Complete dispersion analysis of single crystal neodymium gallate

A single crystal of neodymium gallate was investigated by FTIR-spectroscopy in the reststrahlen region between 100–1000 cm−1. The three spectra of the crystal in principal orientations were analyzed by dispersion analysis and the dispersion parameters and the dielectric tensor function were obtained. This allows to properly characterize and quantitatively analyze films of this important substrate material by IR-optical methods.