Optical constants

Refractive index of In (Indium)

Mathewson and Myers 1971: n,k 0.344–1.77 µm; 140 K

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.3444–1.771 µm
Points
59
Temperature
140 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.3444–1.771 µm
Refractive index n
1.04522
Extinction coefficient k
5.55762
Permittivity ε1
-29.7947
Permittivity ε2
11.6178
Absorption coefficient α
1.18855e+06 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
16.8272 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
1.34814 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
0.253047
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

# In (Indium): Mathewson and Myers 1971: n,k 0.344–1.77 µm; 140 K
in = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "In", "Mathewson-140K", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(in.range_nm)  # (344.4, 1771.2) nm
eps = in.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

140 K (-133.15 °C)

Conditions

temperature
140 K

References

A. G. Mathewson and H. P. Myers. Absolute values of the optical constants of some pure metals. Phys. Scr. 4, 291-292 (1971)

Cite

A G Mathewson and H P Myers. Absolute Values of the Optical Constants of Some Pure Metals. Physica Scripta, 4, 291-292 (1971), doi:10.1088/0031-8949/4/6/009; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

59 rows as published
In (Indium), Mathewson and Myers 1971: n,k 0.344–1.77 µm; 140 K: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.34440.400533.37052
0.349250.408133.43024
0.354240.419013.46057
0.359370.42463.53274
0.364660.433443.57601
0.37010.454043.63403
0.375710.459113.70281
0.381490.478863.7589
0.387450.485243.81254
0.39360.502613.87977
0.399950.521183.9334
0.406510.537683.99864
0.413280.557124.03861
0.420290.572864.10222
0.427530.588264.16486
0.435030.603324.22658
0.44280.62954.28909
0.450850.646754.40662
0.45920.671644.46667
0.467860.695984.52597
0.476860.711594.6375
0.486210.745264.69632
0.495940.769954.8055
0.506060.802074.86244
0.51660.825284.96801
0.527590.857485.07299
0.539060.888745.17589
0.551040.945745.23397
0.563560.983965.33556
0.576671.030485.48287
0.59041.048995.57677
0.60481.076175.71473
0.619921.110535.80804
0.635821.144365.94218
0.652551.18526.07492
0.670181.224976.24504
0.68881.29366.37757
0.708481.366956.54741
0.729321.465936.7193
0.751421.622796.9017
0.77491.840557.06312
0.79992.066917.16045
0.826562.216917.2398
0.855062.31377.30433
0.88562.378047.35901
0.91842.391337.46448
0.953722.359237.58722
0.991872.269837.81998
1.03322.192478.05028
1.078122.11598.36523
1.127132.061368.73208
1.18082.060529.12391
1.239842.062269.55264
1.30512.0716610.06438
1.37762.0851910.6465
1.458642.1157611.20163
1.54982.1275811.93845
1.653122.247112.57177
1.77122.3249413.50575

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