Optical constants

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

Schubert et al. 1995: n,k 0.250–0.954 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.2496–0.9539 µm
Points
98
Licence
CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Range 0.2496–0.9539 µm
Refractive index n
3.60363
Extinction coefficient k
0.171757
Permittivity ε1
12.9566
Permittivity ε2
1.2379
Absorption coefficient α
36731.9 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
544.485 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
0 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
3.60363
Group velocity dispersion
— fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
— ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
2.11001 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): Schubert et al. 1995: n,k 0.250–0.954 µm
gap_inp = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "GaP-InP", "Schubert", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(gap_inp.range_nm)  # (249.61, 953.95) nm
eps = gap_inp.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

Ga0.51In0.49P; Eg=1.85±0.2 eV; Room temperature.

References

M. Schubert, V. Gottschalch, C. M. Herzinger, H. Yao, P. G. Snyder, J. A. Woollam. Optical constants of GaxIn1−xP lattice matched to GaAs. J. Appl. Phys. 77, 3416 (1995)
  • doi:10.1063/1.358632 Optical constants of Ga<i>x</i>In1−<i>x</i>P lattice matched to GaAs, Journal of Applied Physics (1995)

Cite

Mathias Schubert et al.. Optical constants of Ga<i>x</i>In1−<i>x</i>P lattice matched to GaAs. Journal of Applied Physics, 77, 3416-3419 (1995), doi:10.1063/1.358632; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

98 rows as published
GaP-InP (Gallium indium phosphide, GaInP), Schubert et al. 1995: n,k 0.250–0.954 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.249613.025543.74166
0.251843.198363.68781
0.254763.460113.55863
0.257423.598513.40791
0.259793.749683.2895
0.26293.888343.08494
0.264663.917872.92344
0.266443.947792.82656
0.270463.976652.622
0.273833.964692.42825
0.278463.914112.26675
0.282443.873782.14835
0.287373.806582.06219
0.294653.7291.95456
0.302783.688831.86844
0.310393.676161.85766
0.317883.676161.85766
0.3293.70711.85766
0.343293.841551.86844
0.355644.006691.84687
0.362834.134261.82534
0.368924.272751.73925
0.377384.425741.62081
0.386234.570611.39475
0.390044.588641.19019
0.394734.590411.04537
0.401144.545760.88749
0.410024.445230.71528
0.425324.260530.55737
0.437884.151180.47125
0.455384.026080.38516
0.475843.903570.34209
0.510253.78110.22725
0.543963.683790.21291
0.573423.617620.16984
0.585623.603630.17149
0.606053.603630.17425
0.608043.603630.17305
0.609743.603630.17126
0.612223.603630.17066
0.614263.603630.16767
0.616943.603630.16707
0.61983.603630.16587
0.623343.603630.16407
0.625943.603630.16048
0.629713.603630.15689
0.633523.603630.1521
0.636043.603630.1485
0.639083.603630.14431
0.641133.603630.14012
0.643713.603130.13294
0.646133.601570.12755
0.647873.600450.12156
0.650153.598990.11497
0.652093.597740.10599
0.653863.59660.0982
0.655653.595460.08802
0.657623.594190.07844
0.659423.592310.06707
0.661063.588090.05629
0.663073.582880.04311
0.665083.577680.02874
0.666373.574340.02036
0.666743.573390.01677
0.667653.571030.01111
0.673473.559820.00488
0.67463.558690.0
0.679373.553980.0
0.693283.519790.0
0.699743.49520.0
0.704253.47990.0
0.709453.465250.0
0.714483.45360.0
0.720563.438630.0
0.730943.41910.0
0.739023.404080.0
0.746413.393560.0
0.75353.380040.0
0.763473.366510.0
0.772293.355990.0
0.781333.346980.0
0.792053.331950.0
0.799033.325940.0
0.807673.316930.0
0.818613.306410.0
0.830943.294390.0
0.84143.283870.0
0.853283.274860.0
0.866093.265840.0
0.875643.258330.0
0.884183.255320.0
0.898583.246310.0
0.906923.24030.0
0.916753.237290.0
0.926113.231290.0
0.932233.231290.0
0.942623.222270.0
0.953953.219260.0

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