Table 3 Fitting parameters and covariance matrix elements of the modified Gladstone–Dale model for water (0.05–1.29 GPa) and ice VI (1.17–2.21 GPa).

From: Interferometric measurements of refractive index and dispersion at high pressure

Phase

a

b

\(\sigma _{aa}\)

\(\sigma _{ab}\)

\(\sigma _{bb}\)

Water

1.020 ± 0.001

0.314 ± 0.001

\(1.632 \times 10^{-6}\)

\(-1.381\times 10^{-6}\)

\(1.175 \times 10^{-6}\)

Ice VI

1.064 ± 0.010

0.285 ± 0.007

\(9.451 \times 10^{-5}\)

\(-6.751 \times 10^{-5}\)

\(4.824 \times 10^{-5}\)