Optical constants
Refractive index of CR-39
Polymer: n 0.58929 µm
- Data
- tabulated n
- Range
- 0.5893–0.5893 µm
- Points
- 1
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- —
- Extinction coefficient k
- —
- Permittivity ε1
- —
- Permittivity ε2
- —
- Absorption coefficient α
- — cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- — nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- — µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- —
- Group velocity dispersion
- — fs²/mm
- Dispersion parameter D
- — ps/(nm·km)
- Photon energy
- 2.10499 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
# CR-39: Polymer: n 0.58929 µm
cr_39 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "CR-39", "poly", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cr_39.range_nm) # (589.29, 589.29) nm
eps = cr_39.eps([589]) # complex permittivityDownloads 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_05e6b7b5158f/lightsmith"
cr_39 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(cr_39.source) # citation and provenance travel with the dataAny dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (cr-39/poly).
# ... load cr_39 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=cr_39)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=590, stop_nm=589, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim) # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext) # extinction efficiency at each wavelengthSame spec runs with DDA, FDTD, BEM or T-matrix: ls.compare(sim, ["mie", "dda"]).
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.
Comments and conditions
References
Cite
CR-39 Product Bulletin - PPG Industries (2006); Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
1 rows as published| λ (µm) | n |
|---|---|
| 0.58929 | 1.498 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
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- Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator
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- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
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- Critical angle θC
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