Optical constants

Refractive index of C (Carbon, diamond, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes)

Phillip and Taft 1964: Diamond; n,k 0.0354–10 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.03542–10 µm
Points
176
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.03542–10 µm
Refractive index n
2.41684
Extinction coefficient k
0
Permittivity ε1
5.8411
Permittivity ε2
0
Absorption coefficient α
0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
— nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.167297 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
2.51514
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

# C (Carbon, diamond, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes): Phillip and Taft 1964: Diamond; n,k 0.0354–10 µm
c = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "C", "Phillip", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(c.range_nm)  # (35.4241, 10000) nm
eps = c.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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

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References

H. R. Phillip and E. A. Taft. Kramers-Kronig analysis of reflectance data for diamond. Phys. Rev. 136, A1445-A1448 (1964)

Cite

H. R. Phillip and E. A. Taft. Kramers-Kronig Analysis of Reflectance Data for Diamond. Physical Review, 136, A1445-A1448 (1964), doi:10.1103/physrev.136.a1445; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

176 rows as published
C (Carbon, diamond, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes), Phillip and Taft 1964: Diamond; n,k 0.0354–10 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.0354240540.5832149350.24212943
0.035627640.5786758640.249561126
0.035833580.5733993880.257440979
0.0360419150.5659140510.264198246
0.0362526860.560658360.270045915
0.0364659370.5563835040.27768796
0.0366817120.5522903680.285542731
0.0369000560.5479099420.293668699
0.0371210140.5424480690.302415124
0.0373446350.5358366590.311509109
0.0375709660.5278030410.321763966
0.0378000570.522202810.331345402
0.0380319590.5174334430.340586799
0.0382667250.5120067010.350449515
0.0385044060.5072916270.36001777
0.0387450590.5046621040.368237477
0.0389887380.5016672590.378471979
0.0392355020.4993159510.389943481
0.039485410.4950167220.400308699
0.0397385220.4906088440.410429821
0.0399948990.4885545890.4230735
0.0402546060.4867809490.435673378
0.0405177080.4852257640.448162518
0.0407842720.4840438260.460710349
0.0410543670.4835942470.473676024
0.0413280620.483571260.486720406
0.0416054320.4840699710.499586866
0.041886550.485380760.512747971
0.0421714920.4864312270.526524585
0.0424603380.4860797580.53937856
0.0427531680.485969970.552291328
0.0430500650.4863072940.565214636
0.0433511140.4883909710.577969325
0.0436564040.4910856170.591669742
0.0439660240.492444560.604833568
0.0442800670.4925428890.619235414
0.0445986290.4935092150.632079382
0.0449218070.4974710990.643908763
0.0452497030.5012393320.655951117
0.0455824220.5046542780.668024655
0.0459200690.5091391860.680700896
0.0462627570.513237530.693286205
0.0466105970.5158373810.705946318
0.0469637070.5198807310.717012534
0.0473222090.5247860950.726768495
0.0476862260.5283471070.737201916
0.0480558870.5321074420.748275571
0.0484313230.5364175440.758742895
0.0488126720.5414859970.768737331
0.0492000740.5485035620.776635795
0.0495936750.5543488110.785993387
0.0499936240.5592523790.796493706
0.0504000760.5651621950.805375879
0.0508131920.5689906990.813481663
0.0512331350.5744191340.822726772
0.0516600780.5792650880.828870944
0.0520941960.5828778890.834135261
0.0525356730.586468440.839366565
0.0529846950.5897574690.843959639
0.053441460.591054660.846131557
0.0539061680.5865514890.844854218
0.054379030.5786466020.843400788
0.054860260.5687267820.843472675
0.0553500840.5551828710.847776516
0.0558487330.5371237660.857635668
0.0563564490.5109848730.890414813
0.056873480.4904740330.922152795
0.0574000870.4791169140.955571566
0.0579365360.4581214181.022892582
0.0584831070.4634517591.045536003
0.0590400890.4477225131.080939614
0.0596077820.4553421391.120069848
0.0601864990.4714259051.137124612
0.0607765620.4851158321.158743876
0.0613783110.4938047921.191118454
0.0619920940.4982652031.216259928
0.0626182760.4977290721.240695059
0.0632572380.5061237641.279598087
0.0639093750.5191252791.309221546
0.0645750980.5346771121.331018262
0.0652548350.5502999261.353443759
0.0659490360.5686287331.37763879
0.0666581650.5850287631.405648837
0.0673827110.6022932841.436633983
0.068123180.6190964381.466976619
0.0688801040.6354799311.496711309
0.0696540380.6554535571.521137523
0.0704455610.6780526691.546045091
0.071255280.6975652161.576282725
0.072083830.7165901931.605973694
0.0729318750.7362361391.635623322
0.0738001120.7556338751.664867128
0.074689270.7694968711.691299925
0.0756001140.7844457461.717065848
0.0765334490.8124456721.74756916
0.0774901170.8394161691.77821807
0.0784710050.8652529761.809332118
0.0794770430.8867329091.837233042
0.0805092130.9065268371.863298394
0.0815685440.9223558861.889677322
0.0826561250.9408949461.919953984
0.08377310.9708571011.960885899
0.0849206760.9859093062.002080707
0.086100131.0026995492.052110228
0.0873128081.020976842.11064533
0.0885601341.0362388282.180202034
0.0898436141.0562611692.256842408
0.0911648441.085818512.354062836
0.0925255131.1019464132.465750575
0.0939274151.1354526042.607673794
0.0953724521.2126058922.77670183
0.0968626461.3434432093.017232118
0.0984001491.6814732273.372489023
0.0999872482.0818717063.5109272
0.1016263832.5543752663.516495841
0.1033201562.847762343.220107195
0.1050713453.0567342272.969836213
0.106882923.2783360412.675290114
0.1087580593.4357164922.397913221
0.1107001673.5076842942.173927116
0.1127128983.4910036261.919061312
0.1148001743.50072461.749409251
0.1169662153.4999860421.606892123
0.1192155653.4718741371.448713231
0.1215531253.4537245431.344028727
0.1239841873.4213545671.250026829
0.1265144773.3772526721.164661156
0.1291501953.3246210931.070992724
0.1318980723.2918160941.018073278
0.1347654213.2626849960.967033288
0.1377602083.245025880.914938774
0.1408911223.2312417820.865721351
0.144167663.2261107680.824627606
0.1476002233.2231722070.789467592
0.1512002293.2347716840.751250857
0.1549802343.2521779140.711309486
0.1589540863.282160110.665263097
0.1631370893.3247543290.613833324
0.1675461993.3710811240.507137009
0.172200263.4244891720.385650219
0.1771202683.2838565620.08839637
0.1823296873.1096691930.029197479
0.1878548292.988945610.020877262
0.1937252932.9223206020.016664325
0.1999744962.8629162450.012223934
0.2066403122.8175675880.007557476
0.213765842.771484880.002904905
0.2214003352.7277059960.0
0.2296003472.6907415330.0
0.238431132.6669551930.0
0.2479683752.638736440.0
0.258300392.6059566380.0
0.2695308422.58176490.0
0.2817822442.5608846130.0
0.2952004462.5413244580.0
0.3099604692.5236323030.0
0.3262741772.5058132410.0
0.3444005212.4878665560.0
0.3646593752.4733236750.0
0.3874505862.4649868150.0
0.4132806252.4550519340.0
0.4428006692.4412517280.0
0.4768622592.4314789740.0
0.5166007812.4270764310.0
0.5635644882.4208572860.0
0.6199209372.4114290370.0
0.6888010412.4065431640.0
0.7749011712.4062024020.0
0.8856013392.4000354160.0
1.0332015622.3905229550.0
1.2398418742.3881247870.0
1.5498023432.3877834910.0
2.0664031242.383241490.0
3.0996046862.3785205490.0
6.1992093722.3781757710.0
10.02.3778330470.0

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
—
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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