Optical constants
Refractive index of In (Indium)
Mathewson and Myers 1971: n,k 0.344–1.77 µm; 298 K
- Data
- tabulated nk
- Range
- 0.3444–1.771 µm
- Points
- 59
- Temperature
- 298 K
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- 1.1591
- Extinction coefficient k
- 5.20942
- Permittivity ε1
- -25.7945
- Permittivity ε2
- 12.0765
- Absorption coefficient α
- 1.11408e+06 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- 17.952 nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- 2.5346 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- -0.330225
- 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; 298 K
in = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "In", "Mathewson-298K", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(in.range_nm) # (344.4, 1771.2) nm
eps = in.eps([633]) # complex permittivity
Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.
import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls
url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_45eb81a4c323/lightsmith"
in = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(in.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (in/mathewson-myers-1971-298k).
# ... load in as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=in)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, stop_nm=1000, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim) # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext) # extinction efficiency at each wavelength
Same spec runs with DDA, FDTD, BEM or T-matrix: ls.compare(sim, ["mie", "dda"]).
Lightsmith is open source (MIT): Mie, T-matrix, BEM, DDA, FDTD, RCWA, TMM, mode solvers and inverse design behind one spec, on CPU or GPU. GitHub.
Comments and conditions
Conditions
- temperature
- 298 K
References
- doi:10.1088/0031-8949/4/6/009 Absolute Values of the Optical Constants of Some Pure Metals, Physica Scripta (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| λ (µm) | n | k |
|---|---|---|
| 0.3444 | 0.47332 | 3.27476 |
| 0.34925 | 0.49866 | 3.30888 |
| 0.35424 | 0.50669 | 3.35511 |
| 0.35937 | 0.52896 | 3.40291 |
| 0.36466 | 0.53878 | 3.4337 |
| 0.3701 | 0.56026 | 3.4805 |
| 0.37571 | 0.5697 | 3.51063 |
| 0.38149 | 0.57238 | 3.58157 |
| 0.38745 | 0.58851 | 3.65327 |
| 0.3936 | 0.60855 | 3.69734 |
| 0.39995 | 0.63038 | 3.72792 |
| 0.40651 | 0.64527 | 3.79689 |
| 0.41328 | 0.65983 | 3.86463 |
| 0.42029 | 0.67409 | 3.93121 |
| 0.42753 | 0.68807 | 3.99668 |
| 0.43503 | 0.71373 | 4.06318 |
| 0.4428 | 0.73874 | 4.12865 |
| 0.45085 | 0.76315 | 4.19314 |
| 0.4592 | 0.787 | 4.25668 |
| 0.46786 | 0.82149 | 4.32144 |
| 0.47686 | 0.84413 | 4.38321 |
| 0.48621 | 0.87714 | 4.44628 |
| 0.49594 | 0.90938 | 4.50855 |
| 0.50606 | 0.94091 | 4.57004 |
| 0.5166 | 0.97131 | 4.68438 |
| 0.52759 | 1.00133 | 4.7437 |
| 0.53906 | 1.03008 | 4.85397 |
| 0.55104 | 1.05808 | 4.96181 |
| 0.56356 | 1.09481 | 5.06938 |
| 0.57667 | 1.1314 | 5.12641 |
| 0.5904 | 1.1662 | 5.23068 |
| 0.6048 | 1.19016 | 5.37741 |
| 0.61992 | 1.23314 | 5.43329 |
| 0.63582 | 1.26422 | 5.57658 |
| 0.65255 | 1.30407 | 5.67456 |
| 0.67018 | 1.34164 | 5.81378 |
| 0.6888 | 1.39555 | 5.91165 |
| 0.70848 | 1.44648 | 6.04916 |
| 0.72932 | 1.49588 | 6.18366 |
| 0.75142 | 1.5737 | 6.3227 |
| 0.7749 | 1.66134 | 6.50077 |
| 0.7999 | 1.77582 | 6.64481 |
| 0.82656 | 1.86983 | 6.81882 |
| 0.85506 | 1.97631 | 6.95743 |
| 0.8856 | 2.05685 | 7.12254 |
| 0.9184 | 2.13143 | 7.24865 |
| 0.95372 | 2.16086 | 7.4276 |
| 0.99187 | 2.18402 | 7.60065 |
| 1.0332 | 2.19287 | 7.79799 |
| 1.07812 | 2.19247 | 8.05028 |
| 1.12713 | 2.19219 | 8.325 |
| 1.1808 | 2.21278 | 8.65427 |
| 1.23984 | 2.22061 | 9.05158 |
| 1.3051 | 2.25471 | 9.49124 |
| 1.3776 | 2.30088 | 10.03962 |
| 1.45864 | 2.34655 | 10.65393 |
| 1.5498 | 2.40614 | 11.3044 |
| 1.65312 | 2.51787 | 12.01414 |
| 1.7712 | 2.69499 | 12.8943 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
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- Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator
- Rp
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- Rs
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- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
- —
- Phase φp
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- Phase φs
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- Brewster angle θB
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- Critical angle θC
- —
298 K (24.85 °C)