Optical constants

Refractive index of GaSe (Gallium selenide)

Chen et al. 2009: n,k(o) 3–1500 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
2.998–1499 µm
Points
500
Optical axis
o
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
3.67668
Extinction coefficient k
0.0150002
Permittivity ε1
13.5177
Permittivity ε2
0.110302
Absorption coefficient α
28.134 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
710883 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.023741 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
5.26733
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(o) 3–1500 µm
gase = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "GaSe", "Chen-nk-o", 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

Ordinary ray (o)

Conditions

direction
o

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(o) 3–1500 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
2.99792.72072.0031e-06
3.03552.72052.08e-06
3.07352.72022.1598e-06
3.11212.71992.2428e-06
3.15112.71972.3289e-06
3.19052.71942.4183e-06
3.23052.71922.5112e-06
3.2712.71892.6077e-06
3.3122.71872.7078e-06
3.35352.71842.8119e-06
3.39552.71822.92e-06
3.43812.7183.0322e-06
3.48122.71773.1488e-06
3.52482.71753.2698e-06
3.5692.71733.3956e-06
3.61372.7173.5262e-06
3.6592.71683.6618e-06
3.70482.71663.8027e-06
3.75132.71643.9491e-06
3.79832.71614.1011e-06
3.84592.71594.259e-06
3.89412.71574.423e-06
3.94292.71554.5934e-06
3.99232.71524.7703e-06
4.04232.7154.9542e-06
4.0932.71485.1452e-06
4.14432.71465.3435e-06
4.19622.71435.5496e-06
4.24882.71415.7637e-06
4.3022.71395.9861e-06
4.3562.71376.2172e-06
4.41052.71346.4573e-06
4.46582.71326.7067e-06
4.52182.7136.9658e-06
4.57852.71287.235e-06
4.63582.71257.5148e-06
4.69392.71237.8054e-06
4.75272.71218.1074e-06
4.81232.71188.4212e-06
4.87262.71168.7472e-06
4.93372.71139.0861e-06
4.99552.71119.4381e-06
5.05812.71099.804e-06
5.12152.71061.0184e-05
5.18572.71041.0579e-05
5.25072.71011.099e-05
5.31652.70991.1417e-05
5.38312.70961.186e-05
5.45062.70931.2321e-05
5.51892.70911.2801e-05
5.5882.70881.3299e-05
5.65812.70851.3816e-05
5.7292.70821.4355e-05
5.80082.7081.4914e-05
5.87352.70771.5496e-05
5.94712.70741.61e-05
6.02162.70711.6729e-05
6.09712.70681.7382e-05
6.17352.70651.8062e-05
6.25082.70621.8768e-05
6.32922.70591.9503e-05
6.40852.70552.0267e-05
6.48882.70522.1061e-05
6.57012.70492.1887e-05
6.65242.70452.2746e-05
6.73582.70422.364e-05
6.82022.70382.4569e-05
6.90572.70352.5536e-05
6.99222.70312.6541e-05
7.07992.70272.7587e-05
7.16862.70232.8675e-05
7.25842.70192.9807e-05
7.34942.70153.0985e-05
7.44152.70113.2211e-05
7.53482.70073.3486e-05
7.62922.70023.4813e-05
7.72482.69983.6194e-05
7.82162.69933.7631e-05
7.91962.69893.9127e-05
8.01892.69844.0684e-05
8.11942.69794.2305e-05
8.22112.69744.3992e-05
8.32412.69694.5749e-05
8.42842.69644.7578e-05
8.53412.69594.9483e-05
8.6412.69535.1466e-05
8.74932.69475.3531e-05
8.8592.69425.5683e-05
8.972.69365.7923e-05
9.08242.6936.0258e-05
9.19622.69236.269e-05
9.31152.69176.5223e-05
9.42822.69116.7863e-05
9.54632.69047.0615e-05
9.66592.68977.3482e-05
9.78712.6897.6471e-05
9.90972.68837.9587e-05
10.0342.68758.2835e-05
10.162.68688.6222e-05
10.2872.6868.9754e-05
10.4162.68529.3438e-05
10.5462.68449.728e-05
10.6792.68350.00010129
10.8122.68260.00010547
10.9482.68170.00010983
11.0852.68080.00011439
11.2242.67990.00011914
11.3652.67890.0001241
11.5072.67790.00012928
11.6512.67690.00013469
11.7972.67580.00014034
11.9452.67470.00014624
12.0952.67360.0001524
12.2462.67250.00015885
12.42.67130.00016558
12.5552.67010.00017262
12.7132.66880.00017997
12.8722.66750.00018767
13.0332.66620.00019571
13.1972.66480.00020413
13.3622.66340.00021294
13.5292.6620.00022216
13.6992.66050.00023181
13.8712.65890.00024191
14.0452.65730.00025249
14.2212.65570.00026358
14.3992.6540.0002752
14.5792.65230.00028737
14.7622.65050.00030013
14.9472.64870.00031352
15.1342.64680.00032756
15.3242.64480.00034229
15.5162.64280.00035775
15.712.64070.00037399
15.9072.63850.00039104
16.1072.63630.00040895
16.3082.6340.00042778
16.5132.63160.00044758
16.722.62910.0004684
16.9292.62660.0004903
17.1412.6240.00051336
17.3562.62130.00053764
17.5742.61840.00056322
17.7942.61550.00059018
18.0172.61250.0006186
18.2432.60940.00064858
18.4712.60620.00068023
18.7032.60290.00071365
18.9372.59940.00074895
19.1752.59580.00078626
19.4152.59210.00082573
19.6582.58820.0008675
19.9052.58420.00091172
20.1542.58010.00095858
20.4072.57570.0010083
20.6622.57130.001061
20.9212.56660.0011169
21.1832.56180.0011764
21.4492.55670.0012396
21.7182.55150.0013069
21.992.5460.0013785
22.2652.54030.0014549
22.5442.53440.0015363
22.8272.52820.0016233
23.1132.52170.0017163
23.4032.51490.0018158
23.6962.50790.0019223
23.9932.50050.0020366
24.2942.49280.0021592
24.5982.48470.0022911
24.9062.47620.0024329
25.2182.46730.0025858
25.5342.45790.0027508
25.8542.44810.0029291
26.1782.43770.0031222
26.5072.42690.0033315
26.8392.41540.0035588
27.1752.40320.0038062
27.5162.39040.0040759
27.862.37690.0043705
28.212.36250.0046932
28.5632.34720.0050474
28.9212.3310.0054371
29.2842.31380.005867
29.6512.29540.0063428
30.0222.27570.006871
30.3982.25460.0074592
30.7792.2320.0081168
31.1652.20760.0088548
31.5562.18140.0096867
31.9512.1530.010629
32.3512.12210.011702
32.7572.08850.01293
33.1672.05180.014347
33.5832.01140.015993
34.0041.96690.01792
34.431.91750.020201
34.8611.86230.02293
35.2981.80020.026241
35.7411.72970.030327
36.1891.64880.035476
36.6421.55460.042144
37.1011.44310.05111
37.5661.30790.063845
38.0371.13780.083606
38.5140.910560.11986
38.9960.570860.2211
39.4850.234440.62832
39.980.167011.0403
40.4810.149951.3833
40.9880.147391.7047
41.5020.152832.0262
42.0220.164982.3623
42.5490.184622.7272
43.0820.214353.1375
43.6220.259513.617
44.1680.331114.2034
44.7220.454174.9642
45.2820.696496.0377
45.851.30517.7612
46.4253.817110.989
47.00612.7147.2893
47.5959.79231.7822
48.1927.86760.78851
48.7966.82390.4574
49.4076.16760.30427
50.0265.71350.21968
50.6535.3790.16747
51.2885.12130.13272
51.9314.91620.10828
52.5824.74880.090368
53.2414.60940.076799
53.9084.49150.066245
54.5834.39030.057855
55.2684.30250.051063
55.964.22570.045477
56.6614.15780.040821
57.3724.09730.036895
58.0914.04320.03355
58.8183.99450.030674
59.5563.95040.028181
60.3023.91020.026004
61.0583.87360.024091
61.8233.840.022398
62.5983.80910.020893
63.3823.78060.019549
64.1763.75420.018341
64.9813.72970.017253
65.7953.70690.016267
66.623.68570.015372
67.4543.66590.014556
68.33.64730.013809
69.1563.62990.013125
70.0223.61350.012495
70.93.59810.011914
71.7883.58360.011376
72.6883.56990.010879
73.5993.5570.010416
74.5213.54480.0099856
75.4553.53320.0095841
76.4013.52210.009209
77.3583.51170.0088578
78.3283.50180.0085284
79.3093.49230.0082191
80.3033.48330.0079281
81.313.47480.007654
82.3293.46660.0073954
83.363.45880.007151
84.4053.45130.0069199
85.4633.44420.0067009
86.5343.43740.0064933
87.6183.43080.0062962
88.7163.42460.0061088
89.8283.41860.0059305
90.9543.41280.0057607
92.0943.40730.0055989
93.2483.4020.0054444
94.4163.39690.0052968
95.5993.3920.0051557
96.7983.38730.0050207
98.0113.38280.0048913
99.2393.37840.0047674
100.483.37420.0046485
101.743.37020.0045344
103.023.36630.0044248
104.313.36250.0043194
105.613.35890.004218
106.943.35540.0041204
108.283.35210.0040264
109.643.34880.0039358
111.013.34570.0038484
112.43.34260.003764
113.813.33970.0036826
115.243.33690.0036039
116.683.33410.0035279
118.143.33150.0034543
119.623.32890.0033831
121.123.32650.0033142
122.643.32410.0032475
124.183.32170.0031828
125.733.31950.0031201
127.313.31730.0030593
128.93.31520.0030003
130.523.31320.002943
132.153.31120.0028873
133.813.30930.0028333
135.493.30740.0027808
137.193.30560.0027297
138.913.30390.00268
140.653.30220.0026316
142.413.30050.0025846
144.193.29890.0025388
146.03.29740.0024942
147.833.29590.0024507
149.683.29440.0024083
151.563.2930.002367
153.463.29160.0023267
155.383.29030.0022874
157.333.2890.0022491
159.33.28770.0022117
161.33.28650.0021752
163.323.28530.0021395
165.363.28420.0021046
167.443.28310.0020706
169.533.2820.0020373
171.663.28090.0020048
173.813.27990.001973
175.993.27890.001942
178.193.27790.0019116
180.433.27690.0018818
182.693.2760.0018527
184.983.27510.0018243
187.33.27420.0017964
189.643.27340.0017691
192.023.27260.0017424
194.433.27180.0017162
196.863.2710.0016906
199.333.27020.0016656
201.833.26950.001641
204.363.26870.0016169
206.923.2680.0015933
209.513.26730.0015702
212.143.26670.0015476
214.83.2660.0015254
217.493.26540.0015036
220.213.26480.0014823
222.973.26420.0014614
225.773.26360.0014409
228.63.2630.0014208
231.463.26240.0014012
234.363.26190.0013819
237.33.26130.001363
240.273.26080.0013445
243.283.26030.0013263
246.333.25980.0013085
249.423.25930.0012911
252.543.25890.0012741
255.713.25840.0012574
258.913.25790.001241
262.163.25750.0012251
265.443.25710.0012094
268.773.25660.0011941
272.143.25620.0011792
275.553.25580.0011646
279.03.25540.0011504
282.53.2550.0011365
286.043.25460.001123
289.623.25420.0011098
293.253.25390.001097
296.933.25350.0010846
300.653.25310.0010726
304.423.25280.001061
308.233.25240.0010498
312.13.25210.0010391
316.013.25170.0010288
319.973.25140.001019
323.983.25110.0010096
328.043.25070.0010009
332.153.25040.00099265
336.313.25010.00098507
340.523.24970.00097816
344.793.24940.00097198
349.113.24910.00096661
353.493.24870.00096213
357.923.24840.00095864
362.43.24810.00095627
366.953.24770.00095515
371.543.24740.00095548
376.23.2470.00095745
380.913.24670.00096134
385.693.24630.00096746
390.523.24590.00097621
395.423.24550.00098809
400.373.24510.0010037
405.393.24460.0010239
410.473.24420.0010497
415.613.24370.0010825
420.823.24310.001124
426.093.24250.0011767
431.433.24190.0012441
436.843.24120.0013307
442.323.24030.0014435
447.863.23940.0015926
453.473.23830.0017934
459.153.2370.0020705
464.913.23540.002465
470.733.23340.0030491
476.633.23080.0039591
482.613.22740.0054758
488.663.22250.0082463
494.783.21540.013989
500.983.20590.028011
507.263.20630.064478
513.613.2660.08666
520.053.29210.042661
526.573.28410.019986
533.173.2760.01117
539.853.27030.0071558
546.613.26640.0050391
553.473.26350.0037959
560.43.26130.003005
567.423.25960.0024705
574.543.25820.0020917
581.743.25710.0018129
589.033.25610.0016011
596.413.25530.0014361
603.883.25460.0013045
611.453.2540.0011975
619.113.25350.0011092
626.873.2530.0010351
634.733.25260.00097212
642.683.25220.00091801
650.733.25180.000871
658.893.25150.00082978
667.153.25120.00079331
675.513.25090.0007608
683.973.25070.0007316
692.543.25050.00070521
701.223.25020.0006812
710.013.250.00065924
718.913.24980.00063906
727.923.24970.00062041
737.043.24950.00060311
746.283.24930.000587
755.633.24920.00057193
765.13.2490.00055779
774.693.24890.00054448
784.43.24880.00053191
794.233.24860.00052001
804.183.24850.00050872
814.263.24840.00049797
824.463.24830.00048772
834.793.24820.00047792
845.263.24810.00046854
855.853.2480.00045955
866.573.24790.0004509
877.433.24780.00044258
888.433.24770.00043456
899.563.24770.00042683
910.843.24760.00041935
922.253.24750.00041212
933.813.24740.00040511
945.513.24740.00039832
957.363.24730.00039172
969.363.24720.00038532
981.513.24720.00037909
993.813.24710.00037304
1006.33.24710.00036714
1018.93.2470.00036139
1031.63.24690.00035579
1044.63.24690.00035032
1057.73.24680.00034498
1070.93.24680.00033977
1084.33.24670.00033467
1097.93.24670.00032969
1111.73.24670.00032482
1125.63.24660.00032005
1139.73.24660.00031538
1154.03.24650.00031081
1168.53.24650.00030633
1183.13.24650.00030194
1197.93.24640.00029763
1212.93.24640.00029341
1228.13.24630.00028927
1243.53.24630.0002852
1259.13.24630.00028121
1274.93.24620.0002773
1290.93.24620.00027345
1307.13.24620.00026967
1323.43.24620.00026596
1340.03.24610.00026231
1356.83.24610.00025872
1373.83.24610.0002552
1391.03.24610.00025173
1408.53.2460.00024832
1426.13.2460.00024497
1444.03.2460.00024167
1462.13.2460.00023843
1480.43.24590.00023524
1499.03.24590.00023209

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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