CaF2 - Calcium fluoride (CRYSTRAN)

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1 dataset, together covering 0.149–9.429 µm. Default: CaF2 - Calcium fluoride.

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CaF₂ - Calcium fluoride n,k 0.149–9.429 µm default

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Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith

import lightsmith as ls

# CaF2 - Calcium fluoride (CRYSTRAN): CaF2 - Calcium fluoride
crystran_caf2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "CRYSTRAN-optical", "CaF2", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(crystran_caf2.range_nm)  # (149, 9429) nm
eps = crystran_caf2.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_2ece28809200/lightsmith"
crystran_caf2 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(crystran_caf2.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (crystran-caf2/crystran).

# ... load crystran_caf2 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=crystran_caf2)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, 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"]).

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About CaF2 - Calcium fluoride (CRYSTRAN)

Other names: CaF2

API: /v1/materials/mat_d63ea335da51 · slug crystran-caf2