Optical constants

Refractive index of CH₂Cl₂ (Dichloromethane, DCM)

Chang et al. 2024: n 0.4–2.0 µm

Data: formula 1
Range: 0.4–2 µm
Temperature: 295 K
Licence: CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.42349
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 2.02633
Permittivity ε₂: 0

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

Abbe number V_d: 51.537
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0420823 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.44822
Group velocity dispersion: 80.2733 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -437.933 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

# CH2Cl2 (Dichloromethane, DCM): Chang et al. 2024: n 0.4–2.0 µm
ch2cl2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("organic", "dichloromethane", "Chang", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(ch2cl2.range_nm)  # (400, 2000) nm
eps = ch2cl2.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_19fbf3e284b2/lightsmith"
ch2cl2 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(ch2cl2.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (dichloromethane/chang-2024).

# ... load ch2cl2 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=ch2cl2)],
    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"]).

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_19fbf3e284b2/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
ch2cl2_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 (formula 1), λ in µm

n^{2} - 1 = \frac{0.9923 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - {0.107}^{2}}

Valid from 0.4 to 2.0 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	0.0
C2	0.9923
C3	0.107

Comments and conditions

21.5–22.0 °C

Conditions

temperature: 295 K

References

H.-J. Chang, N. Munera, C. Lopez-Zelaya, D. Banerjee, G. Beadie, E. W. Van Stryland, D. J. Hagan. Refractive index measurements of liquids from 0.5 to 2 µm using Rayleigh interferometry. Opt. Mater. Express 14, 1253–1267 (2024)

doi:10.1364/ome.519907 Refractive index measurements of liquids from 0.5 to 2 µm using Rayleigh interferometry, Optical Materials Express (2024)

Cite

Hao-Jung Chang et al.. Refractive index measurements of liquids from 0.5 to 2 µm using Rayleigh interferometry. Optical Materials Express, 14, 1253 (2024), doi:10.1364/ome.519907; 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

CH2Cl2 (Dichloromethane, DCM), Chang et al. 2024: n 0.4–2.0 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n
0.4	1.438325
0.401617	1.438095
0.40324	1.437867
0.40487	1.437641
0.406506	1.437417
0.408149	1.437196
0.409799	1.436976
0.411455	1.436758
0.413118	1.436542
0.414788	1.436329
0.416465	1.436117
0.418148	1.435907
0.419838	1.435699
0.421535	1.435493
0.423239	1.435288
0.424949	1.435086
0.426667	1.434885
0.428391	1.434686
0.430123	1.434489
0.431861	1.434294
0.433607	1.4341
0.435359	1.433908
0.437119	1.433718
0.438886	1.43353
0.44066	1.433343
0.442441	1.433158
0.444229	1.432974
0.446024	1.432793
0.447827	1.432612
0.449637	1.432434
0.451455	1.432257
0.453279	1.432081
0.455111	1.431907
0.456951	1.431735
0.458798	1.431564
0.460652	1.431395
0.462514	1.431227
0.464383	1.431061
0.46626	1.430896
0.468145	1.430733
0.470037	1.430571
0.471937	1.43041
0.473844	1.430251
0.47576	1.430093
0.477683	1.429937
0.479613	1.429782
0.481552	1.429628
0.483498	1.429476
0.485452	1.429325
0.487414	1.429175
0.489385	1.429027
0.491363	1.42888
0.493349	1.428734
0.495343	1.42859
0.497345	1.428446
0.499355	1.428304
0.501373	1.428164
0.5034	1.428024
0.505434	1.427886
0.507477	1.427749
0.509528	1.427613
0.511588	1.427478
0.513655	1.427345
0.515732	1.427212
0.517816	1.427081
0.519909	1.426951
0.52201	1.426822
0.52412	1.426694
0.526239	1.426567
0.528366	1.426442
0.530501	1.426317
0.532645	1.426193
0.534798	1.426071
0.53696	1.42595
0.53913	1.425829
0.541309	1.42571
0.543497	1.425592
0.545694	1.425474
0.547899	1.425358
0.550114	1.425243
0.552337	1.425129
0.55457	1.425015
0.556811	1.424903
0.559062	1.424792
0.561321	1.424681
0.56359	1.424572
0.565868	1.424463
0.568155	1.424356
0.570452	1.424249
0.572757	1.424143
0.575072	1.424038
0.577397	1.423934
0.57973	1.423831
0.582073	1.423729
0.584426	1.423628
0.586788	1.423527
0.58916	1.423428
0.591541	1.423329
0.593932	1.423231
0.596333	1.423134
0.598743	1.423038
0.601163	1.422942
0.603593	1.422848
0.606032	1.422754
0.608482	1.422661
0.610941	1.422568
0.613411	1.422477
0.61589	1.422386
0.618379	1.422296
0.620879	1.422207
0.623388	1.422119
0.625908	1.422031
0.628438	1.421944
0.630978	1.421858
0.633528	1.421773
0.636088	1.421688
0.638659	1.421604
0.641241	1.42152
0.643833	1.421438
0.646435	1.421356
0.649048	1.421275
0.651671	1.421194
0.654305	1.421114
0.656949	1.421035
0.659605	1.420957
0.662271	1.420879
0.664948	1.420802
0.667635	1.420725
0.670334	1.420649
0.673043	1.420574
0.675763	1.420499
0.678495	1.420425
0.681237	1.420352
0.68399	1.420279
0.686755	1.420207
0.689531	1.420135
0.692318	1.420064
0.695116	1.419994
0.697925	1.419924
0.700746	1.419855
0.703579	1.419786
0.706422	1.419718
0.709278	1.419651
0.712144	1.419584
0.715023	1.419518
0.717913	1.419452
0.720814	1.419387
0.723728	1.419322
0.726653	1.419258
0.72959	1.419194
0.732539	1.419131
0.7355	1.419068
0.738472	1.419006
0.741457	1.418945
0.744454	1.418884
0.747463	1.418823
0.750484	1.418763
0.753517	1.418704
0.756563	1.418645
0.759621	1.418586
0.762691	1.418528
0.765774	1.418471
0.768869	1.418414
0.771977	1.418357
0.775097	1.418301
0.77823	1.418245
0.781375	1.41819
0.784533	1.418135
0.787704	1.418081
0.790888	1.418027
0.794085	1.417974
0.797294	1.417921
0.800517	1.417868
0.803752	1.417816
0.807001	1.417765
0.810263	1.417714
0.813538	1.417663
0.816826	1.417612
0.820127	1.417562
0.823442	1.417513
0.82677	1.417464
0.830112	1.417415
0.833467	1.417367
0.836836	1.417319
0.840218	1.417271
0.843614	1.417224
0.847024	1.417177
0.850447	1.417131
0.853885	1.417085
0.857336	1.41704
0.860801	1.416994
0.86428	1.416949
0.867774	1.416905
0.871281	1.416861
0.874803	1.416817
0.878338	1.416774
0.881888	1.416731
0.885453	1.416688
0.889032	1.416646
0.892625	1.416604
0.896233	1.416562
0.899855	1.416521
0.903492	1.41648
0.907144	1.416439
0.910811	1.416399
0.914492	1.416359
0.918188	1.41632
0.921899	1.41628
0.925626	1.416241
0.929367	1.416203
0.933123	1.416164
0.936895	1.416126
0.940681	1.416089
0.944483	1.416051
0.948301	1.416014
0.952134	1.415977
0.955982	1.415941
0.959846	1.415905
0.963726	1.415869
0.967621	1.415833
0.971532	1.415798
0.975458	1.415763
0.979401	1.415728
0.98336	1.415694
0.987334	1.41566
0.991325	1.415626
0.995332	1.415592
0.999355	1.415559
1.00339	1.415526
1.00745	1.415493
1.01152	1.415461
1.01561	1.415429
1.01971	1.415397
1.02384	1.415365
1.02797	1.415333
1.03213	1.415302
1.0363	1.415271
1.04049	1.415241
1.04469	1.41521
1.04892	1.41518
1.05316	1.41515
1.05741	1.41512
1.06169	1.415091
1.06598	1.415062
1.07029	1.415033
1.07461	1.415004
1.07896	1.414976
1.08332	1.414947
1.0877	1.414919
1.09209	1.414891
1.09651	1.414864
1.10094	1.414837
1.10539	1.414809
1.10986	1.414783
1.11434	1.414756
1.11885	1.414729
1.12337	1.414703
1.12791	1.414677
1.13247	1.414651
1.13704	1.414626
1.14164	1.4146
1.14625	1.414575
1.15089	1.41455
1.15554	1.414525
1.16021	1.414501
1.1649	1.414476
1.16961	1.414452
1.17433	1.414428
1.17908	1.414404
1.18385	1.414381
1.18863	1.414357
1.19344	1.414334
1.19826	1.414311
1.2031	1.414288
1.20797	1.414266
1.21285	1.414243
1.21775	1.414221
1.22267	1.414199
1.22761	1.414177
1.23258	1.414155
1.23756	1.414134
1.24256	1.414112
1.24758	1.414091
1.25262	1.41407
1.25769	1.414049
1.26277	1.414028
1.26787	1.414008
1.273	1.413987
1.27814	1.413967
1.28331	1.413947
1.2885	1.413927
1.2937	1.413908
1.29893	1.413888
1.30418	1.413869
1.30945	1.413849
1.31475	1.41383
1.32006	1.413811
1.3254	1.413793
1.33075	1.413774
1.33613	1.413756
1.34153	1.413737
1.34696	1.413719
1.3524	1.413701
1.35787	1.413683
1.36335	1.413665
1.36886	1.413648
1.3744	1.41363
1.37995	1.413613
1.38553	1.413596
1.39113	1.413579
1.39675	1.413562
1.4024	1.413545
1.40807	1.413529
1.41376	1.413512
1.41947	1.413496
1.42521	1.41348
1.43097	1.413464
1.43675	1.413448
1.44256	1.413432
1.44839	1.413416
1.45424	1.413401
1.46012	1.413385
1.46602	1.41337
1.47195	1.413355
1.4779	1.41334
1.48387	1.413325
1.48987	1.41331
1.49589	1.413295
1.50194	1.413281
1.50801	1.413266
1.5141	1.413252
1.52022	1.413238
1.52637	1.413223
1.53254	1.413209
1.53873	1.413196
1.54495	1.413182
1.55119	1.413168
1.55746	1.413155
1.56376	1.413141
1.57008	1.413128
1.57643	1.413115
1.5828	1.413101
1.58919	1.413088
1.59562	1.413076
1.60207	1.413063
1.60854	1.41305
1.61504	1.413037
1.62157	1.413025
1.62813	1.413013
1.63471	1.413
1.64131	1.412988
1.64795	1.412976
1.65461	1.412964
1.6613	1.412952
1.66801	1.41294
1.67475	1.412929
1.68152	1.412917
1.68832	1.412905
1.69514	1.412894
1.70199	1.412883
1.70887	1.412871
1.71578	1.41286
1.72271	1.412849
1.72968	1.412838
1.73667	1.412827
1.74369	1.412817
1.75074	1.412806
1.75781	1.412795
1.76492	1.412785
1.77205	1.412774
1.77921	1.412764
1.7864	1.412754
1.79362	1.412743
1.80087	1.412733
1.80815	1.412723
1.81546	1.412713
1.8228	1.412703
1.83017	1.412694
1.83756	1.412684
1.84499	1.412674
1.85245	1.412665
1.85993	1.412655
1.86745	1.412646
1.875	1.412637
1.88258	1.412627
1.89019	1.412618
1.89783	1.412609
1.9055	1.4126
1.9132	1.412591
1.92093	1.412582
1.9287	1.412573
1.93649	1.412565
1.94432	1.412556
1.95218	1.412547
1.96007	1.412539
1.96799	1.41253
1.97594	1.412522
1.98393	1.412514
1.99195	1.412505
2	1.412497

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CH₂Cl₂ (Dichloromethane, DCM): all datasets

About CH2Cl2 (Dichloromethane, DCM)

Dichloromethane (CH₂Cl₂), also known as methylene chloride, is a volatile, colorless liquid with a characteristic sweet odor. It is commonly used as a solvent in paint strippers, aerosol formulations, and various chemical extraction processes, including the decaffeination of coffee. Due to its relatively high volatility, care must be taken when handling dichloromethane to avoid excessive inhalation, as prolonged exposure can pose health risks. In the realm of optics and spectroscopy, dichloromethane’s refractive properties are of interest for studying solvent effects and reaction kinetics. Its ability to dissolve a wide range of organic compounds, combined with its transparent nature in certain wavelengths, makes it valuable in laboratory-based optical and spectroscopic measurements.

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/organic/CH2Cl2 - dichloromethane/nk/Chang.yml
ID: ds_19fbf3e284b2
API: /v1/datasets/ds_19fbf3e284b2

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