Optical constants
Refractive index of AlSb-GaSb (Aluminium gallium antimonide, AlGaSb)
Ferrini et al. 1998: n,k 0.207–2.480 µm; 10% Al
- Data
- tabulated nk
- Range
- 0.207–2.48 µm
- Points
- 56
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- 5.03909
- Extinction coefficient k
- 1.73592
- Permittivity ε1
- 22.379
- Permittivity ε2
- 17.495
- Absorption coefficient α
- 371243 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- 53.873 nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- 19.9615 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- -6.69031
- 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
# AlSb-GaSb (Aluminium gallium antimonide, AlGaSb): Ferrini et al. 1998: n,k 0.207–2.480 µm; 10% Al
alsb_gasb = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AlSb-GaSb", "Ferrini-10", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(alsb_gasb.range_nm) # (207, 2480) nm
eps = alsb_gasb.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_6ee1bb0e02e1/lightsmith"
alsb_gasb = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(alsb_gasb.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (alsb-gasb/ferrini-1998-10).
# ... load alsb_gasb as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=alsb_gasb)],
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:10.1063/1.368677 Optical functions from 0.02 to 6 eV of AlxGa1−xSb/GaSb epitaxial layers, Journal of Applied Physics (1998)
Cite
R. Ferrini, M. Patrini and S. Franchi. Optical functions from 0.02 to 6 eV of AlxGa1−xSb/GaSb epitaxial layers. Journal of Applied Physics, 84, 4517-4524 (1998), doi:10.1063/1.368677; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
56 rows as published| λ (µm) | n | k |
|---|---|---|
| 0.207 | 1.241 | 2.598 |
| 0.21 | 1.23 | 2.595 |
| 0.214 | 1.224 | 2.599 |
| 0.218 | 1.231 | 2.628 |
| 0.221 | 1.258 | 2.672 |
| 0.225 | 1.312 | 2.712 |
| 0.23 | 1.376 | 2.723 |
| 0.234 | 1.413 | 2.717 |
| 0.238 | 1.418 | 2.724 |
| 0.243 | 1.414 | 2.765 |
| 0.248 | 1.42 | 2.832 |
| 0.253 | 1.441 | 2.915 |
| 0.258 | 1.472 | 3.014 |
| 0.264 | 1.521 | 3.129 |
| 0.27 | 1.589 | 3.262 |
| 0.276 | 1.681 | 3.416 |
| 0.282 | 1.814 | 3.61 |
| 0.288 | 2.041 | 3.85 |
| 0.295 | 2.479 | 4.038 |
| 0.302 | 2.991 | 3.934 |
| 0.31 | 3.335 | 3.664 |
| 0.318 | 3.522 | 3.4 |
| 0.326 | 3.643 | 3.155 |
| 0.335 | 3.713 | 2.959 |
| 0.344 | 3.763 | 2.78 |
| 0.354 | 3.777 | 2.624 |
| 0.365 | 3.809 | 2.513 |
| 0.376 | 3.821 | 2.375 |
| 0.387 | 3.81 | 2.258 |
| 0.4 | 3.779 | 2.193 |
| 0.413 | 3.758 | 2.164 |
| 0.428 | 3.768 | 2.181 |
| 0.443 | 3.804 | 2.2 |
| 0.459 | 3.893 | 2.247 |
| 0.477 | 4.1 | 2.327 |
| 0.496 | 4.425 | 2.142 |
| 0.517 | 4.461 | 1.897 |
| 0.539 | 4.483 | 1.792 |
| 0.564 | 4.568 | 1.804 |
| 0.59 | 5.087 | 1.729 |
| 0.62 | 5.154 | 1.025 |
| 0.653 | 4.917 | 0.675 |
| 0.689 | 4.697 | 0.487 |
| 0.729 | 4.529 | 0.372 |
| 0.775 | 4.393 | 0.309 |
| 0.827 | 4.262 | 0.268 |
| 0.886 | 4.183 | 0.217 |
| 0.954 | 4.11 | 0.184 |
| 1.033 | 4.031 | 0.162 |
| 1.127 | 3.983 | 0.148 |
| 1.24 | 3.952 | 0.125 |
| 1.378 | 3.942 | 0.094 |
| 1.55 | 3.861 | 0.014 |
| 1.771 | 3.807 | 0.0 |
| 2.066 | 3.781 | 0.0 |
| 2.48 | 3.765 | 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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AlxGa1−xSb, x = 0.1. Thin film grown by molecular beam epitaxy on a GaSb substrate.