Optical constants

Refractive index of CS₂ (Carbon disulfide)

Kedenburg et al. 2012: n 0.5–1.6 µm

Data: formula 2
Range: 0.5–1.6 µm
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.62774
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 2.64954
Permittivity ε₂: 0

Absorption coefficient α: 0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): — nm

Abbe number V_d: —
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.167048 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.7259
Group velocity dispersion: 339.823 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -1853.92 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy: 2.11001 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, n_g = 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

# CS2 (Carbon disulfide): Kedenburg et al. 2012: n 0.5–1.6 µm
cs2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "CS2", "Kedenburg", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cs2.range_nm)  # (500, 1600) nm
eps = cs2.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_6817dcd2a72a/lightsmith"
cs2 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(cs2.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (cs2/kedenburg-2012).

# ... load cs2 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=cs2)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=500, 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"]).

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_6817dcd2a72a/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
cs2_dl = ls.DrudeLorentz.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))

A dispersive Drude–Lorentz model for time-domain solvers.

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Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (C in µm²) (formula 2), λ in µm

n^{2} - 1 = \frac{1.50387 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - 0.03049}

Valid from 0.5 to 1.6 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	0.0
C2	1.50387
C3	0.03049

Comments and conditions

20 °C.

References

S. Kedenburg, M. Vieweg, T. Gissibl, H. Giessen. Linear refractive index and absorption measurements of nonlinear optical liquids in the visible and near-infrared spectral region. Opt. Mater. Express 2, 1588-1611 (2012)

doi:10.1364/ome.2.001588 Linear refractive index and absorption measurements of nonlinear optical liquids in the visible and near-infrared spectral region, Optical Materials Express (2012)

Cite

S. Kedenburg, M. Vieweg, T. Gissibl and H. Giessen. Linear refractive index and absorption measurements of nonlinear optical liquids in the visible and near-infrared spectral region. Optical Materials Express, 2, 1588 (2012), doi:10.1364/ome.2.001588; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 400 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library

CSV comma separated TXT tab separated YAML n, k Full database record original YAML All quantities CSV JSON metadata

CS2 (Carbon disulfide), Kedenburg et al. 2012: n 0.5–1.6 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n
0.5	1.647045
0.50146	1.646626
0.502924	1.646209
0.504392	1.645796
0.505864	1.645385
0.507341	1.644977
0.508822	1.644572
0.510308	1.64417
0.511798	1.643771
0.513292	1.643375
0.51479	1.642982
0.516293	1.642591
0.517801	1.642203
0.519312	1.641818
0.520828	1.641436
0.522349	1.641056
0.523874	1.640679
0.525403	1.640305
0.526937	1.639933
0.528475	1.639564
0.530018	1.639197
0.531566	1.638833
0.533117	1.638472
0.534674	1.638113
0.536235	1.637756
0.5378	1.637403
0.53937	1.637051
0.540945	1.636702
0.542524	1.636355
0.544108	1.636011
0.545697	1.635669
0.54729	1.63533
0.548887	1.634993
0.55049	1.634658
0.552097	1.634326
0.553709	1.633996
0.555325	1.633668
0.556947	1.633342
0.558572	1.633019
0.560203	1.632698
0.561839	1.632379
0.563479	1.632062
0.565124	1.631747
0.566774	1.631435
0.568428	1.631125
0.570088	1.630816
0.571752	1.63051
0.573421	1.630206
0.575095	1.629905
0.576774	1.629605
0.578458	1.629307
0.580147	1.629011
0.581841	1.628717
0.583539	1.628425
0.585243	1.628136
0.586951	1.627848
0.588665	1.627562
0.590384	1.627278
0.592107	1.626996
0.593836	1.626716
0.595569	1.626437
0.597308	1.626161
0.599052	1.625886
0.600801	1.625614
0.602555	1.625343
0.604314	1.625074
0.606078	1.624807
0.607848	1.624541
0.609622	1.624278
0.611402	1.624016
0.613187	1.623755
0.614977	1.623497
0.616772	1.62324
0.618573	1.622985
0.620379	1.622732
0.62219	1.62248
0.624006	1.622231
0.625828	1.621982
0.627655	1.621736
0.629488	1.621491
0.631325	1.621247
0.633168	1.621006
0.635017	1.620765
0.636871	1.620527
0.63873	1.62029
0.640595	1.620054
0.642465	1.619821
0.644341	1.619588
0.646222	1.619358
0.648108	1.619128
0.65	1.6189
0.651898	1.618674
0.653801	1.618449
0.65571	1.618226
0.657624	1.618004
0.659544	1.617784
0.66147	1.617565
0.663401	1.617348
0.665337	1.617131
0.66728	1.616917
0.669228	1.616703
0.671182	1.616492
0.673141	1.616281
0.675106	1.616072
0.677077	1.615864
0.679054	1.615658
0.681036	1.615453
0.683025	1.615249
0.685019	1.615047
0.687018	1.614846
0.689024	1.614646
0.691036	1.614447
0.693053	1.61425
0.695076	1.614054
0.697106	1.61386
0.699141	1.613666
0.701182	1.613474
0.703229	1.613283
0.705282	1.613093
0.707341	1.612905
0.709406	1.612718
0.711477	1.612532
0.713554	1.612347
0.715637	1.612163
0.717726	1.611981
0.719822	1.6118
0.721923	1.611619
0.724031	1.61144
0.726145	1.611263
0.728265	1.611086
0.730391	1.61091
0.732523	1.610736
0.734662	1.610563
0.736806	1.610391
0.738957	1.61022
0.741115	1.61005
0.743278	1.609881
0.745448	1.609713
0.747625	1.609546
0.749807	1.60938
0.751996	1.609216
0.754192	1.609052
0.756393	1.60889
0.758602	1.608728
0.760816	1.608568
0.763037	1.608408
0.765265	1.60825
0.767499	1.608092
0.76974	1.607936
0.771987	1.60778
0.774241	1.607626
0.776501	1.607472
0.778768	1.60732
0.781042	1.607168
0.783322	1.607018
0.785609	1.606868
0.787902	1.606719
0.790202	1.606572
0.792509	1.606425
0.794823	1.606279
0.797143	1.606134
0.799471	1.60599
0.801805	1.605847
0.804145	1.605705
0.806493	1.605563
0.808847	1.605423
0.811209	1.605283
0.813577	1.605145
0.815952	1.605007
0.818334	1.60487
0.820723	1.604734
0.823119	1.604598
0.825522	1.604464
0.827933	1.604331
0.83035	1.604198
0.832774	1.604066
0.835205	1.603935
0.837643	1.603805
0.840089	1.603675
0.842541	1.603547
0.845001	1.603419
0.847468	1.603292
0.849942	1.603166
0.852423	1.60304
0.854912	1.602916
0.857408	1.602792
0.859911	1.602669
0.862421	1.602546
0.864939	1.602425
0.867464	1.602304
0.869997	1.602184
0.872537	1.602065
0.875084	1.601946
0.877639	1.601828
0.880201	1.601711
0.882771	1.601595
0.885348	1.601479
0.887932	1.601364
0.890525	1.60125
0.893124	1.601137
0.895732	1.601024
0.898347	1.600912
0.90097	1.6008
0.9036	1.60069
0.906238	1.60058
0.908883	1.60047
0.911537	1.600361
0.914198	1.600254
0.916867	1.600146
0.919544	1.60004
0.922228	1.599934
0.924921	1.599828
0.927621	1.599723
0.930329	1.599619
0.933045	1.599516
0.935769	1.599413
0.938501	1.599311
0.941241	1.59921
0.943989	1.599109
0.946744	1.599008
0.949508	1.598909
0.95228	1.59881
0.955061	1.598711
0.957849	1.598614
0.960645	1.598516
0.96345	1.59842
0.966262	1.598324
0.969083	1.598228
0.971912	1.598133
0.97475	1.598039
0.977596	1.597946
0.98045	1.597852
0.983312	1.59776
0.986183	1.597668
0.989062	1.597577
0.991949	1.597486
0.994845	1.597395
0.997749	1.597306
1.00066	1.597216
1.00358	1.597128
1.00651	1.59704
1.00945	1.596952
1.0124	1.596865
1.01535	1.596779
1.01832	1.596693
1.02129	1.596607
1.02427	1.596522
1.02726	1.596438
1.03026	1.596354
1.03327	1.596271
1.03629	1.596188
1.03931	1.596106
1.04235	1.596024
1.04539	1.595942
1.04844	1.595861
1.0515	1.595781
1.05457	1.595701
1.05765	1.595622
1.06074	1.595543
1.06384	1.595465
1.06694	1.595387
1.07006	1.595309
1.07318	1.595232
1.07631	1.595156
1.07946	1.59508
1.08261	1.595004
1.08577	1.594929
1.08894	1.594854
1.09212	1.59478
1.0953	1.594706
1.0985	1.594633
1.10171	1.59456
1.10493	1.594487
1.10815	1.594415
1.11139	1.594344
1.11463	1.594273
1.11788	1.594202
1.12115	1.594132
1.12442	1.594062
1.1277	1.593992
1.131	1.593923
1.1343	1.593855
1.13761	1.593787
1.14093	1.593719
1.14426	1.593651
1.1476	1.593585
1.15095	1.593518
1.15431	1.593452
1.15768	1.593386
1.16106	1.593321
1.16445	1.593256
1.16785	1.593191
1.17126	1.593127
1.17468	1.593063
1.17811	1.593
1.18155	1.592937
1.185	1.592874
1.18846	1.592812
1.19193	1.59275
1.19541	1.592689
1.1989	1.592627
1.2024	1.592567
1.20591	1.592506
1.20943	1.592446
1.21296	1.592387
1.2165	1.592327
1.22005	1.592268
1.22361	1.59221
1.22719	1.592151
1.23077	1.592094
1.23436	1.592036
1.23797	1.591979
1.24158	1.591922
1.2452	1.591865
1.24884	1.591809
1.25249	1.591753
1.25614	1.591698
1.25981	1.591643
1.26349	1.591588
1.26718	1.591533
1.27087	1.591479
1.27459	1.591425
1.27831	1.591372
1.28204	1.591319
1.28578	1.591266
1.28953	1.591213
1.2933	1.591161
1.29708	1.591109
1.30086	1.591057
1.30466	1.591006
1.30847	1.590955
1.31229	1.590904
1.31612	1.590854
1.31996	1.590804
1.32382	1.590754
1.32768	1.590704
1.33156	1.590655
1.33544	1.590606
1.33934	1.590558
1.34325	1.590509
1.34717	1.590461
1.35111	1.590413
1.35505	1.590366
1.35901	1.590319
1.36297	1.590272
1.36695	1.590225
1.37094	1.590179
1.37495	1.590133
1.37896	1.590087
1.38299	1.590041
1.38702	1.589996
1.39107	1.589951
1.39513	1.589907
1.39921	1.589862
1.40329	1.589818
1.40739	1.589774
1.4115	1.58973
1.41562	1.589687
1.41975	1.589644
1.4239	1.589601
1.42805	1.589558
1.43222	1.589516
1.4364	1.589474
1.4406	1.589432
1.4448	1.58939
1.44902	1.589349
1.45325	1.589308
1.45749	1.589267
1.46175	1.589226
1.46602	1.589186
1.4703	1.589146
1.47459	1.589106
1.47889	1.589066
1.48321	1.589027
1.48754	1.588988
1.49188	1.588949
1.49624	1.58891
1.50061	1.588871
1.50499	1.588833
1.50938	1.588795
1.51379	1.588757
1.51821	1.58872
1.52264	1.588682
1.52709	1.588645
1.53154	1.588608
1.53601	1.588571
1.5405	1.588535
1.545	1.588499
1.54951	1.588463
1.55403	1.588427
1.55857	1.588391
1.56312	1.588356
1.56768	1.58832
1.57226	1.588285
1.57685	1.588251
1.58145	1.588216
1.58607	1.588182
1.5907	1.588147
1.59534	1.588114
1.6	1.58808

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CS₂ (Carbon disulfide): all datasets

About CS2 (Carbon disulfide)

Carbon disulfide (CS₂) is a volatile, colorless liquid with a pungent, ether-like odor. It is a simple molecular compound composed of one carbon atom bonded to two sulfur atoms, and it serves as an important industrial solvent. Historically, it has been used in the production of viscose rayon and cellophane film, although its use has declined due to health and environmental concerns. In organic chemistry, CS₂ is a valuable reagent for synthesizing carbon-sulfur and sulfur-sulfur bonds. It is also used as a fumigant for stored grain, but its flammability and toxicity have led to the search for safer alternatives. Due to its volatile nature, CS₂ can easily form explosive mixtures with air and poses significant health risks upon exposure, including neurological damage. Therefore, handling and storage of CS₂ necessitate stringent safety measures. Overall, while carbon disulfide has significant industrial utility, its hazardous nature requires careful management.

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/main/CS2/nk/Kedenburg.yml
ID: ds_6817dcd2a72a
API: /v1/datasets/ds_6817dcd2a72a

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