Optical constants

Refractive index of CsPb(Br,Cl)3 (Cesium lead tribromide - Cesium lead trichloride)

Ermolaev et al. 2023: Br-1.3, Cl-1.7; n,k(o) 0.455–0.500 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.455–0.5 µm
Points
46
Optical axis
o
Licence
CC0-1.0

Uniaxial crystal, axes: oe

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.455–0.5 µm
Refractive index n
2.30642
Extinction coefficient k
0.00527
Permittivity ε1
5.31955
Permittivity ε2
0.0243097
Absorption coefficient α
1388.36 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
14405.5 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-8.46 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
6.34184
Group velocity dispersion
— fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
— ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
2.59925 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

# CsPb(Br,Cl)3 (Cesium lead tribromide - Cesium lead trichloride): Ermolaev et al. 2023: Br-1.3, Cl-1.7; n,k(o) 0.455–0.500 µm
cspb = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "CsPb_BrCl_3", "Ermolaev-Br1.3Cl1.7-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cspb.range_nm)  # (455, 500) nm
eps = cspb.eps([477])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

CsPbBr1.3Cl1.7 monocrystal. Ordinary ray (o).

Conditions

direction
o

References

G. Ermolaev, A. P. Pushkarev, A. Zhizhchenko, A. A. Kuchmizhak, I. Iorsh, I. Kruglov, A. Mazitov, A. Ishteev, K. Konstantinova, D. Saranin, A. Slavich, D. Stosic, E. S. Zhukova, G. Tselikov, A. D. Carlo, A. Arsenin, K. S. Novoselov, S. V. Makarov, V. S. Volkov. Giant and tunable excitonic optical anisotropy in single-crystal halide perovskites. Nano Lett. 23, 2570–2577 (2023) (Numerical data kindly provided by Georgy Ermolaev)

Cite

Georgy Ermolaev et al.. Giant and Tunable Excitonic Optical Anisotropy in Single-Crystal Halide Perovskites. Nano Letters, 23, 2570-2577 (2023), doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04792; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

46 rows as published
CsPb(Br,Cl)3 (Cesium lead tribromide - Cesium lead trichloride), Ermolaev et al. 2023: Br-1.3, Cl-1.7; n,k(o) 0.455–0.500 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.4552.065230.41812
0.4562.126570.49649
0.4572.23120.55354
0.4582.363860.5579
0.4592.483660.49849
0.462.55580.40108
0.4612.578430.30236
0.4622.569560.22188
0.4632.546260.16233
0.4642.518490.11979
0.4652.490880.08954
0.4662.465240.06784
0.4672.44210.05206
0.4682.421410.0404
0.4692.402940.03164
0.472.386420.02498
0.4712.371580.01985
0.4722.358170.01585
0.4732.345980.01269
0.4742.334850.01019
0.4752.324630.00818
0.4762.315180.00657
0.4772.306420.00527
0.4782.298260.00421
0.4792.290610.00335
0.482.283440.00264
0.4812.276670.00207
0.4822.270270.0016
0.4832.26420.00123
0.4842.258430.000918
0.4852.252920.000672
0.4862.247660.000477
0.4872.242630.000325
0.4882.237790.000208
0.4892.233140.000122
0.492.228676.2e-05
0.4912.224362.4e-05
0.4922.22024e-06
0.4932.216180.0
0.4942.21230.0
0.4952.208540.0
0.4962.204890.0
0.4972.201340.0
0.4982.197890.0
0.4992.194520.0
0.52.191230.0

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