Optical constants

Refractive index of GaSe (Gallium selenide)

Chen et al. 2009: n,k(e) 3–1500 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
2.998–1499 µm
Points
500
Optical axis
e
Licence
CC0-1.0

Uniaxial crystal, axes: oe

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 2.998–1499 µm
Refractive index n
2.5411
Extinction coefficient k
0.00169166
Permittivity ε1
6.45717
Permittivity ε2
0.00859737
Absorption coefficient α
3.17285 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
6.30349e+06 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.00263789 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
2.71784
Group velocity dispersion
— fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
— ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
0.0185051 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,k(e) 3–1500 µm
gase = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "GaSe", "Chen-nk-e", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(gase.range_nm)  # (2997.9, 1.499e+06) nm
eps = gase.eps([67000])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

Extraordinary ray (e)

Conditions

direction
e

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)
[Calculation script (Python)]
  • 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; [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

500 rows as published
GaSe (Gallium selenide), Chen et al. 2009: n,k(e) 3–1500 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
2.99792.4083.7383e-07
3.03552.40783.8819e-07
3.07352.40764.0311e-07
3.11212.40744.186e-07
3.15112.40724.3469e-07
3.19052.4074.5141e-07
3.23052.40684.6876e-07
3.2712.40664.8679e-07
3.3122.40645.0551e-07
3.35352.40635.2496e-07
3.39552.40615.4516e-07
3.43812.40595.6614e-07
3.48122.40585.8793e-07
3.52482.40566.1057e-07
3.5692.40546.3408e-07
3.61372.40536.585e-07
3.6592.40516.8387e-07
3.70482.4057.1022e-07
3.75132.40487.3759e-07
3.79832.40477.6602e-07
3.84592.40457.9556e-07
3.89412.40448.2624e-07
3.94292.40428.5812e-07
3.99232.40418.9124e-07
4.04232.4049.2564e-07
4.0932.40389.6138e-07
4.14432.40379.9851e-07
4.19622.40361.0371e-06
4.24882.40341.0772e-06
4.3022.40331.1188e-06
4.3562.40321.1621e-06
4.41052.40311.207e-06
4.46582.40291.2538e-06
4.52182.40281.3023e-06
4.57852.40271.3527e-06
4.63582.40261.4051e-06
4.69392.40251.4596e-06
4.75272.40241.5162e-06
4.81232.40221.575e-06
4.87262.40211.6361e-06
4.93372.4021.6996e-06
4.99552.40191.7657e-06
5.05812.40181.8343e-06
5.12152.40171.9056e-06
5.18572.40161.9797e-06
5.25072.40152.0568e-06
5.31652.40142.1369e-06
5.38312.40132.2201e-06
5.45062.40122.3066e-06
5.51892.40112.3966e-06
5.5882.4012.4901e-06
5.65812.40092.5874e-06
5.7292.40082.6885e-06
5.80082.40072.7936e-06
5.87352.40062.9029e-06
5.94712.40053.0165e-06
6.02162.40043.1347e-06
6.09712.40033.2576e-06
6.17352.40023.3854e-06
6.25082.40013.5183e-06
6.32922.43.6565e-06
6.40852.39993.8003e-06
6.48882.39983.9498e-06
6.57012.39974.1054e-06
6.65242.39964.2672e-06
6.73582.39954.4355e-06
6.82022.39944.6106e-06
6.90572.39934.7928e-06
6.99222.39924.9824e-06
7.07992.39915.1797e-06
7.16862.3995.385e-06
7.25842.39885.5986e-06
7.34942.39875.821e-06
7.44152.39866.0524e-06
7.53482.39856.2933e-06
7.62922.39846.544e-06
7.72482.39836.8051e-06
7.82162.39827.0768e-06
7.91962.39817.3598e-06
8.01892.3987.6544e-06
8.11942.39787.9612e-06
8.22112.39778.2808e-06
8.32412.39768.6136e-06
8.42842.39758.9602e-06
8.53412.39749.3214e-06
8.6412.39729.6976e-06
8.74932.39711.009e-05
8.8592.3971.0498e-05
8.972.39681.0924e-05
9.08242.39671.1367e-05
9.19622.39661.183e-05
9.31152.39641.2312e-05
9.42822.39631.2814e-05
9.54632.39621.3338e-05
9.66592.3961.3884e-05
9.78712.39591.4454e-05
9.90972.39571.5049e-05
10.0342.39551.5669e-05
10.162.39541.6316e-05
10.2872.39521.6991e-05
10.4162.3951.7695e-05
10.5462.39491.843e-05
10.6792.39471.9198e-05
10.8122.39451.9999e-05
10.9482.39432.0836e-05
11.0852.39422.171e-05
11.2242.3942.2622e-05
11.3652.39382.3576e-05
11.5072.39362.4572e-05
11.6512.39342.5614e-05
11.7972.39312.6702e-05
11.9452.39292.784e-05
12.0952.39272.903e-05
12.2462.39253.0275e-05
12.42.39223.1577e-05
12.5552.3923.2939e-05
12.7132.39173.4365e-05
12.8722.39153.5857e-05
13.0332.39123.742e-05
13.1972.39093.9056e-05
13.3622.39074.0771e-05
13.5292.39044.2567e-05
13.6992.39014.4449e-05
13.8712.38984.6423e-05
14.0452.38954.8492e-05
14.2212.38915.0663e-05
14.3992.38885.294e-05
14.5792.38855.5331e-05
14.7622.38815.7841e-05
14.9472.38786.0476e-05
15.1342.38746.3245e-05
15.3242.3876.6155e-05
15.5162.38666.9215e-05
15.712.38627.2432e-05
15.9072.38587.5817e-05
16.1072.38537.938e-05
16.3082.38498.3131e-05
16.5132.38448.7083e-05
16.722.38399.1247e-05
16.9292.38349.5636e-05
17.1412.38290.00010027
17.3562.38240.00010515
17.5742.38180.00011031
17.7942.38120.00011576
18.0172.38060.00012152
18.2432.380.00012761
18.4712.37940.00013405
18.7032.37870.00014088
18.9372.3780.0001481
19.1752.37730.00015576
19.4152.37660.00016389
19.6582.37580.00017251
19.9052.3750.00018167
20.1542.37420.0001914
20.4072.37330.00020176
20.6622.37240.00021278
20.9212.37150.00022453
21.1832.37050.00023705
21.4492.36950.00025042
21.7182.36840.0002647
21.992.36730.00027998
22.2652.36610.00029632
22.5442.36490.00031384
22.8272.36360.00033263
23.1132.36230.00035282
23.4032.36090.00037452
23.6962.35940.00039788
23.9932.35790.00042307
24.2942.35630.00045026
24.5982.35460.00047966
24.9062.35280.00051149
25.2182.35090.00054601
25.5342.3490.00058351
25.8542.34690.00062433
26.1782.34470.00066883
26.5072.34230.00071745
26.8392.33980.00077068
27.1752.33720.00082909
27.5162.33440.00089333
27.862.33140.00096417
28.212.32820.0010425
28.5632.32480.0011293
28.9212.32120.0012259
29.2842.31730.0013336
29.6512.31310.0014542
30.0222.30850.0015898
30.3982.30360.0017428
30.7792.29830.0019161
31.1652.29250.0021135
31.5562.28620.0023395
31.9512.27930.0025996
32.3512.27170.0029008
32.7572.26330.003252
33.1672.2540.0036646
33.5832.24360.0041534
34.0042.2320.0047378
34.432.21880.0054438
34.8612.20380.0063068
35.2982.18650.0073763
35.7412.16650.0087224
36.1892.14290.010448
36.6422.11480.012707
37.1012.08090.015743
37.5662.03880.019955
38.0371.98550.026036
38.5141.91570.035284
38.9961.82020.050389
39.4851.68110.077791
39.981.45880.13707
40.4811.0470.32452
40.9880.592031.1637
41.5020.809482.4465
42.0222.78274.3092
42.5494.9141.2146
43.0823.9270.34465
43.6223.48120.16142
44.1683.24070.094293
44.7223.09090.062199
45.2822.98870.044312
45.852.91450.033294
46.4252.85820.02601
47.0062.81410.020936
47.5952.77850.017253
48.1922.74930.014492
48.7962.72480.012367
49.4072.70410.010695
50.0262.68620.0093534
50.6532.67070.0082606
51.2882.65710.0073577
51.9312.64510.0066025
52.5822.63450.0059641
53.2412.62490.0054193
53.9082.61630.0049502
54.5832.60860.0045434
55.2682.60150.004188
55.962.59510.0038756
56.6612.58920.0035993
57.3722.58380.0033538
58.0912.57880.0031345
58.8182.57420.0029377
59.5562.56990.0027603
60.3022.56590.0025999
61.0582.56220.0024543
61.8232.55880.0023217
62.5982.55550.0022004
63.3822.55250.0020893
64.1762.54970.0019872
64.9812.5470.0018931
65.7952.54450.0018062
66.622.54210.0017257
67.4542.53990.001651
68.32.53770.0015815
69.1562.53570.0015168
70.0222.53380.0014563
70.92.5320.0013998
71.7882.53030.0013468
72.6882.52870.0012971
73.5992.52720.0012504
74.5212.52570.0012064
75.4552.52430.001165
76.4012.52290.0011258
77.3582.52160.0010888
78.3282.52040.0010538
79.3092.51930.0010206
80.3032.51810.00098912
81.312.51710.00095922
82.3292.5160.00093078
83.362.5150.00090372
84.4052.51410.00087793
85.4632.51320.00085333
86.5342.51230.00082985
87.6182.51150.00080742
88.7162.51070.00078596
89.8282.50990.00076542
90.9542.50920.00074575
92.0942.50850.00072689
93.2482.50780.0007088
94.4162.50710.00069143
95.5992.50650.00067473
96.7982.50580.00065868
98.0112.50520.00064324
99.2392.50470.00062837
100.482.50410.00061405
101.742.50360.00060024
103.022.50310.00058692
104.312.50260.00057407
105.612.50210.00056165
106.942.50160.00054965
108.282.50120.00053806
109.642.50070.00052684
111.012.50030.00051598
112.42.49990.00050547
113.812.49950.00049529
115.242.49910.00048542
116.682.49880.00047585
118.142.49840.00046657
119.622.49810.00045756
121.122.49770.00044882
122.642.49740.00044032
124.182.49710.00043207
125.732.49680.00042405
127.312.49650.00041624
128.92.49620.00040866
130.522.49590.00040127
132.152.49570.00039408
133.812.49540.00038708
135.492.49510.00038026
137.192.49490.00037361
138.912.49470.00036713
140.652.49440.00036082
142.412.49420.00035466
144.192.4940.00034864
146.02.49380.00034278
147.832.49360.00033705
149.682.49340.00033146
151.562.49320.00032599
153.462.4930.00032066
155.382.49280.00031544
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159.32.49250.00030536
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163.322.49210.00029571
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204.362.48980.00022478
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249.422.48860.00017898
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262.162.48830.00016935
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316.012.48760.00013824
319.972.48760.0001364
323.982.48750.0001346
328.042.48750.00013282
332.152.48750.00013107
336.312.48740.00012935
340.522.48740.00012765
344.792.48740.00012597
349.112.48730.00012432
353.492.48730.0001227
357.922.48730.00012109
362.42.48720.00011951
366.952.48720.00011796
371.542.48720.00011642
376.22.48720.00011491
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405.392.4870.00010626
410.472.4870.00010489
415.612.4870.00010354
420.822.48690.00010221
426.092.48690.00010089
431.432.48699.9597e-05
436.842.48699.8319e-05
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1499.02.48612.8174e-05

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence
Method
Transmittance T
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Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator

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