The optical transition in a beta-FeSi2 film has been characterized by
phetoreflectance. The direct transition has been determined to be at 0
.874 eV. Moreover, a direct transition at 0.860 eV has also been obser
ved and might be related to the impurity band. The reflectivity of the
beta-FeSi2 films was investigated, and a transition near 1.2 eV was o
bserved. Finally, a comparison of spectroscopic ellipsometric measurem
ents on different samples is given.