 2.291312 0 1.491984 2.291225 0 1.495438 2.291139 0 1.498892 2.291054 0 1.502347 2.290969 0 1.505802 2.290884 0 1.509258 2.290801 0 1.512715 2.290718 0 1.516172 2.290635 0 1.519630 2.290553 0 1.523089 2.290472 0 1.526548 2.290391 0 1.530008 2.290311 0 1.533468 2.290231 0 1.536929 2.290152 0 1.540391 2.290073 0 1.543854 2.289995 0 1.547317 2.289917 0 1.550780 2.289840 0 1.554244 2.289764 0 1.557709 2.289688 0 1.561175 2.289612 0 1.564641 2.289537 0 1.568108 2.289463 0 1.571575 2.289389 0 1.575043 2.289315 0 1.578512 2.289242 0 1.581981 2.289170 0 1.585451 2.289097 0 1.588922 2.289026 0 1.592393 2.288954 0 1.595865 2.288884 0 1.599337 2.288814 0 1.602810 2.288744 0 1.606284 2.288675 0 1.609758 2.288606 0 1.613233 2.288537 0 1.616709 2.288469 0 1.620185 2.288402 0 1.623662 2.288335 0 1.627139 2.288268 0 1.630617 2.288202 0 1.634096 2.288136 0 1.637575 2.288070 0 1.641055 2.288005 0 1.644536 2.287941 0 1.648017 2.287877 0 1.651499 2.287813 0 1.654982 2.287750 0 1.658465 2.287686 0 1.661949 2.287624 0 1.665433 2.287562 0 1.668918 2.287500 0 1.672404 2.287438 0 1.675890 2.287377 0 1.679377 2.287317 0 1.682865 2.287256 0 1.686353 2.287197 0 1.689842 2.287137 0 CONDITIONS: film_thickness: 20e-9 substrate: Si