Refractive index of Cu (Copper)

import lightsmith as ls

# Cu (Copper): Ordal et al. 1985: n,k 0.517–55.6 µm
cu = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "Cu", "Ordal", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cu.range_nm)  # (517, 55600) nm
eps = cu.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_dac5dd4fc3ab/lightsmith"
cu = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(cu.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

# ... load cu as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=cu)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=517, stop_nm=1000, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim)  # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext)     # extinction efficiency at each wavelength