Optical constants

Refractive index of GaP-InP (Gallium indium phosphide, GaInP)

Ferrini et al. 2002: n,k 15.5–124 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
15.5–124 µm
Points
256
State
gas
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 15.5–124 µm
Refractive index n
3.66333
Extinction coefficient k
0.0401218
Permittivity ε1
13.4184
Permittivity ε2
0.293959
Absorption coefficient α
115.111 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
173746 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0351042 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
5.2009
Group velocity dispersion
— fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
— ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
0.0283069 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

# GaP-InP (Gallium indium phosphide, GaInP): Ferrini et al. 2002: n,k 15.5–124 µm
gap_inp = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "GaP-InP", "Ferrini-far-IR", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(gap_inp.range_nm)  # (15498, 123984) nm
eps = gap_inp.eps([43800])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

Ga0.51In0.49P. Undoped lattice matched film grown lattice matched on GaAs substrates, by metal-organic vapour phase epitaxy (MOVPE) at 700 °C.

Conditions

substrate
GaAs
film thickness
3.15e-6

References

R. Ferrini, G. Guizzetti, M. Patrini, A. Parisini, L. Tarricone, B. Valenti. Optical functions of InGaP/GaAs epitaxial layers from 0.01 to 5.5 eV. Eur. Phys. J. B 84, 449-458 (2002)
[Calculation script (Python)]
  • doi:10.1140/epjb/e2002-00177-x Optical functions of InGaP/GaAs epitaxial layers from 0.01 to 5.5 eV, The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter (2002)

Cite

R. Ferrini et al.. Optical functions of InGaP/GaAs epitaxial layers from 0.01 to 5.5 eV. The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter, 27, 449-458 (2002), doi:10.1140/epjb/e2002-00177-x; [Calculation script (Python)]; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

256 rows as published
GaP-InP (Gallium indium phosphide, GaInP), Ferrini et al. 2002: n,k 15.5–124 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
15.4980252.8848860.0040992
15.5513872.883190.0041611
15.6051192.8814670.0042243
15.6592232.8797170.004289
15.7137032.877940.004355
15.7685642.8761340.0044226
15.8238092.87430.0044917
15.8794432.8724360.0045624
15.9354692.8705410.0046347
15.9918922.8686160.0047087
16.0487162.8666590.0047844
16.1059452.864670.0048619
16.1635842.8626470.0049413
16.2216372.860590.0050225
16.2801082.8584980.0051058
16.3390032.8563710.005191
16.3983252.8542070.0052784
16.4580792.8520050.0053679
16.5182712.8497650.0054596
16.5789042.8474850.0055537
16.6399842.8451650.0056501
16.7015162.8428030.0057491
16.7635052.8403980.0058506
16.8259552.8379490.0059547
16.8888732.8354560.0060616
16.9522632.8329160.0061713
17.016132.8303290.006284
17.0804812.8276930.0063998
17.145322.8250060.0065187
17.2106532.8222690.0066408
17.2764872.8194780.0067664
17.3428252.8166320.0068956
17.4096752.8137310.0070284
17.4770432.8107720.007165
17.5449342.8077530.0073056
17.6133542.8046730.0074503
17.682312.801530.0075992
17.7518082.7983220.0077527
17.8218552.7950470.0079108
17.8924562.7917030.0080737
17.963622.7882870.0082416
18.0353512.7847990.0084148
18.1076582.7812340.0085935
18.1805462.7775910.0087778
18.2540242.7738670.0089681
18.3280992.770060.0091647
18.4027772.7661670.0093677
18.4780662.7621840.0095775
18.5539732.7581090.0097944
18.6305072.7539380.010019
18.7076752.7496690.010251
18.7854842.7452970.010491
18.8639442.7408190.01074
18.9430622.7362310.010998
19.0228462.731530.011265
19.1033052.726710.011542
19.1844482.7217670.011829
19.2662832.7166970.012128
19.3488192.7114950.012438
19.4320652.7061550.012759
19.5160312.7006720.013094
19.6007262.6950410.013442
19.6861582.6892540.013804
19.7723392.6833060.014182
19.8592782.677190.014575
19.9469842.6708980.014984
20.0354692.6644230.015412
20.1247422.6577570.015858
20.2148152.6508910.016325
20.3056972.6438160.016812
20.39742.6365220.017322
20.4899352.6289990.017856
20.5833142.6212370.018416
20.6775482.6132220.019002
20.7726482.6049430.019618
20.8686272.5963870.020265
20.9654982.5875380.020945
21.0632712.5783820.021661
21.1619612.5689020.022415
21.2615812.5590810.023211
21.3621422.5488980.02405
21.4636592.5383350.024938
21.5661462.5273680.025877
21.6696162.5159740.026872
21.7740842.5041260.027927
21.8795642.4917970.029048
21.9860712.4789560.030241
22.093622.4655690.031511
22.2022262.45160.032867
22.3119062.437010.034316
22.4226742.4217530.035867
22.5345482.4057830.037532
22.6475432.3890460.039321
22.7616782.3714830.041248
22.8769682.353030.043329
22.9934332.3336130.045581
23.1110892.3131520.048025
23.2299562.2915560.050684
23.3500522.2687230.053587
23.4713962.2445360.056766
23.5940082.2188640.06026
23.7179072.1915570.064117
23.8431152.1624410.068392
23.9696522.1313170.073154
24.0975382.0979510.078488
24.2267972.0620690.084499
24.357452.0233470.09132
24.489521.9813960.099123
24.623031.9357480.10813
24.7580031.8858280.11865
24.8944651.8309250.13107
25.0324391.7701470.14599
25.1719511.7023560.16422
25.3130271.6260840.18704
25.4556931.539430.21641
25.5999761.4399620.25562
25.7459041.3248230.31043
25.8935061.1918170.39139
26.0428091.0444280.51727
26.1938450.9057970.71178
26.3466420.82380.97606
26.5012320.8364381.2782
26.6576480.9753011.5793
26.8159211.2860941.7801
26.9760841.6469931.6609
27.1381721.6724181.3299
27.302221.4156881.1735
27.4682631.1171531.2453
27.6363380.8944241.4655
27.8064820.7688231.7427
27.9787350.7113962.0309
28.1531350.6964962.3212
28.3297230.7112252.6173
28.508540.7509522.926
28.6896280.8162613.2548
28.8730320.9121373.6126
29.0587961.0488484.0096
29.2469661.2448074.458
29.4375891.5326974.9711
29.6307131.9717935.5578
29.8263872.6700066.2002
30.0246633.8017076.7734
30.2255935.480596.8593
30.429237.1862655.862
30.635637.9122794.1771
30.8448497.7540612.7946
31.0569457.3100651.9163
31.2719796.856651.3767
31.490016.462471.0333
31.7111046.1325350.80411
31.9353245.8574050.64434
32.1627375.6263570.52867
32.3934125.4303350.44226
32.627425.2622430.37597
32.8648345.1166270.32399
33.1057284.9892950.28244
33.350184.8770030.2487
33.5982684.7772140.22091
33.8500754.6879230.19774
34.1056854.6075260.17822
34.3651854.5347280.16162
34.6286644.468470.14738
34.8962144.4078830.13508
35.1679314.3522410.12438
35.4439134.3009390.11501
35.724264.2534640.10677
36.0090784.2093810.099487
36.2984734.1683190.093019
36.5925584.1299560.087254
36.8914474.0940150.082095
37.1952594.0602550.077466
37.5041174.0284650.073299
37.8181463.9984590.06954
38.1374793.9700730.066139
38.4622513.9431640.063058
38.7926023.9176010.060262
39.1286763.8932690.05772
39.4706253.8700660.055407
39.8186023.8478970.053302
40.172773.826680.051383
40.5332953.8063380.049635
40.900353.7868020.048043
41.2741133.768010.046593
41.654773.7499030.045274
42.0425143.732430.044077
42.4375443.7155410.042992
42.8400683.6991920.042012
43.2503013.6833410.04113
43.6684673.6679510.040339
44.0947983.6529850.039635
44.5295363.638410.039012
44.9729313.6241940.038467
45.4252453.6103080.037996
45.8867493.5967250.037596
46.3577283.5834180.037265
46.8384753.5703620.037
47.3292973.5575330.036799
47.8305153.5449090.036661
48.3424623.5324680.036585
48.8654873.5201880.03657
49.3999543.508050.036615
49.9462413.4960330.03672
50.5047453.4841180.036885
51.0758813.4722850.03711
51.6600823.4605170.037396
52.2578023.4487950.037744
52.8695163.43710.038155
53.495723.4254140.03863
54.1369363.4137170.039171
54.7937093.4019930.03978
55.4666153.3902220.04046
56.1562533.3783840.041213
56.8632563.366460.042042
57.5882883.3544310.042951
58.3320493.3422750.043944
59.0952723.3299720.045025
59.8787323.3174980.046198
60.6832443.3048310.04747
61.509673.2919480.048846
62.3589163.2788220.050333
63.2319413.2654270.051938
64.1297573.2517350.053669
65.0534373.2377170.055536
66.0041133.223340.057549
66.9829883.2085710.059718
67.9913343.1933750.062056
69.0305033.1777130.064576
70.101933.1615420.067295
71.207143.144820.070229
72.3477583.1274980.073398
73.5255123.1095230.076822
74.7422473.090840.080526
75.9999293.0713880.084537
77.3006613.0510980.088886
78.6466923.0298980.093607
80.0404313.0077080.098739
81.484462.984440.10433
82.9815492.9599970.11042
84.534682.9342720.11708
86.1470582.9071450.12438
87.822142.8784860.13239
89.5636552.8481490.1412
91.3756372.8159680.15091
93.2624492.7817630.16167
95.2288262.7453280.1736
97.2799092.7064310.18689
99.421292.6648150.20175
101.6590692.6201860.21842
103.9999022.5722140.23723
106.4510792.5205250.25856
109.0205872.4647010.28287
111.717212.4042730.31076
114.5506172.3387240.34298
117.5314882.2674970.38051
120.6716422.190020.42459
123.9841972.1057640.47687

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence
Method
Transmittance T
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Reflectance R
—

Fresnel reflection calculator

Direction
Rp
—
Rs
—
R = (Rp+Rs)/2
—
Phase φp
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Phase φs
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Brewster angle θB
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