Optical constants
Refractive index of AlSb-GaSb (Aluminium gallium antimonide, AlGaSb)
Ferrini et al. 1998: n,k 0.207–2.480 µm; 50% 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
- 5.00035
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0.566077
- Permittivity ε1
- 24.6831
- Permittivity ε2
- 5.66117
- Absorption coefficient α
- 121061 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- 165.206 nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- -4.73077 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 7.78015
- 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; 50% Al
alsb_gasb = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AlSb-GaSb", "Ferrini-50", 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_853a606d22cb/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-1998-50).
# ... 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 | 1.246 | 2.305 |
| 0.21 | 1.273 | 2.343 |
| 0.214 | 1.301 | 2.375 |
| 0.218 | 1.324 | 2.41 |
| 0.221 | 1.352 | 2.458 |
| 0.225 | 1.402 | 2.504 |
| 0.23 | 1.467 | 2.53 |
| 0.234 | 1.516 | 2.527 |
| 0.238 | 1.526 | 2.52 |
| 0.243 | 1.515 | 2.544 |
| 0.248 | 1.502 | 2.595 |
| 0.253 | 1.492 | 2.672 |
| 0.258 | 1.496 | 2.777 |
| 0.264 | 1.513 | 2.904 |
| 0.27 | 1.551 | 3.057 |
| 0.276 | 1.624 | 3.24 |
| 0.282 | 1.74 | 3.453 |
| 0.288 | 1.932 | 3.724 |
| 0.295 | 2.337 | 3.991 |
| 0.302 | 2.863 | 4.024 |
| 0.31 | 3.327 | 3.801 |
| 0.318 | 3.606 | 3.53 |
| 0.326 | 3.784 | 3.271 |
| 0.335 | 3.887 | 3.023 |
| 0.344 | 3.953 | 2.82 |
| 0.354 | 4.042 | 2.656 |
| 0.365 | 4.074 | 2.449 |
| 0.376 | 4.047 | 2.298 |
| 0.387 | 4.012 | 2.2 |
| 0.4 | 3.993 | 2.162 |
| 0.413 | 4.03 | 2.149 |
| 0.428 | 4.105 | 2.146 |
| 0.443 | 4.302 | 2.147 |
| 0.459 | 4.491 | 1.943 |
| 0.477 | 4.552 | 1.716 |
| 0.496 | 4.483 | 1.605 |
| 0.517 | 4.632 | 1.702 |
| 0.539 | 5.031 | 1.426 |
| 0.564 | 5.112 | 0.97 |
| 0.59 | 4.989 | 0.525 |
| 0.62 | 4.72 | 0.265 |
| 0.653 | 4.475 | 0.155 |
| 0.689 | 4.289 | 0.098 |
| 0.729 | 4.176 | 0.067 |
| 0.775 | 4.063 | 0.033 |
| 0.827 | 3.97 | 0.017 |
| 0.886 | 3.895 | 0.004 |
| 0.954 | 3.778 | 0.0 |
| 1.033 | 3.667 | 0.0 |
| 1.127 | 3.61 | 0.0 |
| 1.24 | 3.575 | 0.0 |
| 1.378 | 3.551 | 0.0 |
| 1.55 | 3.535 | 0.0 |
| 1.771 | 3.523 | 0.0 |
| 2.066 | 3.514 | 0.0 |
| 2.48 | 3.508 | 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 = 0.5. Thin film grown by molecular beam epitaxy on a GaSb substrate.