Optical constants

Refractive index of AuAl2 (Gold-aluminium intermetallic, Purple plague)

Chen and Lynch 1988: n,k 0.22–0.79 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.22–0.79 µm
Points
58
Licence
CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Range 0.22–0.79 µm
Refractive index n
1.50959
Extinction coefficient k
2.03854
Permittivity ε1
-1.87681
Permittivity ε2
6.15471
Absorption coefficient α
435961 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
45.8756 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-7.344 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
5.82492
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

# AuAl2 (Gold-aluminium intermetallic, Purple plague): Chen and Lynch 1988: n,k 0.22–0.79 µm
aual2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "AuAl2", "Chen", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(aual2.range_nm)  # (220, 790) nm
eps = aual2.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

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Comments and conditions

Bulk sample. Room temperature.

References

L.-Y. Chen and D. W. Lynch. The optical properties of AuAl2 and PtAl2. Phys. Status Solidi B 148, 387-394 (1988) (Data points extracted from a figure)

Cite

Liang‐Yao Chen and D. W. Lynch. The Optical Properties of AuAl<sub>2</sub> and PtAl<sub>2</sub>. physica status solidi (b), 148, 387-394 (1988), doi:10.1002/pssb.2221480136; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

58 rows as published
AuAl2 (Gold-aluminium intermetallic, Purple plague), Chen and Lynch 1988: n,k 0.22–0.79 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.220.772231.50089
0.230.74661.52805
0.240.717791.58552
0.250.748091.66843
0.260.80921.75212
0.270.859331.82618
0.280.89361.89752
0.290.928311.98378
0.30.95012.06514
0.310.996562.16038
0.321.032912.23815
0.331.078592.32874
0.341.127642.41016
0.351.17782.47853
0.361.262732.53123
0.371.335812.58501
0.381.41272.61522
0.391.505792.65789
0.41.608952.68716
0.411.725712.71766
0.421.819722.71683
0.431.90472.69341
0.442.019432.64426
0.452.123422.57446
0.462.17582.51793
0.472.168592.43608
0.482.176882.32577
0.492.173522.22701
0.52.148782.14787
0.512.084042.08743
0.522.029142.03897
0.531.964272.00295
0.541.891741.97094
0.551.81781.93836
0.561.730791.93284
0.571.640631.96214
0.581.56542.00312
0.591.491962.04973
0.61.420922.11558
0.611.355442.18166
0.621.303172.25022
0.631.256772.3159
0.641.21612.38085
0.651.185282.44697
0.661.157162.51062
0.671.130782.57581
0.681.107582.64288
0.691.086472.70722
0.71.067332.76899
0.711.050352.82841
0.721.034792.88547
0.731.020632.94656
0.741.013233.00972
0.751.006643.07021
0.761.000353.12805
0.770.994573.1835
0.780.989383.23674
0.790.985743.28824

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