Optical constants
Refractive index of AlAs-GaAs (Aluminium gallium arsenide, AlGaAs)
Aspnes et al. 1986: n,k 0.207–0.827 µm; 31.5% Al
- Data
- tabulated nk
- Range
- 0.2066–0.8266 µm
- Points
- 46
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- 3.75679
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0.170657
- Permittivity ε1
- 14.0844
- Permittivity ε2
- 1.28224
- Absorption coefficient α
- 36496.5 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- 547.997 nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- -2.42537 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 5.18194
- Group velocity dispersion
- — fs²/mm
- Dispersion parameter D
- — 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
# AlAs-GaAs (Aluminium gallium arsenide, AlGaAs): Aspnes et al. 1986: n,k 0.207–0.827 µm; 31.5% Al
alas_gaas = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AlAs-GaAs", "Aspnes-31.5", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(alas_gaas.range_nm) # (206.6, 826.6) nm
eps = alas_gaas.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_1ae7d7f6ad7c/lightsmith"
alas_gaas = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(alas_gaas.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (alas-gaas/aspnes-1986-31-5).
# ... load alas_gaas as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=alas_gaas)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, stop_nm=826, 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.
Comments and conditions
References
- doi:10.1063/1.337426 Optical properties of Al <i>x</i> Ga1− <i>x</i> As, Journal of Applied Physics (1986)
Cite
D. E. Aspnes, S. M. Kelso, R. A. Logan and R. Bhat. Optical properties of Al <i>x</i> Ga1− <i>x</i> As. Journal of Applied Physics, 60, 754-767 (1986), doi:10.1063/1.337426; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
46 rows as published| λ (µm) | n | k |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2066 | 1.347 | 2.443 |
| 0.2101 | 1.338 | 2.502 |
| 0.2138 | 1.352 | 2.577 |
| 0.2175 | 1.367 | 2.669 |
| 0.2214 | 1.393 | 2.776 |
| 0.2254 | 1.437 | 2.893 |
| 0.2296 | 1.497 | 3.03 |
| 0.2339 | 1.581 | 3.187 |
| 0.2384 | 1.696 | 3.376 |
| 0.2431 | 1.878 | 3.604 |
| 0.248 | 2.198 | 3.845 |
| 0.253 | 2.684 | 3.957 |
| 0.2583 | 3.196 | 3.881 |
| 0.2638 | 3.669 | 3.617 |
| 0.2695 | 3.982 | 3.177 |
| 0.2755 | 4.062 | 2.733 |
| 0.2818 | 3.999 | 2.393 |
| 0.2883 | 3.883 | 2.172 |
| 0.2952 | 3.772 | 2.04 |
| 0.3024 | 3.686 | 1.966 |
| 0.31 | 3.625 | 1.927 |
| 0.3179 | 3.588 | 1.914 |
| 0.3263 | 3.575 | 1.921 |
| 0.3351 | 3.589 | 1.946 |
| 0.3444 | 3.633 | 1.988 |
| 0.3542 | 3.724 | 2.054 |
| 0.3647 | 3.922 | 2.134 |
| 0.3757 | 4.246 | 2.041 |
| 0.3875 | 4.456 | 1.879 |
| 0.3999 | 4.825 | 1.558 |
| 0.4133 | 4.781 | 1.012 |
| 0.4275 | 4.582 | 0.722 |
| 0.4428 | 4.404 | 0.556 |
| 0.4592 | 4.258 | 0.446 |
| 0.4769 | 4.135 | 0.367 |
| 0.4959 | 4.032 | 0.305 |
| 0.5166 | 3.945 | 0.258 |
| 0.5391 | 3.872 | 0.227 |
| 0.5636 | 3.815 | 0.202 |
| 0.5904 | 3.75 | 0.167 |
| 0.6199 | 3.69 | 0.145 |
| 0.6525 | 3.65 | 0.111 |
| 0.6888 | 3.592 | 0.008 |
| 0.7293 | 3.509 | 0.0 |
| 0.7749 | 3.456 | 0.0 |
| 0.8266 | 3.404 | 0.0 |
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
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- Rs
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- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
- —
- Phase φp
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- Phase φs
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- Brewster angle θB
- —
- Critical angle θC
- —
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