Optical constants

Refractive index of In2O3-SnO2 (Indium tin oxide, ITO)

König et al. 2014: n,k 0.25–1.0 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.2516–1 µm
Points
474
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.2516–1 µm
Refractive index n
1.82697
Extinction coefficient k
0.00310078
Permittivity ε1
3.33782
Permittivity ε2
0.0113301
Absorption coefficient α
663.131 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
30160 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.972491 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
2.39841
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

# In2O3-SnO2 (Indium tin oxide, ITO): König et al. 2014: n,k 0.25–1.0 µm
in2o3_sno2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "In2O3-SnO2", "Konig", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(in2o3_sno2.range_nm)  # (251.57, 1000) nm
eps = in2o3_sno2.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

72 nm ITO film on BK7 glass substrate. Purchased from Delta Technology (CG-60IN-CUV), 15–25 ohms. ITO includes a separate roughness layer (see \with EMA")"

Conditions

film thickness
72e-9
substrate
glass

References

T. A. F. König, P. A. Ledin, J. Kerszulis, M. A. Mahmoud, M. A. El-Sayed, J. R. Reynolds, V. V. Tsukruk. Electrically tunable plasmonic behavior of nanocube-polymer nanomaterials induced by a redox-active electrochromic polymer. ACS Nano 8, 6182-6192 (2014) (Numerical data kindly provided by Tobias König)
  • doi:10.1021/nn501601e Electrically Tunable Plasmonic Behavior of Nanocube–Polymer Nanomaterials Induced by a Redox-Active Electrochromic Polymer, ACS Nano (2014)

Cite

Tobias A. F. König et al.. Electrically Tunable Plasmonic Behavior of Nanocube–Polymer Nanomaterials Induced by a Redox-Active Electrochromic Polymer. ACS Nano, 8, 6182-6192 (2014), doi:10.1021/nn501601e; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

474 rows as published
In2O3-SnO2 (Indium tin oxide, ITO), König et al. 2014: n,k 0.25–1.0 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.251572.317172130.57780161
0.253162.331685360.5697018
0.254752.346265650.56007881
0.256342.360677950.54889135
0.257932.374679080.53614073
0.259522.388025310.52187509
0.261122.400484380.5061877
0.262712.411845460.48921377
0.26432.421927790.47112495
0.265892.430587810.45212117
0.267482.437723960.43242053
0.269072.443278190.41224902
0.270672.447234680.39183166
0.272262.44961670.37138252
0.273852.45048120.35109896
0.275442.449912570.33115524
0.277032.448015870.3117007
0.278622.44491010.2928575
0.280222.440722040.27472102
0.281812.435581140.25736217
0.28342.429615050.24082882
0.284992.422946240.22514871
0.286582.415689990.21033313
0.288182.407952530.19637917
0.289772.39983020.18327257
0.291362.391409490.17099093
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0.294542.373969310.148782
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0.297732.356133050.12947571
0.299322.347186640.12081606
0.300912.338271370.11276749
0.30252.329417210.10529233
0.304092.320648830.09835399
0.305692.311986860.09191767
0.307282.303447540.08594986
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0.315242.262964110.0621006
0.316832.255353490.0583462
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0.320012.240640010.05167501
0.321612.233537960.04872078
0.32322.226605020.04599807
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0.971891.354676420.01148392
0.973451.352053370.01155983
0.975021.34942180.01163629
0.976581.346781830.01171331
0.978141.344133410.01179087
0.97971.341476160.01186901
0.981261.338810510.01194771
0.982831.336135920.012027
0.984391.333452830.01210686
0.985951.330760690.01218731
0.987511.328059770.01226835
0.989071.325350010.01234999
0.990631.322631210.01243223
0.99221.319903450.01251508
0.993761.317166520.01259855
0.995321.314420540.01268264
0.996881.311665260.01276737
0.998441.308900620.01285273
1.01.306126750.01293873

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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