Refractive index of Cu (Copper)

import lightsmith as ls

# Cu (Copper): Rakić et al. 1998: Brendel-Bormann model; n,k 0.207–12.4 µm
cu = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "Cu", "Rakic-BB", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cu.range_nm)  # (206.64, 12398) nm
eps = cu.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_157a517c1961/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=400, stop_nm=1000, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim)  # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext)     # extinction efficiency at each wavelength