Optical constants
Refractive index of AgGaS2-AgInS2
Kato et al. 2021: n(o) 0.565–10.6 µm
- Data
- formula 4
- Range
- 0.565–10.6 µm
- Optical axis
- o
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Uniaxial crystal, axes: oe
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- 2.57687
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0
- Permittivity ε1
- 6.64024
- Permittivity ε2
- 0
- Absorption coefficient α
- 0 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- — nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- -0.710607 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 2.99442
- Group velocity dispersion
- 1698.84 fs²/mm
- Dispersion parameter D
- -9268.05 ps/(nm·km)
- Photon energy
- 2.11001 eV
ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, ng = n − λ dn/dλ, GVD = λ³/(2πc²) d²n/dλ², D = −(λ/c) d²n/dλ². Group-velocity dispersion is given for formula data only.
Use it in Lightsmith
Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line
pip install lightsmith
import lightsmith as ls
# AgGaS2-AgInS2: Kato et al. 2021: n(o) 0.565–10.6 µm
aggas2_agins2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AgGaS2-AgInS2", "Kato-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(aggas2_agins2.range_nm) # (565, 10600) nm
eps = aggas2_agins2.eps([633]) # complex permittivity
Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.
import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls
url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_c46096130c19/lightsmith"
aggas2_agins2 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(aggas2_agins2.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (aggas2-agins2/kato-2021-o).
# ... load aggas2_agins2 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=aggas2_agins2)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=565, stop_nm=1000, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim) # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext) # extinction efficiency at each wavelength
Same spec runs with DDA, FDTD, BEM or T-matrix: ls.compare(sim, ["mie", "dda"]).
Lightsmith is open source (MIT): Mie, T-matrix, BEM, DDA, FDTD, RCWA, TMM, mode solvers and inverse design behind one spec, on CPU or GPU. GitHub.
Dispersion formula
RefractiveIndex.INFO (formula 4), λ in µmValid from 0.565 to 10.6 µm.
Coefficients as stored
| Ci | Value |
|---|---|
| C1 | 11.15176 |
| C2 | 0.23052 |
| C3 | 0.0 |
| C4 | 0.07319 |
| C5 | 1.0 |
| C6 | 11918.07 |
| C7 | 0.0 |
| C8 | 2224.38 |
| C9 | 1.0 |
Comments and conditions
Conditions
- direction
- o
References
- doi:10.1364/ome.428688 Phase-matching properties of AgGa<sub>0.86</sub>In<sub>0.14</sub>S<sub>2</sub> for three-wave interactions in the 0.615−10.5910 µm spectral range, Optical Materials Express (2021)
Cite
Kiyoshi Kato, Saumyabrata Banerjee and Nobuhiro Umemura. Phase-matching properties of AgGa<sub>0.86</sub>In<sub>0.14</sub>S<sub>2</sub> for three-wave interactions in the 0.615−10.5910 µm spectral range. Optical Materials Express, 11, 2800 (2021), doi:10.1364/ome.428688; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
Computed on 400 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library| λ (µm) | n |
|---|---|
| 0.565 | 2.594225 |
| 0.569167 | 2.590817 |
| 0.573364 | 2.587483 |
| 0.577593 | 2.584222 |
| 0.581853 | 2.58103 |
| 0.586144 | 2.577906 |
| 0.590466 | 2.574848 |
| 0.594821 | 2.571855 |
| 0.599208 | 2.568925 |
| 0.603627 | 2.566056 |
| 0.608079 | 2.563246 |
| 0.612563 | 2.560494 |
| 0.617081 | 2.557798 |
| 0.621632 | 2.555158 |
| 0.626216 | 2.552571 |
| 0.630834 | 2.550036 |
| 0.635487 | 2.547552 |
| 0.640173 | 2.545118 |
| 0.644894 | 2.542733 |
| 0.64965 | 2.540394 |
| 0.654442 | 2.538102 |
| 0.659268 | 2.535855 |
| 0.66413 | 2.533651 |
| 0.669028 | 2.53149 |
| 0.673962 | 2.529372 |
| 0.678932 | 2.527294 |
| 0.683939 | 2.525256 |
| 0.688983 | 2.523256 |
| 0.694065 | 2.521295 |
| 0.699183 | 2.519371 |
| 0.70434 | 2.517484 |
| 0.709534 | 2.515631 |
| 0.714767 | 2.513814 |
| 0.720038 | 2.51203 |
| 0.725348 | 2.51028 |
| 0.730698 | 2.508562 |
| 0.736086 | 2.506875 |
| 0.741515 | 2.50522 |
| 0.746984 | 2.503595 |
| 0.752493 | 2.501999 |
| 0.758042 | 2.500433 |
| 0.763633 | 2.498895 |
| 0.769264 | 2.497384 |
| 0.774937 | 2.495901 |
| 0.780653 | 2.494445 |
| 0.78641 | 2.493014 |
| 0.792209 | 2.491609 |
| 0.798052 | 2.490229 |
| 0.803937 | 2.488873 |
| 0.809866 | 2.487541 |
| 0.815839 | 2.486233 |
| 0.821856 | 2.484947 |
| 0.827917 | 2.483684 |
| 0.834023 | 2.482443 |
| 0.840174 | 2.481224 |
| 0.84637 | 2.480026 |
| 0.852612 | 2.478848 |
| 0.8589 | 2.477691 |
| 0.865234 | 2.476553 |
| 0.871615 | 2.475435 |
| 0.878043 | 2.474336 |
| 0.884518 | 2.473256 |
| 0.891042 | 2.472194 |
| 0.897613 | 2.47115 |
| 0.904233 | 2.470124 |
| 0.910901 | 2.469115 |
| 0.917619 | 2.468123 |
| 0.924386 | 2.467148 |
| 0.931204 | 2.466189 |
| 0.938071 | 2.465246 |
| 0.944989 | 2.464318 |
| 0.951959 | 2.463406 |
| 0.958979 | 2.462509 |
| 0.966052 | 2.461627 |
| 0.973176 | 2.46076 |
| 0.980353 | 2.459906 |
| 0.987583 | 2.459067 |
| 0.994866 | 2.458241 |
| 1.0022 | 2.457429 |
| 1.00959 | 2.45663 |
| 1.01704 | 2.455844 |
| 1.02454 | 2.45507 |
| 1.0321 | 2.45431 |
| 1.03971 | 2.453561 |
| 1.04738 | 2.452824 |
| 1.0551 | 2.4521 |
| 1.06288 | 2.451386 |
| 1.07072 | 2.450685 |
| 1.07862 | 2.449994 |
| 1.08657 | 2.449314 |
| 1.09458 | 2.448645 |
| 1.10266 | 2.447987 |
| 1.11079 | 2.447339 |
| 1.11898 | 2.446701 |
| 1.12723 | 2.446073 |
| 1.13555 | 2.445455 |
| 1.14392 | 2.444847 |
| 1.15236 | 2.444248 |
| 1.16086 | 2.443659 |
| 1.16942 | 2.443079 |
| 1.17804 | 2.442507 |
| 1.18673 | 2.441945 |
| 1.19548 | 2.441391 |
| 1.2043 | 2.440845 |
| 1.21318 | 2.440308 |
| 1.22213 | 2.439779 |
| 1.23114 | 2.439258 |
| 1.24022 | 2.438746 |
| 1.24937 | 2.43824 |
| 1.25858 | 2.437743 |
| 1.26786 | 2.437253 |
| 1.27721 | 2.43677 |
| 1.28663 | 2.436295 |
| 1.29612 | 2.435827 |
| 1.30568 | 2.435366 |
| 1.31531 | 2.434911 |
| 1.32501 | 2.434464 |
| 1.33478 | 2.434023 |
| 1.34462 | 2.433588 |
| 1.35454 | 2.43316 |
| 1.36453 | 2.432738 |
| 1.37459 | 2.432322 |
| 1.38473 | 2.431913 |
| 1.39494 | 2.431509 |
| 1.40523 | 2.431111 |
| 1.41559 | 2.430719 |
| 1.42603 | 2.430333 |
| 1.43655 | 2.429952 |
| 1.44714 | 2.429577 |
| 1.45782 | 2.429206 |
| 1.46857 | 2.428842 |
| 1.4794 | 2.428482 |
| 1.49031 | 2.428127 |
| 1.5013 | 2.427778 |
| 1.51237 | 2.427433 |
| 1.52353 | 2.427093 |
| 1.53476 | 2.426758 |
| 1.54608 | 2.426427 |
| 1.55748 | 2.426101 |
| 1.56897 | 2.42578 |
| 1.58054 | 2.425463 |
| 1.5922 | 2.42515 |
| 1.60394 | 2.424841 |
| 1.61577 | 2.424537 |
| 1.62768 | 2.424237 |
| 1.63969 | 2.42394 |
| 1.65178 | 2.423648 |
| 1.66396 | 2.42336 |
| 1.67623 | 2.423075 |
| 1.6886 | 2.422794 |
| 1.70105 | 2.422516 |
| 1.71359 | 2.422243 |
| 1.72623 | 2.421972 |
| 1.73896 | 2.421706 |
| 1.75179 | 2.421442 |
| 1.76471 | 2.421182 |
| 1.77772 | 2.420925 |
| 1.79083 | 2.420672 |
| 1.80404 | 2.420421 |
| 1.81734 | 2.420174 |
| 1.83075 | 2.41993 |
| 1.84425 | 2.419688 |
| 1.85785 | 2.41945 |
| 1.87155 | 2.419214 |
| 1.88535 | 2.418981 |
| 1.89926 | 2.418751 |
| 1.91326 | 2.418524 |
| 1.92737 | 2.418299 |
| 1.94159 | 2.418077 |
| 1.95591 | 2.417857 |
| 1.97033 | 2.41764 |
| 1.98486 | 2.417425 |
| 1.9995 | 2.417213 |
| 2.01425 | 2.417003 |
| 2.0291 | 2.416795 |
| 2.04406 | 2.416589 |
| 2.05914 | 2.416386 |
| 2.07433 | 2.416185 |
| 2.08962 | 2.415985 |
| 2.10503 | 2.415788 |
| 2.12056 | 2.415593 |
| 2.1362 | 2.4154 |
| 2.15195 | 2.415208 |
| 2.16782 | 2.415019 |
| 2.18381 | 2.414831 |
| 2.19991 | 2.414645 |
| 2.21614 | 2.414461 |
| 2.23248 | 2.414278 |
| 2.24895 | 2.414098 |
| 2.26553 | 2.413918 |
| 2.28224 | 2.413741 |
| 2.29907 | 2.413564 |
| 2.31603 | 2.41339 |
| 2.33311 | 2.413216 |
| 2.35031 | 2.413044 |
| 2.36765 | 2.412874 |
| 2.38511 | 2.412705 |
| 2.4027 | 2.412537 |
| 2.42042 | 2.41237 |
| 2.43827 | 2.412204 |
| 2.45625 | 2.41204 |
| 2.47437 | 2.411877 |
| 2.49261 | 2.411715 |
| 2.511 | 2.411554 |
| 2.52951 | 2.411394 |
| 2.54817 | 2.411234 |
| 2.56696 | 2.411076 |
| 2.58589 | 2.410919 |
| 2.60496 | 2.410763 |
| 2.62418 | 2.410607 |
| 2.64353 | 2.410452 |
| 2.66302 | 2.410299 |
| 2.68266 | 2.410145 |
| 2.70245 | 2.409993 |
| 2.72238 | 2.409841 |
| 2.74246 | 2.40969 |
| 2.76268 | 2.409539 |
| 2.78305 | 2.409389 |
| 2.80358 | 2.409239 |
| 2.82426 | 2.40909 |
| 2.84508 | 2.408942 |
| 2.86607 | 2.408794 |
| 2.8872 | 2.408646 |
| 2.9085 | 2.408499 |
| 2.92995 | 2.408351 |
| 2.95155 | 2.408205 |
| 2.97332 | 2.408058 |
| 2.99525 | 2.407912 |
| 3.01734 | 2.407766 |
| 3.03959 | 2.40762 |
| 3.06201 | 2.407474 |
| 3.08459 | 2.407328 |
| 3.10734 | 2.407183 |
| 3.13026 | 2.407037 |
| 3.15334 | 2.406892 |
| 3.1766 | 2.406746 |
| 3.20002 | 2.4066 |
| 3.22362 | 2.406454 |
| 3.2474 | 2.406309 |
| 3.27135 | 2.406162 |
| 3.29547 | 2.406016 |
| 3.31978 | 2.40587 |
| 3.34426 | 2.405723 |
| 3.36892 | 2.405576 |
| 3.39377 | 2.405428 |
| 3.4188 | 2.405281 |
| 3.44401 | 2.405133 |
| 3.46941 | 2.404984 |
| 3.49499 | 2.404835 |
| 3.52077 | 2.404686 |
| 3.54674 | 2.404536 |
| 3.57289 | 2.404385 |
| 3.59924 | 2.404234 |
| 3.62579 | 2.404082 |
| 3.65253 | 2.403929 |
| 3.67946 | 2.403776 |
| 3.7066 | 2.403622 |
| 3.73393 | 2.403468 |
| 3.76147 | 2.403312 |
| 3.78921 | 2.403156 |
| 3.81716 | 2.402999 |
| 3.84531 | 2.402841 |
| 3.87367 | 2.402682 |
| 3.90223 | 2.402522 |
| 3.93101 | 2.402361 |
| 3.96 | 2.402199 |
| 3.98921 | 2.402036 |
| 4.01863 | 2.401871 |
| 4.04827 | 2.401706 |
| 4.07812 | 2.401539 |
| 4.1082 | 2.401372 |
| 4.13849 | 2.401202 |
| 4.16901 | 2.401032 |
| 4.19976 | 2.40086 |
| 4.23073 | 2.400687 |
| 4.26193 | 2.400513 |
| 4.29337 | 2.400337 |
| 4.32503 | 2.400159 |
| 4.35693 | 2.39998 |
| 4.38906 | 2.399799 |
| 4.42143 | 2.399617 |
| 4.45403 | 2.399433 |
| 4.48688 | 2.399247 |
| 4.51997 | 2.39906 |
| 4.55331 | 2.398871 |
| 4.58689 | 2.39868 |
| 4.62071 | 2.398487 |
| 4.65479 | 2.398292 |
| 4.68912 | 2.398095 |
| 4.7237 | 2.397896 |
| 4.75854 | 2.397695 |
| 4.79363 | 2.397492 |
| 4.82899 | 2.397287 |
| 4.8646 | 2.397079 |
| 4.90047 | 2.39687 |
| 4.93661 | 2.396658 |
| 4.97302 | 2.396443 |
| 5.0097 | 2.396226 |
| 5.04664 | 2.396007 |
| 5.08386 | 2.395786 |
| 5.12135 | 2.395561 |
| 5.15912 | 2.395334 |
| 5.19717 | 2.395105 |
| 5.2355 | 2.394873 |
| 5.27411 | 2.394638 |
| 5.31301 | 2.3944 |
| 5.35219 | 2.394159 |
| 5.39166 | 2.393916 |
| 5.43143 | 2.393669 |
| 5.47148 | 2.393419 |
| 5.51183 | 2.393167 |
| 5.55248 | 2.392911 |
| 5.59343 | 2.392651 |
| 5.63468 | 2.392389 |
| 5.67624 | 2.392123 |
| 5.7181 | 2.391854 |
| 5.76027 | 2.391581 |
| 5.80275 | 2.391305 |
| 5.84555 | 2.391025 |
| 5.88866 | 2.390741 |
| 5.93208 | 2.390454 |
| 5.97583 | 2.390163 |
| 6.0199 | 2.389868 |
| 6.0643 | 2.389569 |
| 6.10902 | 2.389266 |
| 6.15408 | 2.388959 |
| 6.19946 | 2.388648 |
| 6.24518 | 2.388332 |
| 6.29124 | 2.388012 |
| 6.33764 | 2.387688 |
| 6.38438 | 2.387359 |
| 6.43146 | 2.387026 |
| 6.47889 | 2.386688 |
| 6.52667 | 2.386345 |
| 6.57481 | 2.385998 |
| 6.6233 | 2.385645 |
| 6.67214 | 2.385288 |
| 6.72135 | 2.384925 |
| 6.77092 | 2.384558 |
| 6.82085 | 2.384185 |
| 6.87115 | 2.383806 |
| 6.92183 | 2.383423 |
| 6.97288 | 2.383033 |
| 7.0243 | 2.382638 |
| 7.0761 | 2.382238 |
| 7.12829 | 2.381831 |
| 7.18086 | 2.381419 |
| 7.23382 | 2.381 |
| 7.28717 | 2.380575 |
| 7.34091 | 2.380145 |
| 7.39505 | 2.379707 |
| 7.44958 | 2.379263 |
| 7.50452 | 2.378813 |
| 7.55987 | 2.378356 |
| 7.61562 | 2.377892 |
| 7.67179 | 2.377421 |
| 7.72837 | 2.376943 |
| 7.78536 | 2.376458 |
| 7.84278 | 2.375965 |
| 7.90062 | 2.375465 |
| 7.95888 | 2.374958 |
| 8.01758 | 2.374442 |
| 8.07671 | 2.373919 |
| 8.13627 | 2.373388 |
| 8.19628 | 2.372849 |
| 8.25672 | 2.372301 |
| 8.31762 | 2.371745 |
| 8.37896 | 2.371181 |
| 8.44075 | 2.370607 |
| 8.503 | 2.370025 |
| 8.56571 | 2.369434 |
| 8.62888 | 2.368833 |
| 8.69252 | 2.368223 |
| 8.75662 | 2.367604 |
| 8.8212 | 2.366975 |
| 8.88626 | 2.366336 |
| 8.95179 | 2.365687 |
| 9.01781 | 2.365028 |
| 9.08432 | 2.364358 |
| 9.15131 | 2.363678 |
| 9.2188 | 2.362986 |
| 9.28679 | 2.362284 |
| 9.35528 | 2.361571 |
| 9.42427 | 2.360846 |
| 9.49378 | 2.36011 |
| 9.56379 | 2.359362 |
| 9.63432 | 2.358602 |
| 9.70538 | 2.357829 |
| 9.77695 | 2.357044 |
| 9.84906 | 2.356247 |
| 9.92169 | 2.355436 |
| 9.99486 | 2.354613 |
| 10.0686 | 2.353775 |
| 10.1428 | 2.352925 |
| 10.2176 | 2.35206 |
| 10.293 | 2.351181 |
| 10.3689 | 2.350288 |
| 10.4454 | 2.349379 |
| 10.5224 | 2.348456 |
| 10.6 | 2.347518 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
- —
- Reflectance R
- —
Fresnel reflection calculator
- Rp
- —
- Rs
- —
- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
- —
- Phase φp
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- Phase φs
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- Brewster angle θB
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- Critical angle θC
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AgGa0.86In0.14S2. Ordinary ray (o). Room temperature.