Patent 7674737 was granted and assigned to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An optical medium having a high refractive index without anisotropy and a wide transmission wavelength is obtained. The cubic crystal material is αβO3, where α is at least one of K, Ba, Sr, Ca, and β is at least one of Ta, Ti. Optimally, the cubic crystal material is KTa1-xNbxO3, where composition x is 0≦x≦0.35. This composition enables to raise refractive index while its phase transition temperature is below a room temperature.