Optical constants
Refractive index of AlAs-GaAs (Aluminium gallium arsenide, AlGaAs)
Aspnes et al. 1986: n,k 0.207–0.827 µm; 70.0% 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
- 3.43284
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0
- Permittivity ε1
- 11.7844
- Permittivity ε2
- 0
- Absorption coefficient α
- 0 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- — nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- -2.79851 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 5.07724
- 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; 70.0% Al
alas_gaas = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AlAs-GaAs", "Aspnes-70.0", 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_2635aa939758/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-1986-70-0).
# ... 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 | 1.377 | 2.426 |
| 0.2101 | 1.366 | 2.493 |
| 0.2138 | 1.365 | 2.581 |
| 0.2175 | 1.375 | 2.688 |
| 0.2214 | 1.407 | 2.809 |
| 0.2254 | 1.462 | 2.946 |
| 0.2296 | 1.545 | 3.098 |
| 0.2339 | 1.662 | 3.269 |
| 0.2384 | 1.829 | 3.445 |
| 0.2431 | 2.049 | 3.62 |
| 0.248 | 2.354 | 3.788 |
| 0.253 | 2.777 | 3.873 |
| 0.2583 | 3.214 | 3.853 |
| 0.2638 | 3.758 | 3.637 |
| 0.2695 | 4.144 | 3.15 |
| 0.2755 | 4.142 | 2.645 |
| 0.2818 | 4.028 | 2.365 |
| 0.2883 | 3.932 | 2.206 |
| 0.2952 | 3.868 | 2.111 |
| 0.3024 | 3.835 | 2.055 |
| 0.31 | 3.836 | 2.023 |
| 0.3179 | 3.868 | 2.009 |
| 0.3263 | 3.947 | 2.006 |
| 0.3351 | 4.103 | 1.993 |
| 0.3444 | 4.319 | 1.877 |
| 0.3542 | 4.502 | 1.678 |
| 0.3647 | 4.665 | 1.357 |
| 0.3757 | 4.615 | 0.98 |
| 0.3875 | 4.471 | 0.735 |
| 0.3999 | 4.325 | 0.574 |
| 0.4133 | 4.196 | 0.46 |
| 0.4275 | 4.084 | 0.374 |
| 0.4428 | 3.987 | 0.307 |
| 0.4592 | 3.906 | 0.245 |
| 0.4769 | 3.823 | 0.184 |
| 0.4959 | 3.746 | 0.129 |
| 0.5166 | 3.696 | 0.069 |
| 0.5391 | 3.595 | 0.002 |
| 0.5636 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| 0.5904 | 3.425 | 0.0 |
| 0.6199 | 3.361 | 0.0 |
| 0.6525 | 3.306 | 0.0 |
| 0.6888 | 3.261 | 0.0 |
| 0.7293 | 3.225 | 0.0 |
| 0.7749 | 3.188 | 0.0 |
| 0.8266 | 3.153 | 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
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- 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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