Optical constants

Refractive index of GaSe (Gallium selenide)

Chen et al. 2009: n(o) 3–1500 µm

Data
formula 4
Range
3–1500 µm
Optical axis
o
Licence
CC0-1.0

Uniaxial crystal, axes: oe

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 3–1500 µm
Refractive index n
3.67432
Extinction coefficient k
0
Permittivity ε1
13.5007
Permittivity ε2
0
Absorption coefficient α
0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
— nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0236318 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
5.26002
Group velocity dispersion
1.20004e+06 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-502.055 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
0.0184775 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

# GaSe (Gallium selenide): Chen et al. 2009: n(o) 3–1500 µm
gase = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "GaSe", "Chen-n-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(gase.range_nm)  # (3000, 1.5e+06) nm
eps = gase.eps([67100])  # complex permittivity

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Dispersion formula

RefractiveIndex.INFO (formula 4), λ in µm
n2=7.37+3.1436λ2.0λ2−2193.81.0+0.017λ2.0λ2−262177.55771.0+0.405⁢λ−2.0+0.0186⁢λ−4.0+0.0061⁢λ−6.0

Valid from 3.0 to 1500.0 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C17.37
C23.1436
C32.0
C42193.8
C51.0
C60.017
C72.0
C8262177.5577
C91.0
C100.405
C11-2.0
C120.0186
C13-4.0
C140.0061
C15-6.0

Comments and conditions

Ordinary ray (o)

Conditions

direction
o
Notes on the source data (kept exactly as published):
  • formula gives non-finite n in part of its stated wavelength range

References

C.-W. Chen, T.-T. Tang, S.-H. Lin, J. Y. Huang, C.-S. Chang, P.-K. Chung, S.-T. Yen, C.-L. Pan. Optical properties and potential applications of ɛ-GaSe at terahertz frequencies. J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 26, A58-A65 (2009)
  • doi:10.1364/josab.26.000a58 Optical properties and potential applications of ɛ-GaSe at terahertz frequencies, Journal of the Optical Society of America B (2009)

Cite

Ching-Wei Chen et al.. Optical properties and potential applications of ɛ-GaSe at terahertz frequencies. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 26, A58 (2009), doi:10.1364/josab.26.000a58; 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
GaSe (Gallium selenide), Chen et al. 2009: n(o) 3–1500 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)n
32.720715
3.047092.720383
3.094922.720056
3.143512.719735
3.192852.719418
3.242972.719106
3.293882.718799
3.345582.718495
3.39812.718195
3.451442.717898
3.505622.717604
3.560652.717313
3.616542.717024
3.673312.716738
3.730972.716453
3.789542.71617
3.849022.715888
3.909442.715608
3.970812.715328
4.033142.715048
4.096452.714769
4.160762.714489
4.226072.714209
4.292412.713929
4.359792.713648
4.428222.713365
4.497742.713081
4.568342.712795
4.640052.712507
4.712892.712216
4.786872.711923
4.862012.711627
4.938332.711328
5.015852.711025
5.094582.710718
5.174562.710407
5.255782.710092
5.338282.709771
5.422082.709446
5.507192.709115
5.593642.708778
5.681452.708435
5.770632.708085
5.861222.707728
5.953222.707364
6.046672.706993
6.141592.706613
6.2382.706225
6.335922.705827
6.435372.705421
6.536392.705004
6.6392.704578
6.743212.704141
6.849062.703692
6.956572.703232
7.065772.70276
7.176692.702275
7.289342.701777
7.403772.701265
7.519992.700738
7.638032.700197
7.757932.69964
7.879712.699067
8.00342.698477
8.129032.697869
8.256632.697243
8.386242.696598
8.517882.695934
8.651592.695248
8.78742.694542
8.925342.693813
9.065442.693061
9.207752.692285
9.352292.691485
9.499092.690658
9.64822.689804
9.799652.688922
9.953482.688011
10.10972.68707
10.26842.686097
10.42962.685091
10.59332.684051
10.75962.682976
10.92852.681863
11.10012.680712
11.27432.679521
11.45132.678289
11.6312.677013
11.81362.675691
11.99912.674323
12.18742.672905
12.37872.671436
12.5732.669914
12.77042.668336
12.97092.6667
13.17452.665003
13.38132.663243
13.59132.661418
13.80472.659523
14.02142.657555
14.24152.655513
14.4652.653391
14.69212.651187
14.92272.648897
15.1572.646516
15.39492.64404
15.63652.641465
15.8822.638786
16.13132.635997
16.38452.633093
16.64172.630068
16.9032.626916
17.16832.623631
17.43782.620205
17.71152.616631
17.98952.6129
18.27192.609005
18.55872.604936
18.85012.600682
19.1462.596234
19.44652.59158
19.75182.586707
20.06182.581603
20.37672.576252
20.69662.57064
21.02152.564749
21.35152.558562
21.68662.552058
22.0272.545215
22.37282.538011
22.7242.530419
23.08072.52241
23.4432.513954
23.8112.505017
24.18482.49556
24.56442.485541
24.952.474915
25.34172.463629
25.73952.451625
26.14352.438839
26.55392.425197
26.97072.410618
27.39412.395008
27.82412.378262
28.26092.360257
28.70452.340855
29.15512.319895
29.61272.29719
30.07762.27252
30.54972.245629
31.02932.21621
31.51642.183897
32.01112.148246
32.51362.108715
33.02392.064634
33.54232.015156
34.06891.959205
34.60371.895369
35.14681.821763
35.69861.735779
36.25891.633664
36.82811.509695
37.40621.354405
37.99341.149894
38.58980.8523203
39.19550.1582682
39.8108
40.4357
41.0705
41.7152
42.37
43.0351
43.7106
44.3968
45.0937
45.8015
46.5205
47.250713.71511
47.99258.573695
48.74586.952147
49.5116.106699
50.28825.576168
51.07765.208328
51.87944.936702
52.69374.727178
53.52094.560285
54.3614.424029
55.21444.310589
56.08114.214629
56.96144.132375
57.85564.061081
58.76373.998694
59.68623.94365
60.62313.894733
61.57473.850984
62.54133.811637
63.5233.776069
64.52023.743773
65.5333.714327
66.56173.68738
67.60653.662636
68.66773.639845
69.74563.618793
70.84053.599296
71.95253.581196
73.08193.564356
74.22913.548654
75.39433.533987
76.57783.52026
77.77993.507392
79.00093.49531
80.2413.48395
81.50053.473253
82.77993.463168
84.07933.453648
85.39913.444651
86.73973.436138
88.10133.428077
89.48423.420434
90.88893.413182
92.31563.406294
93.76473.399747
95.23663.39352
96.73163.387591
98.253.381943
99.79233.376559
101.3593.371422
102.953.366519
104.5663.361836
106.2073.357361
107.8743.353082
109.5683.348989
111.2883.345071
113.0353.341319
114.8093.337724
116.6113.334279
118.4423.330976
120.3013.327807
122.1893.324767
124.1073.321848
126.0563.319045
128.0343.316352
130.0443.313764
132.0853.311277
134.1593.308885
136.2653.306584
138.4043.304371
140.5763.302241
142.7833.30019
145.0243.298215
147.3013.296313
149.6133.294481
151.9623.292715
154.3473.291013
156.773.289372
159.2313.28779
161.733.286264
164.2693.284791
166.8483.28337
169.4673.281999
172.1273.280676
174.8293.279397
177.5733.278163
180.3613.276971
183.1923.275819
186.0673.274706
188.9883.27363
191.9553.27259
194.9683.271584
198.0283.270612
201.1373.269671
204.2943.268761
207.5013.26788
210.7583.267027
214.0673.266201
217.4273.265402
220.843.264627
224.3073.263876
227.8283.263149
231.4043.262443
235.0363.261759
238.7263.261095
242.4733.260451
246.283.259825
250.1453.259217
254.0723.258626
258.063.258052
262.1113.257493
266.2263.256949
270.4053.256419
274.6493.255903
278.9613.255399
283.343.254907
287.7873.254426
292.3053.253956
296.8933.253495
301.5543.253043
306.2873.2526
311.0953.252164
315.9793.251734
320.9393.25131
325.9773.25089
331.0943.250474
336.2913.250061
341.573.249649
346.9313.249236
352.3773.248822
357.9093.248405
363.5273.247983
369.2333.247553
375.0293.247112
380.9163.246659
386.8963.246188
392.9693.245696
399.1383.245176
405.4033.244622
411.7673.244024
418.2313.243371
424.7963.242646
431.4643.241829
438.2373.24089
445.1163.239786
452.1033.238452
459.23.236787
466.4083.234623
473.7293.231655
481.1663.227273
488.7193.220049
496.393.205665
504.1823.162163
512.0978.859813
520.1353.330049
528.33.289205
536.5933.275331
545.0163.268306
553.5723.264041
562.2613.26116
571.0873.259075
580.0523.257489
589.1573.256236
598.4053.255219
607.7993.254373
617.343.253656
627.033.25304
636.8733.252502
646.873.252029
657.0243.251608
667.3383.25123
677.8133.250889
688.4533.250579
699.263.250296
710.2373.250035
721.3863.249795
732.7093.249573
744.2113.249367
755.8933.249174
767.7593.248994
779.8113.248825
792.0523.248667
804.4853.248518
817.1133.248377
829.943.248244
842.9683.248119
856.23.248
869.643.247886
883.2913.247779
897.1563.247677
911.2393.247579
925.5443.247487
940.0723.247398
954.8293.247314
969.8173.247233
985.0413.247155
1000.53.247081
1016.213.247011
1032.163.246943
1048.363.246877
1064.823.246815
1081.533.246755
1098.513.246697
1115.763.246642
1133.273.246589
1151.063.246538
1169.133.246489
1187.483.246441
1206.123.246396
1225.053.246352
1244.283.24631
1263.823.246269
1283.653.24623
1303.83.246192
1324.273.246156
1345.063.24612
1366.173.246087
1387.623.246054
1409.43.246022
1431.523.245992
1453.993.245962
1476.823.245934
15003.245907

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