Optical constants
Refractive index of AgGaSe2 (Silver gallium selenide, AGSe)
Boyd et al. 1972: n(o) 0.725–13.5 µm
- Data
- formula 2
- Range
- 0.725–13.5 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
- 2.95497
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0
- Permittivity ε1
- 8.73183
- Permittivity ε2
- 0
- Absorption coefficient α
- 0 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- — nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- -0.00475454 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 2.96985
- Group velocity dispersion
- 253.492 fs²/mm
- Dispersion parameter D
- -48.7389 ps/(nm·km)
- Photon energy
- 0.396116 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
# AgGaSe2 (Silver gallium selenide, AGSe): Boyd et al. 1972: n(o) 0.725–13.5 µm
aggase2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "AgGaSe2", "Boyd-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(aggase2.range_nm) # (725, 13500) nm
eps = aggase2.eps([3130]) # 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_39c3dea84039/lightsmith"
aggase2 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(aggase2.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (aggase2/boyd-1972-o).
# ... load aggase2 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=aggase2)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=725, 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"]).
import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls
url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_39c3dea84039/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
aggase2_dl = ls.DrudeLorentz.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
A dispersive Drude–Lorentz model for time-domain solvers.
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
Sellmeier (C in µm²) (formula 2), λ in µmValid from 0.725 to 13.5 µm.
Coefficients as stored
| Ci | Value |
|---|---|
| C1 | 3.6453 |
| C2 | 2.2057 |
| C3 | 0.1879 |
| C4 | 1.8377 |
Comments and conditions
Conditions
- direction
- o
References
2) G. C. Bhar. Refractive index interpolation in phase-matching. Appl. Opt. 15, 305-307 (1976)
* Ref. 2 provides a dispersion formula based on data from Ref. 1
- doi:10.1109/jqe.1972.1076900 Linear and nonlinear optical properties of some ternary selenides, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (1972)
- doi:10.1364/ao.15.0305_1 Refractive index interpolation in phase-matching, Applied Optics (1976)
Cite
G. Boyd, H. Kasper, J. McFee and F. Storz. Linear and nonlinear optical properties of some ternary selenides. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 8, 900-908 (1972), doi:10.1109/jqe.1972.1076900; Gopal C. Bhar. Refractive index interpolation in phase-matching. Applied Optics, 15, 305_1 (1976), doi:10.1364/ao.15.0305_1; 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 |
|---|---|
| 0.725 | 3.14895 |
| 0.730333 | 3.144569 |
| 0.735705 | 3.140315 |
| 0.741117 | 3.136182 |
| 0.746569 | 3.132165 |
| 0.75206 | 3.128261 |
| 0.757593 | 3.124464 |
| 0.763165 | 3.120772 |
| 0.768779 | 3.117179 |
| 0.774434 | 3.113683 |
| 0.780131 | 3.110279 |
| 0.785869 | 3.106965 |
| 0.79165 | 3.103738 |
| 0.797474 | 3.100594 |
| 0.80334 | 3.09753 |
| 0.809249 | 3.094545 |
| 0.815202 | 3.091634 |
| 0.821198 | 3.088796 |
| 0.827239 | 3.086029 |
| 0.833324 | 3.083329 |
| 0.839454 | 3.080695 |
| 0.845629 | 3.078125 |
| 0.851849 | 3.075617 |
| 0.858116 | 3.073168 |
| 0.864428 | 3.070777 |
| 0.870786 | 3.068442 |
| 0.877192 | 3.066162 |
| 0.883644 | 3.063934 |
| 0.890145 | 3.061757 |
| 0.896692 | 3.05963 |
| 0.903288 | 3.057552 |
| 0.909933 | 3.05552 |
| 0.916626 | 3.053533 |
| 0.923369 | 3.051591 |
| 0.930161 | 3.049691 |
| 0.937003 | 3.047833 |
| 0.943896 | 3.046016 |
| 0.950839 | 3.044238 |
| 0.957833 | 3.042498 |
| 0.964879 | 3.040796 |
| 0.971977 | 3.039129 |
| 0.979127 | 3.037499 |
| 0.986329 | 3.035902 |
| 0.993584 | 3.034339 |
| 1.00089 | 3.032808 |
| 1.00826 | 3.031309 |
| 1.01567 | 3.029841 |
| 1.02314 | 3.028403 |
| 1.03067 | 3.026994 |
| 1.03825 | 3.025614 |
| 1.04589 | 3.024262 |
| 1.05358 | 3.022937 |
| 1.06133 | 3.021638 |
| 1.06914 | 3.020366 |
| 1.077 | 3.019118 |
| 1.08493 | 3.017895 |
| 1.09291 | 3.016696 |
| 1.10095 | 3.015521 |
| 1.10904 | 3.014368 |
| 1.1172 | 3.013238 |
| 1.12542 | 3.012129 |
| 1.1337 | 3.011042 |
| 1.14204 | 3.009976 |
| 1.15044 | 3.00893 |
| 1.1589 | 3.007904 |
| 1.16743 | 3.006897 |
| 1.17601 | 3.005909 |
| 1.18466 | 3.00494 |
| 1.19338 | 3.003989 |
| 1.20216 | 3.003055 |
| 1.211 | 3.002139 |
| 1.21991 | 3.00124 |
| 1.22888 | 3.000357 |
| 1.23792 | 2.999491 |
| 1.24703 | 2.99864 |
| 1.2562 | 2.997805 |
| 1.26544 | 2.996985 |
| 1.27475 | 2.99618 |
| 1.28413 | 2.99539 |
| 1.29357 | 2.994614 |
| 1.30309 | 2.993851 |
| 1.31267 | 2.993103 |
| 1.32233 | 2.992367 |
| 1.33206 | 2.991645 |
| 1.34185 | 2.990936 |
| 1.35173 | 2.990239 |
| 1.36167 | 2.989554 |
| 1.37168 | 2.988882 |
| 1.38177 | 2.988221 |
| 1.39194 | 2.987572 |
| 1.40218 | 2.986934 |
| 1.41249 | 2.986307 |
| 1.42288 | 2.985691 |
| 1.43335 | 2.985086 |
| 1.44389 | 2.984491 |
| 1.45451 | 2.983906 |
| 1.46521 | 2.983332 |
| 1.47599 | 2.982767 |
| 1.48685 | 2.982212 |
| 1.49779 | 2.981666 |
| 1.5088 | 2.98113 |
| 1.5199 | 2.980603 |
| 1.53108 | 2.980084 |
| 1.54234 | 2.979575 |
| 1.55369 | 2.979074 |
| 1.56512 | 2.978581 |
| 1.57663 | 2.978097 |
| 1.58823 | 2.977621 |
| 1.59991 | 2.977153 |
| 1.61168 | 2.976693 |
| 1.62354 | 2.97624 |
| 1.63548 | 2.975795 |
| 1.64751 | 2.975357 |
| 1.65963 | 2.974926 |
| 1.67184 | 2.974503 |
| 1.68413 | 2.974086 |
| 1.69652 | 2.973677 |
| 1.709 | 2.973274 |
| 1.72157 | 2.972878 |
| 1.73424 | 2.972488 |
| 1.74699 | 2.972105 |
| 1.75985 | 2.971727 |
| 1.77279 | 2.971357 |
| 1.78583 | 2.970992 |
| 1.79897 | 2.970633 |
| 1.8122 | 2.970279 |
| 1.82553 | 2.969932 |
| 1.83896 | 2.96959 |
| 1.85249 | 2.969254 |
| 1.86611 | 2.968923 |
| 1.87984 | 2.968597 |
| 1.89367 | 2.968277 |
| 1.9076 | 2.967961 |
| 1.92163 | 2.967651 |
| 1.93577 | 2.967346 |
| 1.95001 | 2.967046 |
| 1.96435 | 2.96675 |
| 1.9788 | 2.966459 |
| 1.99336 | 2.966173 |
| 2.00802 | 2.965891 |
| 2.02279 | 2.965614 |
| 2.03767 | 2.965341 |
| 2.05266 | 2.965073 |
| 2.06776 | 2.964808 |
| 2.08297 | 2.964548 |
| 2.09829 | 2.964292 |
| 2.11372 | 2.96404 |
| 2.12927 | 2.963792 |
| 2.14493 | 2.963548 |
| 2.16071 | 2.963308 |
| 2.17661 | 2.963072 |
| 2.19262 | 2.962839 |
| 2.20875 | 2.96261 |
| 2.22499 | 2.962384 |
| 2.24136 | 2.962162 |
| 2.25785 | 2.961944 |
| 2.27446 | 2.961728 |
| 2.29119 | 2.961517 |
| 2.30804 | 2.961308 |
| 2.32502 | 2.961103 |
| 2.34212 | 2.960901 |
| 2.35935 | 2.960702 |
| 2.37671 | 2.960506 |
| 2.39419 | 2.960313 |
| 2.4118 | 2.960123 |
| 2.42954 | 2.959936 |
| 2.44741 | 2.959752 |
| 2.46542 | 2.959571 |
| 2.48355 | 2.959393 |
| 2.50182 | 2.959217 |
| 2.52022 | 2.959044 |
| 2.53876 | 2.958874 |
| 2.55744 | 2.958706 |
| 2.57625 | 2.958541 |
| 2.5952 | 2.958378 |
| 2.61429 | 2.958218 |
| 2.63352 | 2.958061 |
| 2.65289 | 2.957905 |
| 2.67241 | 2.957753 |
| 2.69206 | 2.957602 |
| 2.71187 | 2.957454 |
| 2.73182 | 2.957308 |
| 2.75191 | 2.957164 |
| 2.77215 | 2.957023 |
| 2.79255 | 2.956883 |
| 2.81309 | 2.956746 |
| 2.83378 | 2.956611 |
| 2.85462 | 2.956478 |
| 2.87562 | 2.956347 |
| 2.89678 | 2.956217 |
| 2.91808 | 2.95609 |
| 2.93955 | 2.955965 |
| 2.96117 | 2.955842 |
| 2.98296 | 2.95572 |
| 3.0049 | 2.955601 |
| 3.027 | 2.955483 |
| 3.04927 | 2.955367 |
| 3.0717 | 2.955253 |
| 3.09429 | 2.95514 |
| 3.11705 | 2.955029 |
| 3.13998 | 2.95492 |
| 3.16308 | 2.954812 |
| 3.18635 | 2.954707 |
| 3.20979 | 2.954602 |
| 3.2334 | 2.9545 |
| 3.25718 | 2.954398 |
| 3.28114 | 2.954299 |
| 3.30528 | 2.9542 |
| 3.32959 | 2.954104 |
| 3.35408 | 2.954009 |
| 3.37876 | 2.953915 |
| 3.40361 | 2.953822 |
| 3.42865 | 2.953731 |
| 3.45387 | 2.953642 |
| 3.47927 | 2.953553 |
| 3.50487 | 2.953466 |
| 3.53065 | 2.953381 |
| 3.55662 | 2.953296 |
| 3.58278 | 2.953213 |
| 3.60914 | 2.953131 |
| 3.63569 | 2.95305 |
| 3.66243 | 2.952971 |
| 3.68937 | 2.952893 |
| 3.71651 | 2.952816 |
| 3.74385 | 2.95274 |
| 3.77139 | 2.952665 |
| 3.79913 | 2.952591 |
| 3.82707 | 2.952518 |
| 3.85523 | 2.952447 |
| 3.88359 | 2.952376 |
| 3.91215 | 2.952307 |
| 3.94093 | 2.952239 |
| 3.96992 | 2.952171 |
| 3.99912 | 2.952105 |
| 4.02854 | 2.952039 |
| 4.05817 | 2.951975 |
| 4.08802 | 2.951912 |
| 4.1181 | 2.951849 |
| 4.14839 | 2.951787 |
| 4.1789 | 2.951727 |
| 4.20964 | 2.951667 |
| 4.24061 | 2.951608 |
| 4.2718 | 2.95155 |
| 4.30323 | 2.951493 |
| 4.33488 | 2.951437 |
| 4.36677 | 2.951381 |
| 4.39889 | 2.951327 |
| 4.43125 | 2.951273 |
| 4.46384 | 2.95122 |
| 4.49668 | 2.951167 |
| 4.52975 | 2.951116 |
| 4.56308 | 2.951065 |
| 4.59664 | 2.951015 |
| 4.63045 | 2.950966 |
| 4.66451 | 2.950918 |
| 4.69883 | 2.95087 |
| 4.73339 | 2.950823 |
| 4.76821 | 2.950776 |
| 4.80328 | 2.950731 |
| 4.83862 | 2.950686 |
| 4.87421 | 2.950641 |
| 4.91006 | 2.950598 |
| 4.94618 | 2.950555 |
| 4.98257 | 2.950512 |
| 5.01922 | 2.95047 |
| 5.05614 | 2.950429 |
| 5.09333 | 2.950389 |
| 5.1308 | 2.950349 |
| 5.16854 | 2.950309 |
| 5.20656 | 2.95027 |
| 5.24486 | 2.950232 |
| 5.28344 | 2.950195 |
| 5.3223 | 2.950157 |
| 5.36145 | 2.950121 |
| 5.40089 | 2.950085 |
| 5.44062 | 2.950049 |
| 5.48064 | 2.950014 |
| 5.52096 | 2.94998 |
| 5.56157 | 2.949946 |
| 5.60248 | 2.949912 |
| 5.64369 | 2.94988 |
| 5.6852 | 2.949847 |
| 5.72702 | 2.949815 |
| 5.76915 | 2.949784 |
| 5.81159 | 2.949752 |
| 5.85434 | 2.949722 |
| 5.8974 | 2.949692 |
| 5.94078 | 2.949662 |
| 5.98448 | 2.949633 |
| 6.0285 | 2.949604 |
| 6.07285 | 2.949575 |
| 6.11752 | 2.949547 |
| 6.16252 | 2.94952 |
| 6.20785 | 2.949493 |
| 6.25352 | 2.949466 |
| 6.29952 | 2.94944 |
| 6.34586 | 2.949414 |
| 6.39254 | 2.949388 |
| 6.43956 | 2.949363 |
| 6.48693 | 2.949338 |
| 6.53465 | 2.949313 |
| 6.58271 | 2.949289 |
| 6.63114 | 2.949265 |
| 6.67991 | 2.949242 |
| 6.72905 | 2.949219 |
| 6.77855 | 2.949196 |
| 6.82841 | 2.949174 |
| 6.87864 | 2.949151 |
| 6.92924 | 2.94913 |
| 6.98021 | 2.949108 |
| 7.03156 | 2.949087 |
| 7.08328 | 2.949066 |
| 7.13538 | 2.949046 |
| 7.18787 | 2.949025 |
| 7.24075 | 2.949006 |
| 7.29401 | 2.948986 |
| 7.34766 | 2.948967 |
| 7.40171 | 2.948947 |
| 7.45616 | 2.948929 |
| 7.511 | 2.94891 |
| 7.56625 | 2.948892 |
| 7.62191 | 2.948874 |
| 7.67798 | 2.948856 |
| 7.73446 | 2.948839 |
| 7.79135 | 2.948822 |
| 7.84866 | 2.948805 |
| 7.9064 | 2.948788 |
| 7.96456 | 2.948771 |
| 8.02314 | 2.948755 |
| 8.08216 | 2.948739 |
| 8.14161 | 2.948723 |
| 8.2015 | 2.948708 |
| 8.26183 | 2.948693 |
| 8.3226 | 2.948678 |
| 8.38383 | 2.948663 |
| 8.4455 | 2.948648 |
| 8.50762 | 2.948634 |
| 8.5702 | 2.94862 |
| 8.63324 | 2.948606 |
| 8.69675 | 2.948592 |
| 8.76072 | 2.948578 |
| 8.82517 | 2.948565 |
| 8.89008 | 2.948552 |
| 8.95548 | 2.948539 |
| 9.02135 | 2.948526 |
| 9.08771 | 2.948513 |
| 9.15456 | 2.948501 |
| 9.2219 | 2.948488 |
| 9.28974 | 2.948476 |
| 9.35807 | 2.948464 |
| 9.42691 | 2.948453 |
| 9.49625 | 2.948441 |
| 9.56611 | 2.94843 |
| 9.63648 | 2.948419 |
| 9.70736 | 2.948408 |
| 9.77877 | 2.948397 |
| 9.8507 | 2.948386 |
| 9.92316 | 2.948375 |
| 9.99615 | 2.948365 |
| 10.0697 | 2.948355 |
| 10.1438 | 2.948344 |
| 10.2184 | 2.948335 |
| 10.2935 | 2.948325 |
| 10.3693 | 2.948315 |
| 10.4455 | 2.948305 |
| 10.5224 | 2.948296 |
| 10.5998 | 2.948287 |
| 10.6777 | 2.948278 |
| 10.7563 | 2.948269 |
| 10.8354 | 2.94826 |
| 10.9151 | 2.948251 |
| 10.9954 | 2.948242 |
| 11.0763 | 2.948234 |
| 11.1578 | 2.948226 |
| 11.2398 | 2.948217 |
| 11.3225 | 2.948209 |
| 11.4058 | 2.948201 |
| 11.4897 | 2.948193 |
| 11.5742 | 2.948186 |
| 11.6594 | 2.948178 |
| 11.7451 | 2.94817 |
| 11.8315 | 2.948163 |
| 11.9186 | 2.948156 |
| 12.0062 | 2.948148 |
| 12.0945 | 2.948141 |
| 12.1835 | 2.948134 |
| 12.2731 | 2.948127 |
| 12.3634 | 2.948121 |
| 12.4544 | 2.948114 |
| 12.546 | 2.948107 |
| 12.6383 | 2.948101 |
| 12.7312 | 2.948094 |
| 12.8249 | 2.948088 |
| 12.9192 | 2.948082 |
| 13.0142 | 2.948076 |
| 13.11 | 2.94807 |
| 13.2064 | 2.948064 |
| 13.3036 | 2.948058 |
| 13.4014 | 2.948052 |
| 13.5 | 2.948046 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
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- Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator
- Rp
- —
- Rs
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- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
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- Critical angle θC
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Ordinary ray (e)