Optical constants

Refractive index of C₄H₈O₂ (Ethyl acetate, EtOAc, EA)

Li et al. 2022: n 0.2–1.7 µm

Data: formula 5
Range: 0.2–1.7 µm
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

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At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.37351
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 1.88653
Permittivity ε₂: 0

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

Abbe number V_d: 39.332
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0492032 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.40242
Group velocity dispersion: 88.0887 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -480.57 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

# C4H8O2 (Ethyl acetate, EtOAc, EA): Li et al. 2022: n 0.2–1.7 µm
c4h8o2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("organic", "ethyl_acetate", "Li", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(c4h8o2.range_nm)  # (200, 1700) nm
eps = c4h8o2.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_4335b7c0c5fb/lightsmith"
c4h8o2 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(c4h8o2.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (ethyl-acetate/li-2022).

# ... load c4h8o2 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=c4h8o2)],
    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"]).

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Dispersion formula

Cauchy (formula 5), λ in µm

n = 1.3587 + 0.005269 λ^{- 2.0} - 6.492 \times 10^{-5} λ^{- 4.0} + 3.906 \times 10^{-6} λ^{- 6.0}

Valid from 0.2 to 1.7 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	1.3587
C2	0.005269
C3	-2.0
C4	-6.492e-05
C5	-4.0
C6	3.906e-06
C7	-6.0

Comments and conditions

Room temperature.

References

X. Li, C. Wang, L. Ma, L. Liu. Ellipsometry-transmission measurement of the complex refractive indices for a series of organic solvents in the 200–1700 nm spectral range. Infrared Phys. Technol. 125, 104313 (2022)

doi:10.1016/j.infrared.2022.104313 Ellipsometry-transmission measurement of the complex refractive indices for a series of organic solvents in the 200–1700 nm spectral range, Infrared Physics & Technology (2022)

Cite

Xiaoning Li, Chengchao Wang, Lanxin Ma and Linhua Liu. Ellipsometry-transmission measurement of the complex refractive indices for a series of organic solvents in the 200–1700 nm spectral range. Infrared Physics & Technology, 125, 104313 (2022), doi:10.1016/j.infrared.2022.104313; 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

C4H8O2 (Ethyl acetate, EtOAc, EA), Li et al. 2022: n 0.2–1.7 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n
0.2	1.510881
0.201076	1.508404
0.202157	1.505985
0.203244	1.503622
0.204337	1.501314
0.205436	1.499058
0.206541	1.496854
0.207652	1.4947
0.208768	1.492595
0.209891	1.490536
0.21102	1.488523
0.212155	1.486555
0.213296	1.484629
0.214443	1.482746
0.215596	1.480903
0.216756	1.479099
0.217921	1.477334
0.219093	1.475606
0.220272	1.473915
0.221456	1.472259
0.222647	1.470636
0.223845	1.469048
0.225049	1.467491
0.226259	1.465966
0.227476	1.464472
0.228699	1.463007
0.229929	1.461571
0.231165	1.460164
0.232409	1.458784
0.233659	1.45743
0.234915	1.456103
0.236179	1.4548
0.237449	1.453523
0.238726	1.452269
0.24001	1.451038
0.2413	1.449831
0.242598	1.448645
0.243903	1.447481
0.245214	1.446337
0.246533	1.445215
0.247859	1.444112
0.249192	1.443028
0.250532	1.441964
0.25188	1.440917
0.253234	1.439889
0.254596	1.438879
0.255965	1.437885
0.257342	1.436908
0.258726	1.435947
0.260117	1.435003
0.261516	1.434074
0.262923	1.433159
0.264337	1.43226
0.265758	1.431375
0.267187	1.430504
0.268624	1.429647
0.270069	1.428803
0.271521	1.427973
0.272982	1.427155
0.27445	1.42635
0.275926	1.425557
0.27741	1.424776
0.278902	1.424007
0.280402	1.423249
0.28191	1.422502
0.283426	1.421767
0.28495	1.421042
0.286482	1.420327
0.288023	1.419623
0.289572	1.418929
0.291129	1.418245
0.292695	1.41757
0.294269	1.416905
0.295852	1.416249
0.297443	1.415602
0.299042	1.414964
0.300651	1.414334
0.302268	1.413714
0.303893	1.413101
0.305527	1.412497
0.307171	1.411901
0.308823	1.411312
0.310483	1.410732
0.312153	1.410159
0.313832	1.409593
0.31552	1.409035
0.317217	1.408484
0.318923	1.40794
0.320638	1.407403
0.322362	1.406873
0.324096	1.406349
0.325839	1.405832
0.327591	1.405321
0.329353	1.404817
0.331124	1.404319
0.332905	1.403827
0.334695	1.403341
0.336495	1.402861
0.338305	1.402387
0.340124	1.401918
0.341954	1.401455
0.343793	1.400998
0.345641	1.400546
0.3475	1.400099
0.349369	1.399658
0.351248	1.399222
0.353137	1.398791
0.355036	1.398365
0.356946	1.397944
0.358865	1.397528
0.360795	1.397116
0.362736	1.39671
0.364686	1.396308
0.366648	1.39591
0.368619	1.395518
0.370602	1.395129
0.372595	1.394745
0.374599	1.394365
0.376613	1.39399
0.378639	1.393619
0.380675	1.393252
0.382722	1.392889
0.384781	1.39253
0.38685	1.392175
0.38893	1.391824
0.391022	1.391477
0.393125	1.391133
0.395239	1.390794
0.397365	1.390458
0.399502	1.390126
0.40165	1.389797
0.40381	1.389472
0.405982	1.389151
0.408166	1.388833
0.410361	1.388518
0.412568	1.388207
0.414786	1.387899
0.417017	1.387594
0.41926	1.387293
0.421515	1.386995
0.423781	1.3867
0.42606	1.386409
0.428352	1.38612
0.430656	1.385835
0.432972	1.385552
0.4353	1.385273
0.437641	1.384996
0.439995	1.384723
0.442361	1.384452
0.44474	1.384184
0.447132	1.383919
0.449537	1.383657
0.451954	1.383398
0.454385	1.383141
0.456828	1.382887
0.459285	1.382635
0.461755	1.382387
0.464239	1.382141
0.466735	1.381897
0.469245	1.381656
0.471769	1.381418
0.474306	1.381182
0.476857	1.380948
0.479421	1.380717
0.482	1.380488
0.484592	1.380262
0.487198	1.380038
0.489818	1.379816
0.492452	1.379597
0.495101	1.37938
0.497763	1.379165
0.50044	1.378953
0.503132	1.378742
0.505838	1.378534
0.508558	1.378328
0.511293	1.378124
0.514043	1.377922
0.516807	1.377722
0.519587	1.377525
0.522381	1.377329
0.52519	1.377136
0.528015	1.376944
0.530854	1.376754
0.533709	1.376567
0.53658	1.376381
0.539465	1.376197
0.542367	1.376015
0.545283	1.375835
0.548216	1.375657
0.551164	1.375481
0.554128	1.375306
0.557109	1.375133
0.560105	1.374962
0.563117	1.374793
0.566145	1.374626
0.56919	1.37446
0.572251	1.374296
0.575329	1.374133
0.578423	1.373973
0.581534	1.373814
0.584661	1.373656
0.587805	1.373501
0.590967	1.373346
0.594145	1.373194
0.59734	1.373043
0.600553	1.372893
0.603782	1.372745
0.607029	1.372599
0.610294	1.372454
0.613576	1.372311
0.616876	1.372169
0.620194	1.372028
0.623529	1.371889
0.626882	1.371752
0.630254	1.371616
0.633643	1.371481
0.637051	1.371347
0.640477	1.371215
0.643921	1.371085
0.647384	1.370955
0.650866	1.370827
0.654366	1.370701
0.657885	1.370575
0.661424	1.370451
0.664981	1.370329
0.668557	1.370207
0.672152	1.370087
0.675767	1.369968
0.679402	1.36985
0.683055	1.369733
0.686729	1.369618
0.690422	1.369504
0.694135	1.369391
0.697868	1.369279
0.701621	1.369168
0.705395	1.369059
0.709188	1.36895
0.713002	1.368843
0.716837	1.368737
0.720692	1.368632
0.724568	1.368528
0.728464	1.368425
0.732382	1.368323
0.736321	1.368222
0.740281	1.368122
0.744262	1.368024
0.748265	1.367926
0.752289	1.367829
0.756335	1.367733
0.760402	1.367639
0.764492	1.367545
0.768603	1.367452
0.772736	1.36736
0.776892	1.367269
0.78107	1.367179
0.785271	1.36709
0.789494	1.367002
0.79374	1.366915
0.798009	1.366829
0.8023	1.366744
0.806615	1.366659
0.810953	1.366576
0.815314	1.366493
0.819699	1.366411
0.824108	1.36633
0.82854	1.36625
0.832995	1.36617
0.837475	1.366092
0.841979	1.366014
0.846507	1.365937
0.85106	1.365861
0.855637	1.365786
0.860238	1.365711
0.864865	1.365638
0.869516	1.365565
0.874192	1.365492
0.878894	1.365421
0.88362	1.36535
0.888372	1.36528
0.89315	1.365211
0.897953	1.365142
0.902783	1.365074
0.907638	1.365007
0.912519	1.364941
0.917427	1.364875
0.92236	1.36481
0.927321	1.364746
0.932308	1.364682
0.937322	1.364619
0.942363	1.364556
0.947431	1.364495
0.952526	1.364434
0.957649	1.364373
0.962799	1.364313
0.967977	1.364254
0.973183	1.364196
0.978416	1.364138
0.983678	1.36408
0.988969	1.364024
0.994287	1.363967
0.999634	1.363912
1.00501	1.363857
1.01042	1.363802
1.01585	1.363748
1.02131	1.363695
1.02681	1.363642
1.03233	1.36359
1.03788	1.363539
1.04346	1.363487
1.04907	1.363437
1.05471	1.363387
1.06039	1.363337
1.06609	1.363288
1.07182	1.36324
1.07759	1.363192
1.08338	1.363144
1.08921	1.363097
1.09507	1.363051
1.10096	1.363005
1.10688	1.362959
1.11283	1.362914
1.11881	1.36287
1.12483	1.362826
1.13088	1.362782
1.13696	1.362739
1.14308	1.362696
1.14922	1.362654
1.1554	1.362612
1.16162	1.362571
1.16787	1.36253
1.17415	1.362489
1.18046	1.362449
1.18681	1.362409
1.19319	1.36237
1.19961	1.362331
1.20606	1.362293
1.21255	1.362255
1.21907	1.362217
1.22562	1.36218
1.23222	1.362143
1.23884	1.362107
1.2455	1.362071
1.2522	1.362035
1.25894	1.362
1.26571	1.361965
1.27251	1.36193
1.27936	1.361896
1.28624	1.361862
1.29316	1.361828
1.30011	1.361795
1.3071	1.361763
1.31413	1.36173
1.3212	1.361698
1.32831	1.361666
1.33545	1.361635
1.34263	1.361604
1.34985	1.361573
1.35711	1.361542
1.36441	1.361512
1.37175	1.361482
1.37912	1.361453
1.38654	1.361424
1.394	1.361395
1.4015	1.361366
1.40903	1.361338
1.41661	1.36131
1.42423	1.361282
1.43189	1.361255
1.43959	1.361228
1.44733	1.361201
1.45511	1.361174
1.46294	1.361148
1.47081	1.361122
1.47872	1.361096
1.48667	1.361071
1.49467	1.361046
1.5027	1.361021
1.51079	1.360996
1.51891	1.360972
1.52708	1.360948
1.53529	1.360924
1.54355	1.3609
1.55185	1.360877
1.5602	1.360854
1.56859	1.360831
1.57702	1.360808
1.5855	1.360786
1.59403	1.360764
1.6026	1.360742
1.61122	1.36072
1.61989	1.360699
1.6286	1.360678
1.63736	1.360657
1.64616	1.360636
1.65502	1.360615
1.66392	1.360595
1.67286	1.360575
1.68186	1.360555
1.69091	1.360535
1.7	1.360516

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C₄H₈O₂ (Ethyl acetate, EtOAc, EA): all datasets

About C4H8O2 (Ethyl acetate, EtOAc, EA)

Ethyl acetate (C₄H₈O₂, EtOAc, EA) is a colorless, volatile liquid with a sweet, fruity odor reminiscent of pear drops. As a medium-polarity solvent, it finds use in a variety of industries, especially in the manufacture of inks, adhesives, and coatings. It's frequently employed as a solvent for extractions in laboratory procedures and in the production of varnishes and nail polish removers. Additionally, due to its pleasant smell, ethyl acetate is occasionally used in the formulation of perfumes and as a flavoring agent in food products. Chemical formula: CH₃-COO-CH₂-CH₃

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/organic/C4H8O2 - ethyl acetate/nk/Li.yml
ID: ds_4335b7c0c5fb
API: /v1/datasets/ds_4335b7c0c5fb

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