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      "value": 1206,
      "variant": "sln",
      "variant_note": "near-stoichiometric"
    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "id": "curie-temperature/sln/wong2002",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Curie temperature",
      "notes": "Quoted from wong2002 by a secondary web page (de.wikipedia); wong2002 not read. Lies 7 C above volk2008 and above both composition fits at 50.0 mol% (1202.3 and 1206.5 C).",
      "property": "curie-temperature",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "wong2002",
        "status": "S",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "T_C",
      "unit": {
        "display": "C",
        "ucum": "Cel"
      },
      "value": 1213,
      "variant": "sln"
    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "conditions": {
        "method": "neutron powder diffraction"
      },
      "id": "curie-temperature/unspecified/boysen1994",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Curie temperature",
      "notes": "Abstract gives 'about 1430 K' (about 1157 C); composition not seen.",
      "property": "curie-temperature",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "boysen1994",
        "status": "P(abs)",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "T_C",
      "uncertainty": {
        "type": "approximate"
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "K",
        "ucum": "K"
      },
      "value": 1430,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "id": "curie-temperature/unspecified/weis1985",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Curie temperature",
      "notes": "weis1985 p. 192 text says 'below 1210 C' without a reference.",
      "property": "curie-temperature",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table 1, p. 197",
        "original_reference": "Warner, Onoe, Coquin, JASA 42, 1223 (1967)",
        "source_id": "weis1985",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "T_C",
      "unit": {
        "display": "C",
        "ucum": "Cel"
      },
      "value": 1165,
      "variant": "unspecified",
      "variant_note": "Warner et al. 1967 sample"
    },
    {
      "category": "electrical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_text": "200-1000 C"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "dark-conductivity-activation-energy/cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Activation energy of dark (protonic) conductivity",
      "property": "dark-conductivity-activation-energy",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Sec. 3.2.1, pp. 59-60",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "uncertainty": {
        "type": "approximate"
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "eV",
        "ucum": "eV"
      },
      "value": 1.1,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "electrical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_text": "room temperature, extrapolated from high temperature"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "dark-conductivity/cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "max": 1e-14,
      "min": 1e-16,
      "name": "Dark conductivity",
      "notes": "Protonic conduction; activation energy about 1.1 eV (200-1000 C). 8-10 orders of magnitude below the 1.0e-6 S/m floor fitted in bouchy2022.",
      "property": "dark-conductivity",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Sec. 3.2.1, pp. 59-60 (1e-16 to 1.0e-18 Ohm^-1 cm^-1)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "sigma_d",
      "unit": {
        "display": "S/m",
        "ucum": "S/m"
      },
      "variant": "cln",
      "variant_note": "undoped or slightly doped CLN"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "density/cln/cti1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Density",
      "property": "density",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "V",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "rho",
      "unit": {
        "display": "kg/m^3",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/KiloGM-PER-M3",
        "ucum": "kg/m3"
      },
      "value": 4650,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "conditions": {
        "method": "Archimedes"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "density/cln/kushibiki1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Density",
      "property": "density",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table IV",
        "source_id": "kushibiki1999",
        "status": "P",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "rho",
      "uncertainty": {
        "type": "stated",
        "value": 0.2
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "kg/m^3",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/KiloGM-PER-M3",
        "ucum": "kg/m3"
      },
      "value": 4642.8,
      "variant": "cln",
      "variant_note": "SAW-grade congruent"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "density/cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Density",
      "notes": "Unit misprinted 'g cm^-1' in the source table.",
      "property": "density",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table 1.1, p. 3",
        "original_reference": "Takanaga, Hirohashi, Kushibiki, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 3201 (1999)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "rho",
      "unit": {
        "display": "kg/m^3",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/KiloGM-PER-M3",
        "ucum": "kg/m3"
      },
      "value": 4647,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "default": true,
      "id": "density/sln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Density",
      "notes": "SLN is lighter than CLN in the same compilation (4635 vs 4647 kg/m^3).",
      "property": "density",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table 1.1, p. 3",
        "original_reference": "Takanaga, Hirohashi, Kushibiki, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 3201 (1999)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "rho",
      "unit": {
        "display": "kg/m^3",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/KiloGM-PER-M3",
        "ucum": "kg/m3"
      },
      "value": 4635,
      "variant": "sln",
      "variant_note": "near-stoichiometric"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 30
      },
      "id": "density/unspecified/ogi2002",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Density",
      "notes": "ogi2002 also quotes a handbook value of 4633 kg/m^3.",
      "property": "density",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "ogi2002",
        "status": "P",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "rho",
      "unit": {
        "display": "kg/m^3",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/KiloGM-PER-M3",
        "ucum": "kg/m3"
      },
      "value": 4636,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "density/unspecified/weis1985",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Density",
      "notes": "Used in a cell-volume calculation without a measurement reference; weis1985 p. 201 uses 4.7e3 kg/m^3 in acousto-optic figures of merit.",
      "property": "density",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "p. 194",
        "source_id": "weis1985",
        "status": "P",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "rho",
      "unit": {
        "display": "kg/m^3",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/KiloGM-PER-M3",
        "ucum": "kg/m3"
      },
      "value": 4628,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 25,
        "wavelength_nm": 1064
      },
      "id": "dne-dt/cln/jundt1997-1064nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, extraordinary",
      "property": "dne-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "derivative of the Jundt 1997 n_e(T) Sellmeier at 25 C; coefficients status S (via a secondary source)",
        "source_id": "jundt1997",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_e/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 4.01e-05,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 25,
        "wavelength_nm": 1550
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "dne-dt/cln/jundt1997-1550nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, extraordinary",
      "property": "dne-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "derivative of the Jundt 1997 n_e(T) Sellmeier at 25 C; coefficients status S (via a secondary source)",
        "source_id": "jundt1997",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_e/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 3.75e-05,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 25,
        "wavelength_nm": 633
      },
      "id": "dne-dt/cln/jundt1997-633nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, extraordinary",
      "property": "dne-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "derivative of the Jundt 1997 n_e(T) Sellmeier at 25 C; coefficients status S (via a secondary source)",
        "source_id": "jundt1997",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_e/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 4.89e-05,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": null,
        "temperature_text": "300 K",
        "wavelength_nm": 1523
      },
      "id": "dne-dt/cln/moretti2005-1523nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, extraordinary",
      "notes": "Quoted by zhu2021; moretti2005's own table not read.",
      "property": "dne-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "moretti2005",
        "status": "S",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25",
        "via": "zhu2021"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_e/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 3.34e-05,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_text": "300 K",
        "wavelength_nm": 632
      },
      "id": "dne-dt/cln/moretti2005-632nm-300k",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, extraordinary",
      "notes": "16% below the Jundt-derived value at 633 nm.",
      "property": "dne-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "dn_e/dT = (-2.6 + 22.4e-3 T) x 1.0e-5 per K evaluated at T = 300 K (T in K inferred); formula status S",
        "locator": "schwesyg2011 Eqs. (2.26)-(2.27)",
        "source_id": "moretti2005",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25",
        "via": "schwesyg2011"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_e/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 4.12e-05,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 25,
        "wavelength_nm": 1064
      },
      "id": "dno-dt/cln/cti1999-1064nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, ordinary",
      "property": "dno-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "derivative of the cti1999 vendor Sellmeier (status V) at 25 C",
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_o/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 5.4e-06,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 25,
        "wavelength_nm": 1550
      },
      "id": "dno-dt/cln/cti1999-1550nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, ordinary",
      "property": "dno-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "derivative of the cti1999 vendor Sellmeier (status V) at 25 C",
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_o/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 4.1e-06,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 25,
        "wavelength_nm": 633
      },
      "id": "dno-dt/cln/cti1999-633nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, ordinary",
      "property": "dno-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "derivative of the cti1999 vendor Sellmeier (status V) at 25 C",
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_o/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 9.4e-06,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_text": "300 K",
        "wavelength_nm": 632
      },
      "id": "dno-dt/cln/moretti2005-632nm-300k",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Thermo-optic coefficient, ordinary",
      "notes": "2.5x below the value derived from the cti1999 Sellmeier.",
      "property": "dno-dt",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "dn_o/dT = (-1.7 + 6.9e-3 T) x 1.0e-5 per K evaluated at T = 300 K (T in K inferred); formula status S",
        "locator": "schwesyg2011 Eqs. (2.26)-(2.27)",
        "source_id": "moretti2005",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25",
        "via": "schwesyg2011"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "dn_o/dT",
      "unit": {
        "display": "1/K",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/PER-K",
        "ucum": "/K"
      },
      "value": 3.7e-06,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "acoustic",
      "conditions": {
        "electrical_boundary": "E"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "elastic-c14/lt-saw/kushibiki1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Elastic stiffness component c14 (constant E)",
      "notes": "In the same table and convention LiNbO3 has c14 = +7.83 GPa: the c14 sign differs between LN and LT.",
      "property": "elastic-c14",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "kushibiki1999",
        "status": "P",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "c14^E",
      "tensor_component": "c14",
      "unit": {
        "display": "GPa",
        "qudt": "http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/GigaPA",
        "ucum": "GPa"
      },
      "value": -10.75,
      "variant": "lt-saw"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "mechanical_boundary": "T",
        "wavelength_nm": 633
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "eo-r13-T/sln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Electro-optic coefficient r13, unclamped",
      "property": "eo-r13-T",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table 1.2, p. 4",
        "original_reference": "Nikogosyan 2005",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "r13^T",
      "tensor_component": "r13",
      "unit": {
        "display": "pm/V",
        "ucum": "pm/V"
      },
      "value": 10.4,
      "variant": "sln",
      "variant_note": "near-stoichiometric"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "mechanical_boundary": "T"
      },
      "id": "eo-r22-T/cln/volk2008-yonekura2007",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Electro-optic coefficient r22, unclamped",
      "notes": "Labelled 'constant stress (clamped)' in the source, which contradicts itself (constant stress = unclamped, T); the magnitude fits T values. CLN:5%Mg 6.2 and near-SLN:1.8%Mg 6.97 pm/V in the same report.",
      "property": "eo-r22-T",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "p. 150",
        "original_reference": "Yonekura et al., Opt. Rev. 14, 194 (2007)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "r22^T",
      "tensor_component": "r22",
      "unit": {
        "display": "pm/V",
        "ucum": "pm/V"
      },
      "value": 6.54,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "mechanical_boundary": "T",
        "wavelength_nm": 633
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "eo-r33-T/sln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Electro-optic coefficient r33, unclamped",
      "notes": "Partial set (r22 absent), so stored as scalars rather than a tensor.",
      "property": "eo-r33-T",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table 1.2, p. 4",
        "original_reference": "Nikogosyan 2005",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "r33^T",
      "tensor_component": "r33",
      "unit": {
        "display": "pm/V",
        "ucum": "pm/V"
      },
      "value": 38,
      "variant": "sln",
      "variant_note": "near-stoichiometric"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "default": true,
      "id": "eo-r33/lt-unspecified/wang2025lt",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Electro-optic coefficient r33",
      "notes": "Clamping condition and wavelength not stated where quoted.",
      "property": "eo-r33",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "introduction, ref. 29",
        "original_reference": "Wang et al., Optica 11, 1614 (2024), DOI 10.1364/OPTICA.537730 (wang2024optica)",
        "source_id": "wang2025lt",
        "status": "S",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "r33",
      "tensor_component": "r33",
      "unit": {
        "display": "pm/V",
        "ucum": "pm/V"
      },
      "value": 30.5,
      "variant": "lt-unspecified",
      "variant_note": "thin-film LiTaO3 context"
    },
    {
      "category": "acoustic",
      "default": true,
      "id": "hydrostatic-piezo-dh/unspecified/weis1985-graham1976",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Hydrostatic piezoelectric coefficient d_h = 2 d31 + d33",
      "notes": "Implies d33 of about 8.0-8.4 pC/N with measured d31, favouring the kushibiki1999 set (d33 = 8.7, computed) over 6.0 and ruling out 12.5-16.",
      "property": "hydrostatic-piezo-dh",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "p. 198",
        "original_reference": "Graham, Ferroelectrics 10, 65 (1976); confirmed on 9 samples from 5 suppliers, Graham, J. Appl. Phys. 48, 2153 (1977)",
        "source_id": "weis1985",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "d_h",
      "uncertainty": {
        "type": "stated",
        "value": 0.014
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "pC/N",
        "ucum": "pC/N"
      },
      "value": 6.31,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "default": true,
      "id": "internal-field/cln/gopalan1998",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Internal field",
      "notes": "Abstract: the internal field vanishes in SLN.",
      "property": "internal-field",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "abstract",
        "source_id": "gopalan1998",
        "status": "P(abs)",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "E_int",
      "uncertainty": {
        "type": "approximate"
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "kV/mm",
        "ucum": "kV/mm"
      },
      "value": 2.5,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "id": "internal-field/cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Internal field",
      "property": "internal-field",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table 7.1, p. 185",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "E_int",
      "unit": {
        "display": "kV/cm",
        "ucum": "kV/cm"
      },
      "value_text": "printed '2-33' kV/cm (likely a misprinted range)",
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    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "default": true,
      "id": "internal-field/mgo5-cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Internal field",
      "property": "internal-field",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table 7.1, p. 185 (5 kV/cm)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "E_int",
      "unit": {
        "display": "kV/mm",
        "ucum": "kV/mm"
      },
      "value": 0.5,
      "variant": "mgo5-cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
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        "method": "1/e transmission, 1 cm thick"
      },
      "id": "ir-cutoff/cln/cti1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "IR transmission cutoff",
      "property": "ir-cutoff",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "V",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "unit": {
        "display": "nm",
        "ucum": "nm"
      },
      "value": 4600,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "lattice-a/cln/cti1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant a (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-a",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "V",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "a",
      "unit": {
        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 5.151,
      "variant": "cln",
      "variant_note": "48.38 mol% Li2O"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_text": "room temperature"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "lattice-a/cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant a (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-a",
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        "locator": "Table 1.1, p. 3 (515.0 pm)",
        "original_reference": "Furukawa et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1816 (1999)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "a",
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        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 5.15,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
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        "temperature_text": "room temperature"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "lattice-a/sln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant a (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-a",
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        "locator": "Table 1.1, p. 3 (514.7 pm)",
        "original_reference": "Furukawa et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1816 (1999)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "a",
      "unit": {
        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 5.147,
      "variant": "sln",
      "variant_note": "near-stoichiometric"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
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        "method": "single-crystal neutron diffraction",
        "temperature_C": 24
      },
      "id": "lattice-a/unspecified/cod-abrahams1966-pt4",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant a (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-a",
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        "locator": "COD 1541936",
        "original_reference": "Abrahams, Hamilton, Reddy, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 27, 1013 (1966), part 4, DOI 10.1016/0022-3697(66)90073-4",
        "source_id": "cod",
        "status": "P-db",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "a",
      "unit": {
        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 5.14829,
      "variant": "unspecified",
      "variant_note": "1966 crystal, composition not stated"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "lattice-a/unspecified/cod-ohgaki1992",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant a (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-a",
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        "locator": "COD 1544665",
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        "status": "P-db",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "a",
      "unit": {
        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 5.1502,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
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        "method": "synchrotron X-ray diffraction",
        "temperature_text": "293 K (COD CIF)"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "lattice-a/unspecified/hsu1997",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant a (hexagonal setting)",
      "notes": "Same value as W. L. Bond quoted in weis1985 p. 193 (P-comp).",
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      "provenance": {
        "locator": "COD 2101845",
        "source_id": "hsu1997",
        "status": "P-db",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "a",
      "unit": {
        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 5.148,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "lattice-a/unspecified/weis1985-from-density",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant a (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-a",
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        "derivation": "calculated in the source from c = 13.863 A and rho = 4628 kg/m^3",
        "locator": "p. 194",
        "source_id": "weis1985",
        "status": "P",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "a",
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        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 5.15,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "lattice-c/cln/cti1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant c (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-c",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "V",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "c",
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        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 13.866,
      "variant": "cln",
      "variant_note": "48.38 mol% Li2O"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
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        "temperature_text": "room temperature"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "lattice-c/cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant c (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-c",
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        "locator": "Table 1.1, p. 3 (1386.4 pm)",
        "original_reference": "Furukawa et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1816 (1999)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "c",
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        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 13.864,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_text": "room temperature"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "lattice-c/sln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant c (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-c",
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        "locator": "Table 1.1, p. 3 (1385.6 pm)",
        "original_reference": "Furukawa et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1816 (1999)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "c",
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        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 13.856,
      "variant": "sln",
      "variant_note": "near-stoichiometric"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "conditions": {
        "method": "single-crystal neutron diffraction",
        "temperature_C": 24
      },
      "id": "lattice-c/unspecified/cod-abrahams1966-pt4",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant c (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-c",
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        "locator": "COD 1541936",
        "original_reference": "Abrahams, Hamilton, Reddy, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 27, 1013 (1966), part 4, DOI 10.1016/0022-3697(66)90073-4",
        "source_id": "cod",
        "status": "P-db",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "c",
      "unit": {
        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 13.8631,
      "variant": "unspecified",
      "variant_note": "1966 crystal, composition not stated"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "lattice-c/unspecified/cod-ohgaki1992",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant c (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-c",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "COD 1544665",
        "source_id": "ohgaki1992",
        "status": "P-db",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "c",
      "unit": {
        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 13.8653,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
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        "method": "synchrotron X-ray diffraction",
        "temperature_text": "293 K (COD CIF)"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "lattice-c/unspecified/hsu1997",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Lattice constant c (hexagonal setting)",
      "property": "lattice-c",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "COD 2101845",
        "source_id": "hsu1997",
        "status": "P-db",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "c",
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        "display": "Angstrom",
        "ucum": "Ao"
      },
      "value": 13.863,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "electrical",
      "default": true,
      "id": "maxwell-relaxation-time/cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "max": 500,
      "min": 5,
      "name": "Maxwell relaxation time (dark)",
      "notes": "Internally inconsistent with volk2008's own sigma_d: tau = eps eps0 / sigma gives 0.3-29 days (eps = 28) or 0.9-86 days (eps = 84) (computed).",
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      "provenance": {
        "locator": "p. 159",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "tau_M",
      "unit": {
        "display": "days",
        "ucum": "d"
      },
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "id": "melting-point/cln/cti1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Melting point",
      "property": "melting-point",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "V",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "T_m",
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        "type": "approximate"
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "C",
        "ucum": "Cel"
      },
      "value": 1250,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "default": true,
      "id": "melting-point/cln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Melting point",
      "notes": "Inside the 1240-1275 C range quoted across vendors and handbooks.",
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        "locator": "Table 1.1, p. 3",
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        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "T_m",
      "unit": {
        "display": "C",
        "ucum": "Cel"
      },
      "value": 1255,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "ferroelectric",
      "default": true,
      "id": "melting-point/sln/volk2008",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Melting point",
      "property": "melting-point",
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        "locator": "Table 1.1, p. 3",
        "original_reference": "Nikogosyan 2005",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "T_m",
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        "display": "C",
        "ucum": "Cel"
      },
      "value_text": "< 1200",
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      "variant_note": "near-stoichiometric"
    },
    {
      "category": "photorefractive",
      "default": true,
      "id": "mgo-photorefractive-threshold/mgo5-cln/bryan1984",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "MgO concentration threshold for optical-damage resistance",
      "notes": "Abstract: about 100x photoconductivity increase; activation energy 0.1 eV (resistant) vs 0.5 eV.",
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      "provenance": {
        "locator": "abstract",
        "source_id": "bryan1984",
        "status": "P(abs)",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "unit": {
        "display": "at.% MgO",
        "ucum": "%"
      },
      "value_text": ">= 4.5 at.% MgO",
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    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "id": "mohs-hardness/cln/cti1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Mohs hardness",
      "property": "mohs-hardness",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "V",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "unit": {
        "display": "Mohs",
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      },
      "value": 5,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
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        "method": "parametric fluorescence, 488 nm pump"
      },
      "id": "nlo-d31/cln/kitamoto1995-488nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Second-order nonlinear coefficient d31",
      "notes": "Abstract judges an earlier 5.8 pm/V overestimated.",
      "property": "nlo-d31",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "abstract",
        "source_id": "kitamoto1995",
        "status": "P(abs)",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "d31",
      "tensor_component": "d31",
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        "type": "stated",
        "value": 0.5
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "pm/V",
        "ucum": "pm/V"
      },
      "value": 4.8,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "method": "parametric fluorescence, 532 nm pump"
      },
      "id": "nlo-d31/cln/kitamoto1995-532nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Second-order nonlinear coefficient d31",
      "property": "nlo-d31",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "abstract",
        "source_id": "kitamoto1995",
        "status": "P(abs)",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "d31",
      "tensor_component": "d31",
      "uncertainty": {
        "type": "stated",
        "value": 0.5
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "pm/V",
        "ucum": "pm/V"
      },
      "value": 4.3,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "method": "Z-scan, 30 ps, e-polarization",
        "wavelength_nm": 1064
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "nonlinear-index-n2/unspecified/desalvo1996-1064nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Nonlinear (Kerr) refractive index",
      "property": "nonlinear-index-n2",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "desalvo1996",
        "status": "P-db",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25",
        "via": "rii"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "n_2",
      "unit": {
        "display": "m^2/W",
        "ucum": "m2/W"
      },
      "value": 9.33e-20,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "method": "Z-scan, 22 ps",
        "wavelength_nm": 532
      },
      "id": "nonlinear-index-n2/unspecified/desalvo1996-532nm",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Nonlinear (Kerr) refractive index",
      "property": "nonlinear-index-n2",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "desalvo1996",
        "status": "P-db",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25",
        "via": "rii"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "n_2",
      "unit": {
        "display": "m^2/W",
        "ucum": "m2/W"
      },
      "value": 8.25e-19,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "id": "nonlinear-index-n2/unspecified/zhu2021",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Nonlinear (Kerr) refractive index",
      "notes": "Wavelength and primary measurement not given in the review table.",
      "property": "nonlinear-index-n2",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Table 1",
        "source_id": "zhu2021",
        "status": "S",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "n_2",
      "unit": {
        "display": "m^2/W",
        "ucum": "m2/W"
      },
      "value": 1.8e-19,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "default": true,
      "id": "oh-stretch-band/cln/bryan1984",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "OH stretch absorption band",
      "property": "oh-stretch-band",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "abstract",
        "source_id": "bryan1984",
        "status": "P(abs)",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "unit": {
        "display": "um",
        "ucum": "um"
      },
      "value": 2.87,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "default": true,
      "id": "oh-stretch-band/mgo5-cln/bryan1984",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "OH stretch absorption band",
      "property": "oh-stretch-band",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "abstract",
        "source_id": "bryan1984",
        "status": "P(abs)",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "unit": {
        "display": "um",
        "ucum": "um"
      },
      "value": 2.83,
      "variant": "mgo5-cln",
      "variant_note": "MgO >= 4.5 at.%"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "method": "optical absorption (direct)"
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "optical-band-gap/unspecified/thierfelder2010",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Optical band gap (frequently cited)",
      "notes": "GW calculations give a fundamental (quasiparticle) gap at least 1 eV larger; the quasiparticle gap is debated.",
      "property": "optical-band-gap",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "abstract",
        "source_id": "thierfelder2010",
        "status": "P(abs)",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "E_g",
      "uncertainty": {
        "type": "approximate"
      },
      "unit": {
        "display": "eV",
        "ucum": "eV"
      },
      "value": 3.7,
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "structure",
      "default": true,
      "id": "point-group/unspecified/weis1985",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Point group (ferroelectric phase)",
      "notes": "weis1985 prints the Schoenflies symbol as C6v, a typo; 3m is C3v. Same in volk2008 p. 2.",
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      "provenance": {
        "locator": "p. 192, Sec. 2.1",
        "source_id": "weis1985",
        "status": "P",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "unit": {
        "display": "-",
        "ucum": "1"
      },
      "value_text": "3m (C3v)",
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    },
    {
      "category": "thermal",
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        "temperature_C": 25
      },
      "id": "pyroelectric-p3/cln/cti1999",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Pyroelectric coefficient",
      "notes": "Sign convention not stated in the data sheet.",
      "property": "pyroelectric-p3",
      "provenance": {
        "source_id": "cti1999",
        "status": "V",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "p_3",
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        "display": "C/(m^2 K)",
        "ucum": "C/(m2.K)"
      },
      "value": -8.3e-05,
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    },
    {
      "category": "thermal",
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        "temperature_text": "room temperature"
      },
      "id": "pyroelectric-p3/unspecified/schwesyg2011",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Pyroelectric coefficient",
      "property": "pyroelectric-p3",
      "provenance": {
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      },
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      "value": -6.4e-05,
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      },
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    {
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      "name": "Extraordinary refractive index",
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      },
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      "symbol": "n_e",
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "Extraordinary refractive index",
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      },
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    {
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      "name": "Extraordinary refractive index",
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    {
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      "name": "Extraordinary refractive index",
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    {
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        "temperature_text": "room temperature",
        "wavelength_nm": 1600
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      "public": true,
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    {
      "category": "optical",
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        "temperature_text": "room temperature",
        "wavelength_nm": 600
      },
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      "id": "refractive-index-e/lt-unspecified/bond1965-600nm",
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    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 21,
        "wavelength_nm": 1064.0
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      "name": "Extraordinary refractive index",
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        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
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    {
      "category": "optical",
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      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "Extraordinary refractive index",
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      "provenance": {
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        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
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    {
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        "temperature_C": 21,
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      "name": "Extraordinary refractive index",
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    {
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      "name": "Extraordinary refractive index",
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    {
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        "wavelength_nm": 632.8
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      },
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        "wavelength_nm": 1064.0
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    {
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        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
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    {
      "category": "optical",
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        "temperature_C": 21,
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      "default": true,
      "id": "refractive-index-o/mgo5-cln/zelmon1997-632.8nm",
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      "name": "Ordinary refractive index",
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        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
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    {
      "category": "optical",
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      "default": true,
      "id": "refractive-index-o/sln/volk2008-633nm",
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      "name": "Ordinary refractive index",
      "property": "refractive-index-o",
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        "locator": "Table 1.2, p. 4 (refs. [26-28])",
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      },
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    {
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      "name": "Rhombohedral cell edge a_R",
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      },
      "public": true,
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        "ucum": "Ao"
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    {
      "category": "structure",
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        "locator": "p. 194, Eq. (1)",
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      },
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    {
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      "name": "Thermal conductivity",
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      "name": "Thermal expansion coefficient perpendicular to c",
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        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
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      "name": "Thermal expansion coefficient parallel to c",
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        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "category": "optical",
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    {
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        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "unit": {
        "display": "nm",
        "ucum": "nm"
      },
      "value": 340,
      "variant": "cln"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "method": "absorption coefficient 20 (or 15) cm^-1; E parallel to c, k perpendicular to c",
        "temperature_C": 22
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "uv-edge-formula/unspecified/volk2008-kovacs1997",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "UV absorption edge vs composition",
      "property": "uv-edge-formula",
      "provenance": {
        "locator": "Eqs. (6.5)-(6.6), p. 142",
        "original_reference": "kovacs1997 (credited in Fig. 6.4)",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "P-comp",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "unit": {
        "display": "nm",
        "ucum": "nm"
      },
      "value_text": "lambda_20 = 320.4 - 1.829 x - 5.485 x^2 nm; lambda_15 = 321.9 - 1.597 x - 5.745 x^2 nm; x = (mol% Li2O) - 48.38",
      "variant": "unspecified"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 22
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "uv-edge-lambda20/cln/volk2008-kovacs1997",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "UV absorption edge at alpha = 20 cm^-1",
      "property": "uv-edge-lambda20",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "lambda_20 formula at x = 0 (48.38 mol%)",
        "locator": "Eq. (6.5), p. 142",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "lambda_20",
      "unit": {
        "display": "nm",
        "ucum": "nm"
      },
      "value": 320.4,
      "variant": "cln",
      "variant_note": "48.38 mol% Li2O"
    },
    {
      "category": "optical",
      "conditions": {
        "temperature_C": 22
      },
      "default": true,
      "id": "uv-edge-lambda20/sln/volk2008-kovacs1997",
      "kind": "scalar",
      "name": "UV absorption edge at alpha = 20 cm^-1",
      "property": "uv-edge-lambda20",
      "provenance": {
        "derivation": "lambda_20 formula at x = 1.62 (50.0 mol%); 317.2 nm at 49.0 mol%",
        "locator": "Eq. (6.5), p. 142",
        "source_id": "volk2008",
        "status": "C",
        "transcribed": "2026-10-25"
      },
      "public": true,
      "symbol": "lambda_20",
      "unit": {
        "display": "nm",
        "ucum": "nm"
      },
      "value": 303.0,
      "variant": "sln",
      "variant_note": "50.0 mol% Li2O"
    }
  ]
}
