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
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- 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
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_ce8015bab858/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/papatryfonos-2021-34-2).
# ... 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=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.
Comments and conditions
References
- 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| λ (µm) | n | k |
|---|---|---|
| 0.26049 | 3.47237 | 3.75078 |
| 0.26159 | 3.56415 | 3.6913 |
| 0.2627 | 3.65239 | 3.62391 |
| 0.26381 | 3.73579 | 3.54937 |
| 0.26494 | 3.808 | 3.46505 |
| 0.26608 | 3.87147 | 3.37589 |
| 0.26723 | 3.92599 | 3.2841 |
| 0.26838 | 3.97093 | 3.19101 |
| 0.26955 | 4.00528 | 3.09706 |
| 0.27073 | 4.02954 | 3.00558 |
| 0.27191 | 4.04538 | 2.91654 |
| 0.27311 | 4.05426 | 2.83041 |
| 0.27432 | 4.05738 | 2.74749 |
| 0.27554 | 4.05527 | 2.66801 |
| 0.27677 | 4.04658 | 2.59572 |
| 0.27801 | 4.03399 | 2.52714 |
| 0.27926 | 4.01815 | 2.46288 |
| 0.28053 | 3.99956 | 2.40337 |
| 0.2818 | 3.97851 | 2.34887 |
| 0.28309 | 3.95583 | 2.30023 |
| 0.28439 | 3.93252 | 2.25591 |
| 0.2857 | 3.90881 | 2.21547 |
| 0.28702 | 3.8849 | 2.17855 |
| 0.28835 | 3.86107 | 2.14505 |
| 0.2897 | 3.8378 | 2.11558 |
| 0.29106 | 3.81541 | 2.08872 |
| 0.29244 | 3.79388 | 2.06453 |
| 0.29382 | 3.77324 | 2.04308 |
| 0.29522 | 3.75358 | 2.02448 |
| 0.29663 | 3.73555 | 2.00792 |
| 0.29806 | 3.71818 | 1.99298 |
| 0.2995 | 3.70176 | 1.97962 |
| 0.30095 | 3.68648 | 1.96775 |
| 0.30242 | 3.67231 | 1.9574 |
| 0.3039 | 3.65889 | 1.94856 |
| 0.3054 | 3.64663 | 1.94083 |
| 0.30691 | 3.63522 | 1.93412 |
| 0.30844 | 3.62455 | 1.92838 |
| 0.30998 | 3.61502 | 1.92375 |
| 0.31154 | 3.60683 | 1.91993 |
| 0.31311 | 3.5993 | 1.91742 |
| 0.3147 | 3.59259 | 1.91572 |
| 0.31631 | 3.58691 | 1.91457 |
| 0.31793 | 3.58267 | 1.91421 |
| 0.31957 | 3.57868 | 1.91488 |
| 0.32122 | 3.57582 | 1.916 |
| 0.3229 | 3.57398 | 1.91779 |
| 0.32459 | 3.57301 | 1.92045 |
| 0.3263 | 3.57285 | 1.9242 |
| 0.32802 | 3.5745 | 1.92846 |
| 0.32977 | 3.57706 | 1.93331 |
| 0.33153 | 3.58068 | 1.9388 |
| 0.33331 | 3.58543 | 1.94498 |
| 0.33512 | 3.59115 | 1.95189 |
| 0.33694 | 3.59853 | 1.95951 |
| 0.33878 | 3.60694 | 1.96774 |
| 0.34064 | 3.61671 | 1.97675 |
| 0.34252 | 3.62808 | 1.9866 |
| 0.34442 | 3.64116 | 1.99714 |
| 0.34635 | 3.65647 | 2.00898 |
| 0.34829 | 3.67418 | 2.02204 |
| 0.35026 | 3.69439 | 2.03607 |
| 0.35225 | 3.71733 | 2.05104 |
| 0.35426 | 3.74394 | 2.06742 |
| 0.3563 | 3.77572 | 2.08423 |
| 0.35836 | 3.81278 | 2.10153 |
| 0.36044 | 3.85695 | 2.11769 |
| 0.36255 | 3.90921 | 2.13083 |
| 0.36468 | 3.96975 | 2.13832 |
| 0.36684 | 4.03824 | 2.13302 |
| 0.36903 | 4.10755 | 2.11519 |
| 0.37124 | 4.17355 | 2.08653 |
| 0.37347 | 4.2327 | 2.04994 |
| 0.37574 | 4.28087 | 2.01003 |
| 0.37803 | 4.32204 | 1.97214 |
| 0.38035 | 4.36083 | 1.93834 |
| 0.38269 | 4.40087 | 1.90913 |
| 0.38507 | 4.44609 | 1.88395 |
| 0.38748 | 4.50188 | 1.8605 |
| 0.38991 | 4.57724 | 1.82505 |
| 0.39238 | 4.66081 | 1.76803 |
| 0.39488 | 4.74189 | 1.68717 |
| 0.39741 | 4.80932 | 1.58263 |
| 0.39998 | 4.84739 | 1.45835 |
| 0.40257 | 4.85572 | 1.33567 |
| 0.4052 | 4.84529 | 1.22311 |
| 0.40787 | 4.82073 | 1.12189 |
| 0.41057 | 4.78695 | 1.03201 |
| 0.41331 | 4.7486 | 0.95397 |
| 0.41608 | 4.70871 | 0.8893 |
| 0.41889 | 4.66851 | 0.831 |
| 0.42174 | 4.62858 | 0.77834 |
| 0.42463 | 4.58937 | 0.73112 |
| 0.42756 | 4.55115 | 0.68987 |
| 0.43053 | 4.51402 | 0.6521 |
| 0.43354 | 4.47795 | 0.61933 |
| 0.43659 | 4.4432 | 0.58984 |
| 0.43969 | 4.40995 | 0.56176 |
| 0.44283 | 4.37811 | 0.53536 |
| 0.44602 | 4.34747 | 0.51137 |
| 0.44925 | 4.31767 | 0.48855 |
| 0.45253 | 4.28893 | 0.46785 |
| 0.45586 | 4.26133 | 0.45002 |
| 0.45923 | 4.23486 | 0.43439 |
| 0.46266 | 4.20857 | 0.42083 |
| 0.46614 | 4.184 | 0.40417 |
| 0.46967 | 4.1606 | 0.387 |
| 0.47325 | 4.13765 | 0.37201 |
| 0.47689 | 4.11553 | 0.3583 |
| 0.48059 | 4.09453 | 0.34452 |
| 0.48435 | 4.07407 | 0.33144 |
| 0.48816 | 4.05403 | 0.31938 |
| 0.49203 | 4.03444 | 0.30851 |
| 0.49597 | 4.0156 | 0.29923 |
| 0.49997 | 3.99757 | 0.29047 |
| 0.50403 | 3.98019 | 0.28 |
| 0.50817 | 3.96321 | 0.26938 |
| 0.51237 | 3.94651 | 0.26025 |
| 0.51664 | 3.93092 | 0.25143 |
| 0.52098 | 3.916 | 0.24384 |
| 0.52539 | 3.90114 | 0.23787 |
| 0.52988 | 3.88657 | 0.23266 |
| 0.53445 | 3.87264 | 0.22728 |
| 0.5391 | 3.85962 | 0.22204 |
| 0.54383 | 3.84692 | 0.21723 |
| 0.54864 | 3.83523 | 0.2132 |
| 0.55354 | 3.82475 | 0.20889 |
| 0.55853 | 3.81522 | 0.2031 |
| 0.5636 | 3.80511 | 0.19497 |
| 0.56877 | 3.79299 | 0.18662 |
| 0.57404 | 3.77978 | 0.17896 |
| 0.5794 | 3.76584 | 0.17233 |
| 0.58487 | 3.75153 | 0.16692 |
| 0.59044 | 3.7377 | 0.16267 |
| 0.59612 | 3.72534 | 0.15863 |
| 0.60191 | 3.71321 | 0.15434 |
| 0.60781 | 3.70146 | 0.14979 |
| 0.61382 | 3.6906 | 0.14508 |
| 0.61996 | 3.68113 | 0.13998 |
| 0.62623 | 3.67232 | 0.13338 |
| 0.63262 | 3.66321 | 0.12535 |
| 0.63914 | 3.65479 | 0.11781 |
| 0.64579 | 3.64897 | 0.11212 |
| 0.65259 | 3.65075 | 0.10286 |
| 0.65954 | 3.65072 | 0.07677 |
| 0.66663 | 3.63968 | 0.04965 |
| 0.67387 | 3.61935 | 0.02642 |
| 0.68128 | 3.59661 | 0.0104 |
| 0.68885 | 3.57448 | 0.00648 |
| 0.69659 | 3.55571 | 0.00349 |
| 0.7045 | 3.53892 | 0.00176 |
| 0.7126 | 3.52405 | 0.000901 |
| 0.72089 | 3.51093 | 0.000382 |
| 0.72937 | 3.49875 | 0.000573 |
| 0.73805 | 3.48767 | 0.000385 |
| 0.74694 | 3.47656 | 0.000149 |
| 0.75605 | 3.46595 | 0.0 |
| 0.76539 | 3.45656 | 0.0 |
| 0.77495 | 3.44694 | 0.0 |
| 0.78476 | 3.43539 | 0.0 |
| 0.79482 | 3.42499 | 0.0 |
| 0.80515 | 3.41608 | 0.0 |
| 0.81574 | 3.4084 | 0.0 |
| 0.82662 | 3.40382 | 0.0 |
| 0.83779 | 3.39625 | 0.0 |
| 0.84926 | 3.38822 | 0.0 |
| 0.86106 | 3.38028 | 0.0 |
| 0.87319 | 3.37261 | 0.0 |
| 0.88566 | 3.36532 | 0.0 |
| 0.8985 | 3.35819 | 0.0 |
| 0.91171 | 3.35128 | 0.0 |
| 0.92532 | 3.34457 | 0.0 |
| 0.93934 | 3.338 | 0.0 |
| 0.95379 | 3.3317 | 0.0 |
| 0.96869 | 3.32556 | 0.0 |
| 0.98407 | 3.31955 | 0.0 |
| 0.99994 | 3.31372 | 0.0 |
| 1.01633 | 3.30809 | 0.0 |
| 1.03327 | 3.3026 | 0.0 |
| 1.05078 | 3.29721 | 0.0 |
| 1.0689 | 3.29197 | 0.0 |
| 1.08765 | 3.2869 | 0.0 |
| 1.10708 | 3.28198 | 0.0 |
| 1.12721 | 3.27714 | 0.0 |
| 1.14808 | 3.27248 | 0.0 |
| 1.16974 | 3.2679 | 0.0 |
| 1.19224 | 3.26343 | 0.0 |
| 1.21561 | 3.25908 | 0.0 |
| 1.23993 | 3.25488 | 0.0 |
| 1.26523 | 3.25077 | 0.0 |
| 1.29159 | 3.24673 | 0.0 |
| 1.31907 | 3.24028 | 0.0 |
| 1.34775 | 3.239 | 0.0 |
| 1.3777 | 3.23518 | 0.0 |
| 1.40901 | 3.23158 | 0.0 |
| 1.44177 | 3.22802 | 0.0 |
| 1.4761 | 3.22451 | 0.0 |
| 1.5121 | 3.22111 | 0.0 |
| 1.54991 | 3.2178 | 0.0 |
| 1.58965 | 3.21484 | 0.0 |
| 1.63148 | 3.21169 | 0.0 |
| 1.67558 | 3.20866 | 0.0 |
| 1.72212 | 3.20558 | 0.0 |
| 1.77132 | 3.20264 | 0.0 |
| 1.82342 | 3.19971 | 0.0 |
| 1.87868 | 3.19686 | 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
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- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
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- Phase φp
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- Brewster angle θB
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- Critical angle θC
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AlxGa1-xAs; x = 0.342