Optical constants

Refractive index of BeO (Beryllium monoxide)

Edwards and White 1991: n(o) 0.44–7.0 µm

Data: formula 1
Range: 0.44–7 µm
Optical axis: o
Licence: CC0-1.0

Uniaxial crystal, axes: oe

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.71862
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 2.95364
Permittivity ε₂: 0

Absorption coefficient α: 0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): — nm

Abbe number V_d: 93.252
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0403034 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.7423
Group velocity dispersion: 64.0708 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -349.54 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy: 2.11001 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, n_g = 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

# BeO (Beryllium monoxide): Edwards and White 1991: n(o) 0.44–7.0 µm
beo = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "BeO", "Edwards-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(beo.range_nm)  # (440, 7000) nm
eps = beo.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_cce8394f9b97/lightsmith"
beo = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(beo.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (beo/edwards-white-1991-o).

# ... load beo as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=beo)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=440, 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"]).

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_cce8394f9b97/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
beo_dl = ls.DrudeLorentz.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))

A dispersive Drude–Lorentz model for time-domain solvers.

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Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (formula 1), λ in µm

n^{2} - 1 = \frac{1.92274 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - {0.07908}^{2}} + \frac{1.24209 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - {9.7131}^{2}}

Valid from 0.44 to 7.0 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	0.0
C2	1.92274
C3	0.07908
C4	1.24209
C5	9.7131

Comments and conditions

Ordinary ray (o). Room temperature.

Conditions

direction: o

Notes on the source data (kept exactly as published):

no primary reference in the source file

References

D. F. Edwards and R. H. White, "Beryllium Oxide," in E. D. Palik (ed.), Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids II, Academic Press, Orlando, 1991, pp. 805-814.

Cite

Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 400 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library

CSV comma separated TXT tab separated YAML n, k Full database record original YAML All quantities CSV JSON metadata

BeO (Beryllium monoxide), Edwards and White 1991: n(o) 0.44–7.0 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n
0.44	1.727532
0.443062	1.727257
0.446145	1.726987
0.44925	1.726719
0.452376	1.726455
0.455524	1.726195
0.458693	1.725938
0.461885	1.725685
0.465099	1.725435
0.468336	1.725188
0.471595	1.724945
0.474877	1.724704
0.478181	1.724467
0.481509	1.724233
0.484859	1.724002
0.488233	1.723774
0.491631	1.723548
0.495052	1.723326
0.498497	1.723106
0.501966	1.72289
0.505459	1.722676
0.508976	1.722464
0.512518	1.722256
0.516084	1.722049
0.519675	1.721846
0.523292	1.721645
0.526933	1.721446
0.5306	1.72125
0.534292	1.721056
0.53801	1.720865
0.541754	1.720676
0.545524	1.720489
0.54932	1.720304
0.553142	1.720121
0.556991	1.719941
0.560867	1.719763
0.56477	1.719586
0.5687	1.719412
0.572658	1.71924
0.576643	1.71907
0.580655	1.718901
0.584696	1.718735
0.588765	1.71857
0.592862	1.718408
0.596987	1.718247
0.601141	1.718087
0.605324	1.71793
0.609537	1.717774
0.613778	1.71762
0.618049	1.717467
0.62235	1.717316
0.626681	1.717166
0.631042	1.717018
0.635433	1.716872
0.639855	1.716727
0.644307	1.716583
0.648791	1.716441
0.653305	1.7163
0.657852	1.716161
0.662429	1.716023
0.667039	1.715886
0.671681	1.71575
0.676355	1.715616
0.681061	1.715482
0.685801	1.71535
0.690573	1.71522
0.695378	1.71509
0.700217	1.714961
0.70509	1.714834
0.709996	1.714707
0.714937	1.714582
0.719912	1.714457
0.724921	1.714333
0.729966	1.714211
0.735045	1.714089
0.74016	1.713968
0.745311	1.713848
0.750497	1.713729
0.75572	1.713611
0.760979	1.713493
0.766274	1.713377
0.771606	1.713261
0.776976	1.713145
0.782382	1.713031
0.787827	1.712917
0.793309	1.712804
0.798829	1.712691
0.804388	1.712579
0.809985	1.712468
0.815622	1.712357
0.821298	1.712247
0.827013	1.712137
0.832768	1.712027
0.838562	1.711919
0.844398	1.71181
0.850274	1.711702
0.85619	1.711595
0.862148	1.711488
0.868148	1.711381
0.874189	1.711275
0.880272	1.711168
0.886398	1.711063
0.892566	1.710957
0.898777	1.710852
0.905031	1.710747
0.911329	1.710642
0.917671	1.710537
0.924056	1.710433
0.930486	1.710329
0.936961	1.710225
0.943481	1.710121
0.950047	1.710017
0.956658	1.709913
0.963315	1.709809
0.970018	1.709705
0.976768	1.709601
0.983565	1.709498
0.99041	1.709394
0.997302	1.70929
1.00424	1.709186
1.01123	1.709082
1.01827	1.708978
1.02535	1.708873
1.03249	1.708769
1.03967	1.708664
1.04691	1.708559
1.05419	1.708454
1.06153	1.708349
1.06891	1.708243
1.07635	1.708137
1.08384	1.708031
1.09138	1.707924
1.09898	1.707818
1.10663	1.70771
1.11433	1.707603
1.12208	1.707494
1.12989	1.707386
1.13775	1.707277
1.14567	1.707167
1.15364	1.707057
1.16167	1.706947
1.16975	1.706836
1.17789	1.706724
1.18609	1.706612
1.19434	1.706499
1.20265	1.706385
1.21102	1.706271
1.21945	1.706156
1.22794	1.70604
1.23648	1.705924
1.24509	1.705807
1.25375	1.705689
1.26247	1.70557
1.27126	1.705451
1.28011	1.70533
1.28901	1.705209
1.29798	1.705086
1.30701	1.704963
1.31611	1.704839
1.32527	1.704714
1.33449	1.704588
1.34378	1.70446
1.35313	1.704332
1.36254	1.704202
1.37203	1.704072
1.38157	1.70394
1.39119	1.703807
1.40087	1.703673
1.41062	1.703538
1.42043	1.703401
1.43032	1.703263
1.44027	1.703124
1.45029	1.702983
1.46038	1.702841
1.47055	1.702697
1.48078	1.702552
1.49108	1.702406
1.50146	1.702258
1.51191	1.702108
1.52243	1.701957
1.53302	1.701804
1.54369	1.70165
1.55443	1.701494
1.56525	1.701336
1.57614	1.701177
1.58711	1.701015
1.59815	1.700852
1.60927	1.700687
1.62047	1.70052
1.63175	1.700351
1.6431	1.70018
1.65454	1.700007
1.66605	1.699832
1.67764	1.699655
1.68932	1.699476
1.70107	1.699295
1.71291	1.699111
1.72483	1.698925
1.73683	1.698737
1.74892	1.698547
1.76109	1.698354
1.77334	1.698158
1.78568	1.69796
1.79811	1.69776
1.81062	1.697557
1.82322	1.697351
1.83591	1.697143
1.84868	1.696932
1.86155	1.696718
1.8745	1.696502
1.88755	1.696282
1.90068	1.69606
1.91391	1.695834
1.92723	1.695606
1.94064	1.695374
1.95414	1.69514
1.96774	1.694902
1.98143	1.694661
1.99522	1.694416
2.0091	1.694168
2.02308	1.693917
2.03716	1.693662
2.05134	1.693403
2.06561	1.693141
2.07999	1.692875
2.09446	1.692606
2.10904	1.692332
2.12371	1.692055
2.13849	1.691774
2.15337	1.691488
2.16836	1.691199
2.18344	1.690905
2.19864	1.690607
2.21394	1.690304
2.22934	1.689998
2.24486	1.689686
2.26048	1.68937
2.27621	1.689049
2.29205	1.688724
2.308	1.688394
2.32406	1.688058
2.34023	1.687718
2.35651	1.687372
2.37291	1.687021
2.38943	1.686665
2.40605	1.686304
2.4228	1.685937
2.43965	1.685564
2.45663	1.685186
2.47373	1.684801
2.49094	1.684411
2.50827	1.684015
2.52573	1.683612
2.5433	1.683203
2.561	1.682788
2.57882	1.682366
2.59677	1.681937
2.61484	1.681502
2.63303	1.68106
2.65136	1.68061
2.66981	1.680154
2.68838	1.67969
2.70709	1.679219
2.72593	1.67874
2.7449	1.678253
2.764	1.677758
2.78323	1.677255
2.8026	1.676744
2.8221	1.676225
2.84174	1.675697
2.86152	1.67516
2.88143	1.674614
2.90148	1.67406
2.92167	1.673495
2.942	1.672922
2.96247	1.672339
2.98309	1.671746
3.00385	1.671142
3.02475	1.670529
3.0458	1.669905
3.06699	1.66927
3.08833	1.668625
3.10982	1.667968
3.13146	1.6673
3.15326	1.66662
3.1752	1.665929
3.19729	1.665225
3.21954	1.664509
3.24195	1.66378
3.26451	1.663039
3.28722	1.662284
3.3101	1.661515
3.33313	1.660733
3.35632	1.659937
3.37968	1.659126
3.4032	1.658301
3.42688	1.65746
3.45073	1.656604
3.47474	1.655733
3.49892	1.654845
3.52327	1.653941
3.54778	1.653019
3.57247	1.652081
3.59733	1.651125
3.62236	1.650151
3.64757	1.649158
3.67295	1.648147
3.69851	1.647116
3.72425	1.646065
3.75016	1.644993
3.77626	1.643901
3.80254	1.642788
3.829	1.641653
3.85564	1.640495
3.88247	1.639314
3.90949	1.63811
3.93669	1.636881
3.96409	1.635628
3.99167	1.634349
4.01945	1.633044
4.04742	1.631712
4.07558	1.630353
4.10395	1.628966
4.1325	1.627549
4.16126	1.626103
4.19022	1.624626
4.21938	1.623118
4.24874	1.621577
4.2783	1.620003
4.30807	1.618395
4.33805	1.616752
4.36824	1.615073
4.39864	1.613357
4.42924	1.611602
4.46007	1.609808
4.4911	1.607973
4.52235	1.606097
4.55382	1.604178
4.58551	1.602214
4.61742	1.600204
4.64955	1.598148
4.68191	1.596042
4.71449	1.593887
4.74729	1.59168
4.78033	1.589419
4.81359	1.587103
4.84709	1.58473
4.88082	1.582298
4.91478	1.579804
4.94898	1.577248
4.98342	1.574627
5.0181	1.571938
5.05302	1.569179
5.08818	1.566348
5.12359	1.563442
5.15924	1.560458
5.19514	1.557393
5.23129	1.554244
5.2677	1.551009
5.30435	1.547683
5.34126	1.544263
5.37843	1.540746
5.41586	1.537128
5.45355	1.533404
5.49149	1.52957
5.52971	1.525621
5.56819	1.521554
5.60693	1.517361
5.64595	1.513039
5.68524	1.508581
5.7248	1.503981
5.76464	1.499233
5.80475	1.49433
5.84515	1.489265
5.88582	1.484029
5.92678	1.478614
5.96802	1.473012
6.00955	1.467213
6.05137	1.461207
6.09348	1.454983
6.13588	1.44853
6.17858	1.441834
6.22157	1.434883
6.26487	1.427662
6.30846	1.420156
6.35236	1.412347
6.39656	1.404217
6.44107	1.395748
6.4859	1.386916
6.53103	1.377699
6.57648	1.368071
6.62224	1.358005
6.66832	1.34747
6.71472	1.336432
6.76145	1.324855
6.8085	1.312698
6.85588	1.299915
6.90359	1.286456
6.95163	1.272266
7	1.257282

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About BeO (Beryllium monoxide)

Beryllium oxide (BeO) is a ceramic material that is prized for its outstanding thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity, making it a valuable material for high-performance applications in the electronics and aerospace industries. In the context of optics, BeO is less commonly used but its high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion, and excellent dielectric properties make it a candidate for specialized optical applications that require thermal stability. The material is typically produced using methods like hot pressing, and it can be sintered into various shapes and sizes. It is worth noting that BeO is toxic and requires special handling procedures to ensure safety during fabrication and use. Though its optical applications are limited compared to other more conventional optical materials, BeO's unique thermal and electrical properties position it as an intriguing material for research and specialized applications where its unique capabilities can be leveraged. Mineral: Bromellite

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/main/BeO/nk/Edwards-o.yml
ID: ds_cce8394f9b97
API: /v1/datasets/ds_cce8394f9b97

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