Optical constants

Refractive index of GaSe (Gallium selenide)

Kato et al. 2013: n(o) 0.8–162 µm

Data
formula 4
Range
0.8–1620 µm
Temperature
293 K
Optical axis
o
Licence
CC0-1.0

Uniaxial crystal, axes: oe

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.8–1620 µm
Refractive index n
1.7136
Extinction coefficient k
0
Permittivity ε1
2.93642
Permittivity ε2
0
Absorption coefficient α
0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
— nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.175888 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
8.04555
Group velocity dispersion
-4.16893e+06 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
6059.27 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
0.0344401 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): Kato et al. 2013: n(o) 0.8–162 µm
gase = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "GaSe", "Kato-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(gase.range_nm)  # (800, 1.62e+06) nm
eps = gase.eps([36000])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

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Dispersion formula

RefractiveIndex.INFO (formula 4), λ in µm
n2=10.6409+0.3788λ0.0λ2−0.12321.0+7090.7λ0.0λ2−2216.31.0

Valid from 0.8 to 1620.0 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C110.6409
C20.3788
C30.0
C40.1232
C51.0
C67090.7
C70.0
C82216.3
C91.0

Comments and conditions

20 °C, Ordinary ray (o)

Conditions

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

References

K. Kato, F. Tanno, N. Umemura. Sellmeier and thermo-optic dispersion formulas for GaSe (Revisited). Appl. Opt. 52, 2325-2328 (2013)

Cite

Kiyoshi Kato, Fumihito Tanno and Nobuhiro Umemura. Sellmeier and thermo-optic dispersion formulas for GaSe (Revisited). Applied Optics, 52, 2325 (2013), doi:10.1364/ao.52.002325; 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), Kato et al. 2013: n(o) 0.8–162 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)n
0.82.858952
0.8154112.853048
0.831122.847451
0.8471312.842142
0.863452.837102
0.8800842.832314
0.8970382.827764
0.9143182.823436
0.9319322.819319
0.9498852.815399
0.9681842.811665
0.9868352.808107
1.005852.804714
1.025222.801479
1.044972.798391
1.06512.795444
1.085622.79263
1.106542.789941
1.127852.787372
1.149582.784916
1.171722.782567
1.19432.78032
1.21732.77817
1.240752.776112
1.264662.774141
1.289022.772254
1.313852.770446
1.339162.768713
1.364962.767052
1.391252.76546
1.418062.763932
1.445372.762467
1.473222.761061
1.50162.759712
1.530532.758416
1.560012.757171
1.590062.755976
1.620692.754827
1.651912.753723
1.683742.752662
1.716172.751641
1.749232.750659
1.782932.749715
1.817282.748805
1.852292.74793
1.887972.747086
1.924342.746273
1.961412.74549
1.99922.744735
2.037712.744006
2.076962.743303
2.116982.742625
2.157762.741969
2.199322.741335
2.241692.740723
2.284882.740131
2.328892.739557
2.373762.739002
2.419492.738464
2.46612.737943
2.51362.737436
2.562032.736945
2.611382.736468
2.661692.736003
2.712962.735551
2.765232.735111
2.81852.734682
2.872792.734263
2.928132.733854
2.984542.733454
3.042042.733062
3.100642.732679
3.160372.732302
3.221252.731932
3.283312.731568
3.346562.73121
3.411032.730857
3.476742.730508
3.543722.730163
3.611982.729822
3.681562.729483
3.752492.729146
3.824782.728812
3.898462.728479
3.973562.728146
4.05012.727814
4.128132.727482
4.207652.727149
4.288712.726815
4.371332.726479
4.455542.726141
4.541372.7258
4.628862.725456
4.718032.725108
4.808922.724755
4.901562.724398
4.995982.724035
5.092232.723667
5.190322.723292
5.290312.722909
5.392222.722519
5.49612.722121
5.601982.721714
5.70992.721297
5.819892.720869
5.932012.720431
6.046292.719981
6.162762.719519
6.281482.719044
6.402492.718554
6.525832.718051
6.651542.717531
6.779682.716996
6.910292.716443
7.043412.715872
7.179092.715282
7.317392.714672
7.458362.71404
7.602042.713387
7.748482.712711
7.897752.71201
8.04992.711283
8.204972.710529
8.363032.709748
8.524142.708936
8.688352.708094
8.855732.707219
9.026332.70631
9.200212.705365
9.377452.704383
9.558092.703361
9.742222.702298
9.92992.701192
10.12122.700041
10.31622.698842
10.51492.697592
10.71752.696291
10.92392.694934
11.13442.69352
11.34892.692045
11.56752.690506
11.79032.688901
12.01752.687225
12.2492.685474
12.48492.683646
12.72542.681736
12.97062.67974
13.22052.677652
13.47512.675469
13.73472.673185
13.99932.670794
14.2692.668291
14.54392.665668
14.82412.66292
15.10962.660039
15.40072.657017
15.69742.653846
15.99982.650517
16.3082.647021
16.62222.643346
16.94242.639482
17.26882.635416
17.60142.631136
17.94052.626628
18.28612.621875
18.63842.616861
18.99752.611568
19.36342.605976
19.73642.600063
20.11672.593805
20.50422.587177
20.89922.580148
21.30182.572687
21.71222.56476
22.13042.556326
22.55672.547342
22.99132.537759
23.43422.527523
23.88562.516573
24.34582.50484
24.81482.492245
25.29282.4787
25.78012.464103
26.27672.448337
26.78292.431269
27.29882.412742
27.82472.392574
28.36082.370551
28.90712.346421
29.4642.319882
30.03162.29057
30.61012.258042
31.19982.221756
31.80082.181035
32.41342.135021
33.03792.082613
33.67432.022367
34.3231.952336
34.98421.869822
35.65821.770926
36.34511.649718
37.04531.496449
37.75891.293061
38.48630.9976537
39.22770.41828
39.9834
40.7537
41.5387
42.339
43.1546
43.9859
44.8333
45.697
46.5773
47.474514.12669
48.38918.202048
49.32136.589728
50.27145.783331
51.23995.288503
52.2274.950509
53.23314.703691
54.25864.51499
55.30384.365796
56.36924.244768
57.45514.144574
58.56194.060251
59.69013.98831
60.843.926224
62.0123.872117
63.20663.824562
64.42423.782458
65.66533.744936
66.93033.711307
68.21973.681011
69.53393.653593
70.87343.628676
72.23873.605948
73.63033.585146
75.04883.566047
76.49453.548462
77.96813.532228
79.47013.517206
81.0013.503274
82.56153.490327
84.1523.478271
85.77313.467026
87.42543.45652
89.10963.446689
90.82623.437476
92.57593.428832
94.35933.420709
96.17713.413069
98.02993.405874
99.91833.399091
101.8433.392691
103.8053.386645
105.8053.38093
107.8433.375523
109.9213.370403
112.0383.365551
114.1963.36095
116.3963.356585
118.6393.35244
120.9243.348502
123.2543.344758
125.6283.341198
128.0483.337809
130.5153.334583
133.0293.331511
135.5923.328582
138.2043.325791
140.8663.323128
143.583.320588
146.3463.318163
149.1653.315848
152.0393.313637
154.9683.311525
157.9533.309506
160.9963.307576
164.0973.30573
167.2593.303965
170.4813.302276
173.7653.300659
177.1123.299112
180.5243.297631
184.0023.296212
187.5463.294853
191.1593.293552
194.8423.292304
198.5953.291109
202.4213.289963
206.3213.288865
210.2953.287811
214.3463.286801
218.4763.285832
222.6843.284903
226.9743.284012
231.3473.283156
235.8043.282335
240.3463.281547
244.9763.280791
249.6953.280065
254.5063.279368
259.4083.278699
264.4063.278056
269.4993.277439
274.6913.276846
279.9833.276277
285.3763.27573
290.8743.275205
296.4773.2747
302.1893.274215
308.013.273749
313.9443.273301
319.9923.272871
326.1563.272457
332.4393.27206
338.8433.271678
345.3713.271311
352.0243.270958
358.8063.270618
365.7183.270292
372.7633.269979
379.9443.269677
387.2633.269387
394.7243.269108
402.3283.26884
410.0783.268582
417.9783.268334
426.033.268096
434.2373.267867
442.6033.267646
451.1293.267434
459.823.26723
468.6783.267034
477.7063.266845
486.9093.266664
496.2893.266489
505.853.266321
515.5943.26616
525.5273.266004
535.6513.265855
545.973.265711
556.4873.265572
567.2083.265439
578.1353.265311
589.2723.265188
600.6243.265069
612.1943.264955
623.9883.264846
636.0083.26474
648.2613.264638
660.7493.264541
673.4783.264446
686.4523.264356
699.6763.264269
713.1543.264185
726.8933.264104
740.8963.264027
755.1683.263952
769.7163.26388
784.5443.263811
799.6583.263744
815.0633.26368
830.7643.263619
846.7683.263559
863.083.263502
879.7073.263447
896.6543.263395
913.9273.263344
931.5333.263295
949.4793.263248
967.773.263202
986.4133.263159
1005.423.263117
1024.783.263076
1044.533.263037
1064.653.263
1085.163.262964
1106.063.262929
1127.373.262896
1149.093.262864
1171.223.262833
1193.793.262803
1216.783.262774
1240.223.262747
1264.123.26272
1288.473.262695
1313.293.26267
1338.593.262647
1364.383.262624
1390.663.262602
1417.453.262581
1444.763.26256
1472.593.262541
1500.963.262522
1529.873.262504
1559.343.262487
1589.383.26247
16203.262454

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