Stony Brook University Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory

Diopside

Dispersion Parameters (a/c plane)

ν (cm-1) γ S φ
237 14.3 49054 10.1
293 16.9 26131 20.9
297 28.0 98662 -59.4
326 26.5 108244 -66.9
379 32.6 117538 112.1
462 37.2 302940 21.2
489 25.2 102618 51.9
509 14.1 16821 -39.0
527 48.7 97271 45.2
626 21.0 85563 111.9
694 139.0184064 36.0
800 82.3 133499 140.7
852 52.1 276075 40.7
909 34.2 112025 88.3
962 21.9 328246 107.3
987 22.1 43276 -58.3
1039 12.0 102003 81.9
1053 9.8 161807 95.1

Dispersion Parameters (b plane)

ν (cm-1) γ S
249 9.8 18140
414 26.1 70137
472 28.5 276343
504 31.7 163436
636 93.0 89889
738 140.9 92809
864 126.9 195784
913 31.8 42070
954 35.3 65646
1065 50.5 136867

εxx=2.2120     εxy=0.0084     εyy=3.2076     εzz=2.3310

Measured Spectra and Principal Refractive Indices