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
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- 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
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_66d13f6d5cc6/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-1998-30).
# ... 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 | 1.682 | 2.623 |
| 0.21 | 1.626 | 2.617 |
| 0.214 | 1.577 | 2.612 |
| 0.218 | 1.545 | 2.625 |
| 0.221 | 1.531 | 2.653 |
| 0.225 | 1.548 | 2.686 |
| 0.23 | 1.581 | 2.698 |
| 0.234 | 1.601 | 2.693 |
| 0.238 | 1.594 | 2.694 |
| 0.243 | 1.578 | 2.724 |
| 0.248 | 1.572 | 2.778 |
| 0.253 | 1.578 | 2.846 |
| 0.258 | 1.593 | 2.906 |
| 0.264 | 1.586 | 3.048 |
| 0.27 | 1.653 | 3.173 |
| 0.276 | 1.694 | 3.328 |
| 0.282 | 1.846 | 3.513 |
| 0.288 | 2.039 | 3.736 |
| 0.295 | 2.418 | 3.945 |
| 0.302 | 2.903 | 3.911 |
| 0.31 | 3.263 | 3.682 |
| 0.318 | 3.465 | 3.438 |
| 0.326 | 3.605 | 3.211 |
| 0.335 | 3.689 | 3.016 |
| 0.344 | 3.752 | 2.85 |
| 0.354 | 3.79 | 2.712 |
| 0.365 | 3.852 | 2.574 |
| 0.376 | 3.855 | 2.425 |
| 0.387 | 3.835 | 2.329 |
| 0.4 | 3.823 | 2.273 |
| 0.413 | 3.829 | 2.249 |
| 0.428 | 3.87 | 2.259 |
| 0.443 | 3.959 | 2.286 |
| 0.459 | 4.18 | 2.318 |
| 0.477 | 4.419 | 2.101 |
| 0.496 | 4.453 | 1.909 |
| 0.517 | 4.489 | 1.833 |
| 0.539 | 4.636 | 1.845 |
| 0.564 | 5.127 | 1.539 |
| 0.59 | 5.053 | 0.974 |
| 0.62 | 4.853 | 0.674 |
| 0.653 | 4.679 | 0.497 |
| 0.689 | 4.515 | 0.361 |
| 0.729 | 4.373 | 0.24 |
| 0.775 | 4.249 | 0.174 |
| 0.827 | 4.106 | 0.133 |
| 0.886 | 4.015 | 0.125 |
| 0.954 | 3.946 | 0.109 |
| 1.033 | 3.906 | 0.075 |
| 1.127 | 3.863 | 0.033 |
| 1.24 | 3.751 | 0.0 |
| 1.378 | 3.702 | 0.0 |
| 1.55 | 3.674 | 0.0 |
| 1.771 | 3.657 | 0.0 |
| 2.066 | 3.645 | 0.0 |
| 2.48 | 3.637 | 0.0 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
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Fresnel reflection calculator
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- Rs
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- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
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- Brewster angle θB
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- Critical angle θC
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AlxGa1−xSb, x = 0.3. Thin film grown by molecular beam epitaxy on a GaSb substrate.