Optical constants

Refractive index of AlSb-GaSb (Aluminium gallium antimonide, AlGaSb)

Ferrini et al. 1998: n,k 0.207–2.480 µm; 30% Al

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.207–2.48 µm
Points
56
Licence
CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Range 0.207–2.48 µm
Refractive index n
5.05983
Extinction coefficient k
1.02615
Permittivity ε1
24.5489
Permittivity ε2
10.3843
Absorption coefficient α
219453 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
91.1359 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-2.84615 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
6.73223
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; 30% Al
alsb_gasb = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AlSb-GaSb", "Ferrini-30", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(alsb_gasb.range_nm)  # (207, 2480) nm
eps = alsb_gasb.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

AlxGa1−xSb, x = 0.3. Thin film grown by molecular beam epitaxy on a GaSb substrate.

References

R. Ferrini, M. Patrini, S. Franchi. Optical functions from 0.02 to 6 eV of AlxGa1−xSb/GaSb epitaxial layers. J. Appl Phys. 84, 4517-4524 (1998)
  • 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
AlSb-GaSb (Aluminium gallium antimonide, AlGaSb), Ferrini et al. 1998: n,k 0.207–2.480 µm; 30% Al: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.2071.6822.623
0.211.6262.617
0.2141.5772.612
0.2181.5452.625
0.2211.5312.653
0.2251.5482.686
0.231.5812.698
0.2341.6012.693
0.2381.5942.694
0.2431.5782.724
0.2481.5722.778
0.2531.5782.846
0.2581.5932.906
0.2641.5863.048
0.271.6533.173
0.2761.6943.328
0.2821.8463.513
0.2882.0393.736
0.2952.4183.945
0.3022.9033.911
0.313.2633.682
0.3183.4653.438
0.3263.6053.211
0.3353.6893.016
0.3443.7522.85
0.3543.792.712
0.3653.8522.574
0.3763.8552.425
0.3873.8352.329
0.43.8232.273
0.4133.8292.249
0.4283.872.259
0.4433.9592.286
0.4594.182.318
0.4774.4192.101
0.4964.4531.909
0.5174.4891.833
0.5394.6361.845
0.5645.1271.539
0.595.0530.974
0.624.8530.674
0.6534.6790.497
0.6894.5150.361
0.7294.3730.24
0.7754.2490.174
0.8274.1060.133
0.8864.0150.125
0.9543.9460.109
1.0333.9060.075
1.1273.8630.033
1.243.7510.0
1.3783.7020.0
1.553.6740.0
1.7713.6570.0
2.0663.6450.0
2.483.6370.0

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