Optical constants
Refractive index of AgGaSe2 (Silver gallium selenide, AGSe)
Harasaki and Kato 1997: n(o) 0.81–16 µm
- Data
- formula 4
- Range
- 0.81–16 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
- 2.6207
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0
- Permittivity ε1
- 6.86807
- Permittivity ε2
- 0
- Absorption coefficient α
- 0 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- — nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- -0.00531892 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 2.63985
- Group velocity dispersion
- 211.778 fs²/mm
- Dispersion parameter D
- -30.7805 ps/(nm·km)
- Photon energy
- 0.344401 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): Harasaki and Kato 1997: n(o) 0.81–16 µm
aggase2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "AgGaSe2", "Harasaki-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(aggase2.range_nm) # (810, 16000) nm
eps = aggase2.eps([3600]) # 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_645c57a279f9/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/harasaki-kato-1997-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=810, 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 0.81 to 16.0 µm.
Coefficients as stored
| Ci | Value |
|---|---|
| C1 | 6.8507 |
| C2 | 0.4297 |
| C3 | 0.0 |
| C4 | 0.1584 |
| C5 | 1.0 |
| C6 | 0.0 |
| C7 | 0.0 |
| C8 | 0.0 |
| C9 | 1.0 |
| C10 | -0.00125 |
| C11 | 2.0 |
Comments and conditions
Conditions
- direction
- o
References
- doi:10.1143/jjap.36.700 New Data on the Nonlinear Optical Constant, Phase-Matching, and Optical Damage of AgGaS <sub>2</sub>, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (1997)
Cite
Akiko Harasaki Akiko Harasaki and Kiyoshi Kato Kiyoshi Kato. New Data on the Nonlinear Optical Constant, Phase-Matching, and Optical Damage of AgGaS <sub>2</sub>. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 36, 700 (1997), doi:10.1143/jjap.36.700; 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 |
|---|---|
| 0.81 | 2.777274 |
| 0.816079 | 2.774243 |
| 0.822204 | 2.771282 |
| 0.828374 | 2.768388 |
| 0.834591 | 2.765559 |
| 0.840855 | 2.762794 |
| 0.847165 | 2.76009 |
| 0.853523 | 2.757447 |
| 0.859929 | 2.754862 |
| 0.866383 | 2.752333 |
| 0.872885 | 2.74986 |
| 0.879436 | 2.747439 |
| 0.886036 | 2.745071 |
| 0.892686 | 2.742754 |
| 0.899386 | 2.740486 |
| 0.906135 | 2.738266 |
| 0.912936 | 2.736092 |
| 0.919788 | 2.733964 |
| 0.926691 | 2.731881 |
| 0.933645 | 2.72984 |
| 0.940652 | 2.727842 |
| 0.947712 | 2.725884 |
| 0.954824 | 2.723966 |
| 0.96199 | 2.722087 |
| 0.96921 | 2.720246 |
| 0.976484 | 2.718442 |
| 0.983813 | 2.716674 |
| 0.991196 | 2.714942 |
| 0.998635 | 2.713243 |
| 1.00613 | 2.711578 |
| 1.01368 | 2.709946 |
| 1.02129 | 2.708346 |
| 1.02895 | 2.706776 |
| 1.03668 | 2.705238 |
| 1.04446 | 2.703728 |
| 1.05229 | 2.702248 |
| 1.06019 | 2.700796 |
| 1.06815 | 2.699372 |
| 1.07616 | 2.697975 |
| 1.08424 | 2.696604 |
| 1.09238 | 2.695259 |
| 1.10058 | 2.693939 |
| 1.10884 | 2.692644 |
| 1.11716 | 2.691373 |
| 1.12554 | 2.690126 |
| 1.13399 | 2.688901 |
| 1.1425 | 2.687699 |
| 1.15108 | 2.68652 |
| 1.15971 | 2.685361 |
| 1.16842 | 2.684224 |
| 1.17719 | 2.683108 |
| 1.18602 | 2.682011 |
| 1.19492 | 2.680935 |
| 1.20389 | 2.679878 |
| 1.21293 | 2.678839 |
| 1.22203 | 2.677819 |
| 1.2312 | 2.676818 |
| 1.24044 | 2.675834 |
| 1.24975 | 2.674868 |
| 1.25913 | 2.673918 |
| 1.26858 | 2.672985 |
| 1.2781 | 2.672069 |
| 1.28769 | 2.671169 |
| 1.29736 | 2.670284 |
| 1.30709 | 2.669415 |
| 1.3169 | 2.66856 |
| 1.32679 | 2.667721 |
| 1.33674 | 2.666896 |
| 1.34677 | 2.666085 |
| 1.35688 | 2.665288 |
| 1.36707 | 2.664504 |
| 1.37733 | 2.663734 |
| 1.38766 | 2.662977 |
| 1.39808 | 2.662232 |
| 1.40857 | 2.661501 |
| 1.41914 | 2.660781 |
| 1.42979 | 2.660074 |
| 1.44052 | 2.659378 |
| 1.45133 | 2.658694 |
| 1.46223 | 2.658022 |
| 1.4732 | 2.65736 |
| 1.48426 | 2.65671 |
| 1.49539 | 2.65607 |
| 1.50662 | 2.655441 |
| 1.51792 | 2.654822 |
| 1.52932 | 2.654214 |
| 1.54079 | 2.653615 |
| 1.55236 | 2.653026 |
| 1.56401 | 2.652446 |
| 1.57575 | 2.651876 |
| 1.58757 | 2.651315 |
| 1.59949 | 2.650763 |
| 1.61149 | 2.65022 |
| 1.62359 | 2.649686 |
| 1.63577 | 2.64916 |
| 1.64805 | 2.648643 |
| 1.66042 | 2.648134 |
| 1.67288 | 2.647633 |
| 1.68543 | 2.64714 |
| 1.69808 | 2.646654 |
| 1.71082 | 2.646177 |
| 1.72366 | 2.645706 |
| 1.7366 | 2.645243 |
| 1.74963 | 2.644788 |
| 1.76276 | 2.644339 |
| 1.77599 | 2.643897 |
| 1.78932 | 2.643463 |
| 1.80275 | 2.643034 |
| 1.81628 | 2.642613 |
| 1.82991 | 2.642198 |
| 1.84365 | 2.641789 |
| 1.85748 | 2.641386 |
| 1.87142 | 2.64099 |
| 1.88547 | 2.640599 |
| 1.89962 | 2.640215 |
| 1.91388 | 2.639836 |
| 1.92824 | 2.639463 |
| 1.94271 | 2.639095 |
| 1.95729 | 2.638733 |
| 1.97198 | 2.638377 |
| 1.98678 | 2.638025 |
| 2.00169 | 2.637679 |
| 2.01671 | 2.637338 |
| 2.03185 | 2.637001 |
| 2.0471 | 2.63667 |
| 2.06246 | 2.636343 |
| 2.07794 | 2.636022 |
| 2.09353 | 2.635704 |
| 2.10925 | 2.635392 |
| 2.12508 | 2.635084 |
| 2.14102 | 2.63478 |
| 2.15709 | 2.63448 |
| 2.17328 | 2.634185 |
| 2.18959 | 2.633894 |
| 2.20603 | 2.633607 |
| 2.22258 | 2.633324 |
| 2.23926 | 2.633044 |
| 2.25607 | 2.632769 |
| 2.273 | 2.632497 |
| 2.29006 | 2.632229 |
| 2.30725 | 2.631965 |
| 2.32456 | 2.631704 |
| 2.34201 | 2.631447 |
| 2.35958 | 2.631193 |
| 2.37729 | 2.630943 |
| 2.39513 | 2.630696 |
| 2.41311 | 2.630452 |
| 2.43122 | 2.630211 |
| 2.44947 | 2.629973 |
| 2.46785 | 2.629739 |
| 2.48637 | 2.629507 |
| 2.50503 | 2.629278 |
| 2.52383 | 2.629053 |
| 2.54277 | 2.62883 |
| 2.56186 | 2.628609 |
| 2.58108 | 2.628392 |
| 2.60045 | 2.628177 |
| 2.61997 | 2.627965 |
| 2.63963 | 2.627755 |
| 2.65944 | 2.627548 |
| 2.6794 | 2.627343 |
| 2.69951 | 2.62714 |
| 2.71977 | 2.62694 |
| 2.74018 | 2.626742 |
| 2.76075 | 2.626547 |
| 2.78147 | 2.626353 |
| 2.80234 | 2.626162 |
| 2.82337 | 2.625973 |
| 2.84456 | 2.625786 |
| 2.86591 | 2.625601 |
| 2.88742 | 2.625417 |
| 2.90909 | 2.625236 |
| 2.93092 | 2.625057 |
| 2.95292 | 2.624879 |
| 2.97508 | 2.624703 |
| 2.99741 | 2.624529 |
| 3.0199 | 2.624357 |
| 3.04257 | 2.624186 |
| 3.0654 | 2.624017 |
| 3.08841 | 2.62385 |
| 3.11159 | 2.623684 |
| 3.13494 | 2.623519 |
| 3.15847 | 2.623356 |
| 3.18217 | 2.623195 |
| 3.20605 | 2.623035 |
| 3.23012 | 2.622876 |
| 3.25436 | 2.622718 |
| 3.27878 | 2.622562 |
| 3.30339 | 2.622407 |
| 3.32818 | 2.622253 |
| 3.35316 | 2.6221 |
| 3.37832 | 2.621948 |
| 3.40368 | 2.621798 |
| 3.42922 | 2.621648 |
| 3.45496 | 2.6215 |
| 3.48089 | 2.621352 |
| 3.50701 | 2.621206 |
| 3.53333 | 2.62106 |
| 3.55985 | 2.620915 |
| 3.58657 | 2.620771 |
| 3.61348 | 2.620628 |
| 3.6406 | 2.620486 |
| 3.66793 | 2.620344 |
| 3.69545 | 2.620203 |
| 3.72319 | 2.620063 |
| 3.75113 | 2.619923 |
| 3.77928 | 2.619784 |
| 3.80765 | 2.619646 |
| 3.83622 | 2.619508 |
| 3.86501 | 2.61937 |
| 3.89402 | 2.619233 |
| 3.92324 | 2.619097 |
| 3.95269 | 2.618961 |
| 3.98235 | 2.618825 |
| 4.01224 | 2.61869 |
| 4.04235 | 2.618555 |
| 4.07269 | 2.61842 |
| 4.10326 | 2.618285 |
| 4.13405 | 2.618151 |
| 4.16508 | 2.618017 |
| 4.19634 | 2.617883 |
| 4.22783 | 2.617749 |
| 4.25956 | 2.617616 |
| 4.29153 | 2.617482 |
| 4.32373 | 2.617349 |
| 4.35618 | 2.617215 |
| 4.38888 | 2.617081 |
| 4.42182 | 2.616948 |
| 4.455 | 2.616814 |
| 4.48844 | 2.61668 |
| 4.52212 | 2.616546 |
| 4.55606 | 2.616412 |
| 4.59025 | 2.616278 |
| 4.6247 | 2.616143 |
| 4.65941 | 2.616008 |
| 4.69438 | 2.615873 |
| 4.72961 | 2.615738 |
| 4.76511 | 2.615602 |
| 4.80087 | 2.615466 |
| 4.8369 | 2.615329 |
| 4.8732 | 2.615192 |
| 4.90977 | 2.615055 |
| 4.94662 | 2.614917 |
| 4.98375 | 2.614778 |
| 5.02115 | 2.614639 |
| 5.05883 | 2.614499 |
| 5.0968 | 2.614359 |
| 5.13505 | 2.614218 |
| 5.17359 | 2.614076 |
| 5.21242 | 2.613933 |
| 5.25154 | 2.61379 |
| 5.29095 | 2.613646 |
| 5.33066 | 2.613501 |
| 5.37066 | 2.613355 |
| 5.41097 | 2.613208 |
| 5.45158 | 2.613061 |
| 5.49249 | 2.612912 |
| 5.53372 | 2.612762 |
| 5.57525 | 2.612612 |
| 5.61709 | 2.61246 |
| 5.65924 | 2.612307 |
| 5.70172 | 2.612153 |
| 5.74451 | 2.611998 |
| 5.78762 | 2.611842 |
| 5.83106 | 2.611684 |
| 5.87482 | 2.611526 |
| 5.91891 | 2.611365 |
| 5.96333 | 2.611204 |
| 6.00809 | 2.611041 |
| 6.05318 | 2.610877 |
| 6.0986 | 2.610711 |
| 6.14437 | 2.610544 |
| 6.19049 | 2.610375 |
| 6.23695 | 2.610204 |
| 6.28376 | 2.610032 |
| 6.33092 | 2.609859 |
| 6.37843 | 2.609683 |
| 6.4263 | 2.609506 |
| 6.47453 | 2.609328 |
| 6.52312 | 2.609147 |
| 6.57208 | 2.608964 |
| 6.6214 | 2.60878 |
| 6.67109 | 2.608594 |
| 6.72116 | 2.608405 |
| 6.7716 | 2.608215 |
| 6.82242 | 2.608023 |
| 6.87362 | 2.607828 |
| 6.92521 | 2.607631 |
| 6.97718 | 2.607433 |
| 7.02955 | 2.607231 |
| 7.0823 | 2.607028 |
| 7.13546 | 2.606822 |
| 7.18901 | 2.606614 |
| 7.24296 | 2.606404 |
| 7.29732 | 2.606191 |
| 7.35209 | 2.605975 |
| 7.40726 | 2.605757 |
| 7.46286 | 2.605536 |
| 7.51886 | 2.605313 |
| 7.57529 | 2.605087 |
| 7.63215 | 2.604858 |
| 7.68942 | 2.604626 |
| 7.74713 | 2.604392 |
| 7.80528 | 2.604154 |
| 7.86385 | 2.603914 |
| 7.92287 | 2.60367 |
| 7.98233 | 2.603423 |
| 8.04224 | 2.603174 |
| 8.1026 | 2.602921 |
| 8.16341 | 2.602664 |
| 8.22467 | 2.602405 |
| 8.2864 | 2.602142 |
| 8.34859 | 2.601875 |
| 8.41125 | 2.601605 |
| 8.47437 | 2.601332 |
| 8.53797 | 2.601055 |
| 8.60205 | 2.600774 |
| 8.66661 | 2.600489 |
| 8.73165 | 2.600201 |
| 8.79718 | 2.599909 |
| 8.8632 | 2.599613 |
| 8.92972 | 2.599312 |
| 8.99674 | 2.599008 |
| 9.06426 | 2.598699 |
| 9.13229 | 2.598387 |
| 9.20083 | 2.59807 |
| 9.26988 | 2.597748 |
| 9.33945 | 2.597423 |
| 9.40954 | 2.597092 |
| 9.48016 | 2.596757 |
| 9.55131 | 2.596418 |
| 9.62299 | 2.596073 |
| 9.69521 | 2.595724 |
| 9.76797 | 2.59537 |
| 9.84128 | 2.595011 |
| 9.91514 | 2.594646 |
| 9.98955 | 2.594277 |
| 10.0645 | 2.593903 |
| 10.1401 | 2.593523 |
| 10.2162 | 2.593137 |
| 10.2928 | 2.592746 |
| 10.3701 | 2.59235 |
| 10.4479 | 2.591948 |
| 10.5263 | 2.59154 |
| 10.6053 | 2.591126 |
| 10.6849 | 2.590706 |
| 10.7651 | 2.590281 |
| 10.8459 | 2.589849 |
| 10.9273 | 2.58941 |
| 11.0093 | 2.588966 |
| 11.0919 | 2.588515 |
| 11.1752 | 2.588057 |
| 11.259 | 2.587593 |
| 11.3435 | 2.587122 |
| 11.4287 | 2.586644 |
| 11.5144 | 2.586159 |
| 11.6009 | 2.585667 |
| 11.6879 | 2.585167 |
| 11.7756 | 2.584661 |
| 11.864 | 2.584146 |
| 11.9531 | 2.583625 |
| 12.0428 | 2.583095 |
| 12.1331 | 2.582558 |
| 12.2242 | 2.582013 |
| 12.3159 | 2.581459 |
| 12.4084 | 2.580898 |
| 12.5015 | 2.580328 |
| 12.5953 | 2.57975 |
| 12.6899 | 2.579163 |
| 12.7851 | 2.578567 |
| 12.881 | 2.577963 |
| 12.9777 | 2.577349 |
| 13.0751 | 2.576726 |
| 13.1732 | 2.576094 |
| 13.2721 | 2.575453 |
| 13.3717 | 2.574801 |
| 13.4721 | 2.57414 |
| 13.5732 | 2.57347 |
| 13.675 | 2.572789 |
| 13.7777 | 2.572097 |
| 13.8811 | 2.571396 |
| 13.9853 | 2.570684 |
| 14.0902 | 2.569961 |
| 14.196 | 2.569227 |
| 14.3025 | 2.568482 |
| 14.4098 | 2.567726 |
| 14.518 | 2.566958 |
| 14.6269 | 2.566179 |
| 14.7367 | 2.565388 |
| 14.8473 | 2.564585 |
| 14.9587 | 2.56377 |
| 15.071 | 2.562942 |
| 15.1841 | 2.562102 |
| 15.2981 | 2.561249 |
| 15.4129 | 2.560384 |
| 15.5286 | 2.559504 |
| 15.6451 | 2.558612 |
| 15.7625 | 2.557706 |
| 15.8808 | 2.556786 |
| 16 | 2.555852 |
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
- —
- Phase φs
- —
- Brewster angle θB
- —
- Critical angle θC
- —
Ordinary ray (o)