Optical constants

Refractive index of AlAs-GaAs (Aluminium gallium arsenide, AlGaAs)

Aspnes et al. 1986: n,k 0.207–0.827 µm; 9.9% Al

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.2066–0.8266 µm
Points
46
Licence
CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Range 0.2066–0.8266 µm
Refractive index n
3.88269
Extinction coefficient k
0.20297
Permittivity ε1
15.0341
Permittivity ε2
1.57614
Absorption coefficient α
43407 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
460.755 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-2.38806 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
5.28591
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; 9.9% Al
alas_gaas = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AlAs-GaAs", "Aspnes-9.9", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(alas_gaas.range_nm)  # (206.6, 826.6) nm
eps = alas_gaas.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

AlxGa1-xAs; x = 0.099

References

D. E. Aspnes, S. M. Kelso, R. A. Logan, R. Bhat. Optical properties of AlxGa1-xAs. J. Appl. Phys. 60, 754-767 (1986)
  • 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
AlAs-GaAs (Aluminium gallium arsenide, AlGaAs), Aspnes et al. 1986: n,k 0.207–0.827 µm; 9.9% Al: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.20661.3112.457
0.21011.3182.538
0.21381.332.608
0.21751.3452.698
0.22141.3712.8
0.22541.4082.921
0.22961.4593.059
0.23391.5313.223
0.23841.6343.433
0.24311.8193.704
0.2482.2073.983
0.2532.7724.036
0.25833.2673.846
0.26383.6113.536
0.26953.8293.229
0.27554.012.876
0.28184.0172.507
0.28833.9222.24
0.29523.8012.074
0.30243.6971.983
0.313.6181.937
0.31793.5661.92
0.32633.5371.924
0.33513.5321.945
0.34443.5521.979
0.35423.6012.03
0.36473.692.1
0.37573.8642.203
0.38754.2532.187
0.39994.461.949
0.41334.8381.836
0.42754.9681.126
0.44284.7250.763
0.45924.5180.575
0.47694.3530.462
0.49594.220.382
0.51664.1110.32
0.53914.0180.276
0.56363.940.237
0.59043.8760.199
0.61993.820.171
0.65253.7750.127
0.68883.7160.099
0.72933.6780.082
0.77493.6610.059
0.82663.5720.0

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