Optical constants

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

Papatryfonos et al. 2021: n,k 0.260–1.88 µm; 34.2% Al

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.2605–1.879 µm
Points
206
Licence
CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Range 0.2605–1.879 µm
Refractive index n
3.74475
Extinction coefficient k
0.164837
Permittivity ε1
13.996
Permittivity ε2
1.23455
Absorption coefficient α
35251.9 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
567.345 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-2.48294 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
5.20373
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): Papatryfonos et al. 2021: n,k 0.260–1.88 µm; 34.2% Al
alas_gaas = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AlAs-GaAs", "Papatryfonos-34.2", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(alas_gaas.range_nm)  # (260.49, 1878.68) nm
eps = alas_gaas.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

AlxGa1-xAs; x = 0.342

References

K. Papatryfonos, T. Angelova, A. Brimont, B. Reid, S. Guldin, P. R. Smith, M. Tang, K. Li, A. J. Seeds, H. Liu, D. R. Selviah. Refractive indices of MBE-grown AlxGa1-xAs ternary alloys in the transparent wavelength region. AIP Adv. 11, 025327 (2021) (Numerical data kindly provided by Konstantinos Papatryfonos)
  • doi:10.1063/5.0039631 Refractive indices of MBE-grown AlxGa(1−<i>x</i>)As ternary alloys in the transparent wavelength region, AIP Advances (2021)

Cite

Konstantinos Papatryfonos et al.. Refractive indices of MBE-grown AlxGa(1−<i>x</i>)As ternary alloys in the transparent wavelength region. AIP Advances, 11, 025327 (2021), doi:10.1063/5.0039631; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

206 rows as published
AlAs-GaAs (Aluminium gallium arsenide, AlGaAs), Papatryfonos et al. 2021: n,k 0.260–1.88 µm; 34.2% Al: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.260493.472373.75078
0.261593.564153.6913
0.26273.652393.62391
0.263813.735793.54937
0.264943.8083.46505
0.266083.871473.37589
0.267233.925993.2841
0.268383.970933.19101
0.269554.005283.09706
0.270734.029543.00558
0.271914.045382.91654
0.273114.054262.83041
0.274324.057382.74749
0.275544.055272.66801
0.276774.046582.59572
0.278014.033992.52714
0.279264.018152.46288
0.280533.999562.40337
0.28183.978512.34887
0.283093.955832.30023
0.284393.932522.25591
0.28573.908812.21547
0.287023.88492.17855
0.288353.861072.14505
0.28973.83782.11558
0.291063.815412.08872
0.292443.793882.06453
0.293823.773242.04308
0.295223.753582.02448
0.296633.735552.00792
0.298063.718181.99298
0.29953.701761.97962
0.300953.686481.96775
0.302423.672311.9574
0.30393.658891.94856
0.30543.646631.94083
0.306913.635221.93412
0.308443.624551.92838
0.309983.615021.92375
0.311543.606831.91993
0.313113.59931.91742
0.31473.592591.91572
0.316313.586911.91457
0.317933.582671.91421
0.319573.578681.91488
0.321223.575821.916
0.32293.573981.91779
0.324593.573011.92045
0.32633.572851.9242
0.328023.57451.92846
0.329773.577061.93331
0.331533.580681.9388
0.333313.585431.94498
0.335123.591151.95189
0.336943.598531.95951
0.338783.606941.96774
0.340643.616711.97675
0.342523.628081.9866
0.344423.641161.99714
0.346353.656472.00898
0.348293.674182.02204
0.350263.694392.03607
0.352253.717332.05104
0.354263.743942.06742
0.35633.775722.08423
0.358363.812782.10153
0.360443.856952.11769
0.362553.909212.13083
0.364683.969752.13832
0.366844.038242.13302
0.369034.107552.11519
0.371244.173552.08653
0.373474.23272.04994
0.375744.280872.01003
0.378034.322041.97214
0.380354.360831.93834
0.382694.400871.90913
0.385074.446091.88395
0.387484.501881.8605
0.389914.577241.82505
0.392384.660811.76803
0.394884.741891.68717
0.397414.809321.58263
0.399984.847391.45835
0.402574.855721.33567
0.40524.845291.22311
0.407874.820731.12189
0.410574.786951.03201
0.413314.74860.95397
0.416084.708710.8893
0.418894.668510.831
0.421744.628580.77834
0.424634.589370.73112
0.427564.551150.68987
0.430534.514020.6521
0.433544.477950.61933
0.436594.44320.58984
0.439694.409950.56176
0.442834.378110.53536
0.446024.347470.51137
0.449254.317670.48855
0.452534.288930.46785
0.455864.261330.45002
0.459234.234860.43439
0.462664.208570.42083
0.466144.1840.40417
0.469674.16060.387
0.473254.137650.37201
0.476894.115530.3583
0.480594.094530.34452
0.484354.074070.33144
0.488164.054030.31938
0.492034.034440.30851
0.495974.01560.29923
0.499973.997570.29047
0.504033.980190.28
0.508173.963210.26938
0.512373.946510.26025
0.516643.930920.25143
0.520983.9160.24384
0.525393.901140.23787
0.529883.886570.23266
0.534453.872640.22728
0.53913.859620.22204
0.543833.846920.21723
0.548643.835230.2132
0.553543.824750.20889
0.558533.815220.2031
0.56363.805110.19497
0.568773.792990.18662
0.574043.779780.17896
0.57943.765840.17233
0.584873.751530.16692
0.590443.73770.16267
0.596123.725340.15863
0.601913.713210.15434
0.607813.701460.14979
0.613823.69060.14508
0.619963.681130.13998
0.626233.672320.13338
0.632623.663210.12535
0.639143.654790.11781
0.645793.648970.11212
0.652593.650750.10286
0.659543.650720.07677
0.666633.639680.04965
0.673873.619350.02642
0.681283.596610.0104
0.688853.574480.00648
0.696593.555710.00349
0.70453.538920.00176
0.71263.524050.000901
0.720893.510930.000382
0.729373.498750.000573
0.738053.487670.000385
0.746943.476560.000149
0.756053.465950.0
0.765393.456560.0
0.774953.446940.0
0.784763.435390.0
0.794823.424990.0
0.805153.416080.0
0.815743.40840.0
0.826623.403820.0
0.837793.396250.0
0.849263.388220.0
0.861063.380280.0
0.873193.372610.0
0.885663.365320.0
0.89853.358190.0
0.911713.351280.0
0.925323.344570.0
0.939343.3380.0
0.953793.33170.0
0.968693.325560.0
0.984073.319550.0
0.999943.313720.0
1.016333.308090.0
1.033273.30260.0
1.050783.297210.0
1.06893.291970.0
1.087653.28690.0
1.107083.281980.0
1.127213.277140.0
1.148083.272480.0
1.169743.26790.0
1.192243.263430.0
1.215613.259080.0
1.239933.254880.0
1.265233.250770.0
1.291593.246730.0
1.319073.240280.0
1.347753.2390.0
1.37773.235180.0
1.409013.231580.0
1.441773.228020.0
1.47613.224510.0
1.51213.221110.0
1.549913.21780.0
1.589653.214840.0
1.631483.211690.0
1.675583.208660.0
1.722123.205580.0
1.771323.202640.0
1.823423.199710.0
1.878683.196860.0

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