Optical constants

Refractive index of Biodisel

Wang et al. 2015: 20 °C; n,k 0.300–2.50 µm

Data
tabulated n + tabulated k
Range
0.3–2.5 µm
Points
45
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.3–2.5 µm
Refractive index n
1.45674
Extinction coefficient k
9.39346e-08
Permittivity ε1
2.1221
Permittivity ε2
2.73677e-07
Absorption coefficient α
0.0200888 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
9.95581e+08 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.06 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.492
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

# Biodisel: Wang et al. 2015: 20 °C; n,k 0.300–2.50 µm
biodisel = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "biodisel", "Wang-20C", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(biodisel.range_nm)  # (300, 2500) nm
eps = biodisel.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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

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Comments and conditions

Biodiesel, 20 °C.

Conditions

temperature
293 K

References

C. C. Wang, X. C. Li, J. Y. Tan, L. H. Liu. Experimental measurement of optical constant of biodiesel by double optical pathlength transmission method. Laser Optoelectron. Prog. 52, 051206 (2015) (Numerical data kindly provided by Chengchao Wang)
  • doi:10.3788/lop52.051206 Experimental Measurement of Optical Constant of Biodiesel by Double Optical Pathlength Transmission Method, Laser & Optoelectronics Progress (2015)

Cite

王程超 Wang Chengchao, 李兴灿 Li Xingcan, 谭建宇 Tan Jianyu and 刘林华 Liu Linhua. Experimental Measurement of Optical Constant of Biodiesel by Double Optical Pathlength Transmission Method. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 52, 051206 (2015), doi:10.3788/lop52.051206; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 45 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
Biodisel, Wang et al. 2015: 20 °C; n,k 0.300–2.50 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.31.5778.139000e-06
0.341.5281.498000e-05
0.41.5082.328000e-06
0.451.4887.015000e-07
0.51.4642.877000e-07
0.551.4591.364000e-07
0.61.4567.993000e-08
0.651.4535.687000e-08
0.71.454.757000e-08
0.751.4498.202000e-08
0.81.4484.138000e-08
0.841.4476.683000e-08
0.91.4473.499000e-07
0.951.4442.390000e-07
11.4431.363000e-07
1.051.4434.245667e-07
1.11.4423.495000e-07
1.151.4411.537000e-06
1.21.4421.174000e-05
1.251.441.773000e-06
1.31.4395.388000e-07
1.351.4382.293133e-06
1.41.4379.281000e-06
1.451.4386.661000e-06
1.51.4372.766000e-06
1.551.4371.826000e-06
1.61.4351.956833e-06
1.651.4357.439000e-06
1.71.4336.600000e-05
1.751.4337.393000e-05
1.81.4344.610000e-05
1.851.4343.329000e-05
1.91.4323.072000e-05
1.951.4322.824000e-05
21.4312.753000e-05
2.051.4312.776000e-05
2.11.4312.943000e-05
2.151.435.233000e-05
2.21.4295.024000e-05
2.251.4280.000261
2.31.4270.0006158
2.351.4260.0005758
2.41.4250.000566
2.451.4250.0004488
2.51.4240.0003484

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence
Method
Transmittance T
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Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator

Direction
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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