Blood

Biological materials

4 datasets, together covering 0.4–14.99 µm. Default: Rowe et al. 2017: n,k 2–15 µm.

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Tick datasets in the list to add them to the plot (up to 12).

Datasets

Whole blood

Blood components

Use it in Lightsmith

Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith

import lightsmith as ls

# Blood: Rowe et al. 2017: n,k 2–15 µm
blood = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "blood", "Rowe", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(blood.range_nm)  # (2000.6, 14987.2) nm
eps = blood.eps([5480])  # 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_d3e63730ebdb/lightsmith"
blood = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(blood.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (blood/rowe-2017).

# ... load blood as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=blood)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=2001, stop_nm=14990, 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"]).

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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.

About Blood

Other names: Blood (Human body)

API: /v1/materials/mat_4068c6a8a357 · slug blood