Optical constants
Refractive index of Kapton
Sahin et al. 2019: n,k 160–3000 µm
- Data
- tabulated nk
- Range
- 160–3000 µm
- Points
- 285
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- 1.84896
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0.00888578
- Permittivity ε1
- 3.41858
- Permittivity ε2
- 0.0328589
- Absorption coefficient α
- 1.61128 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- 1.24125e+07 nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- 3.40000e-05 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 1.8254
- Group velocity dispersion
- — fs²/mm
- Dispersion parameter D
- — ps/(nm·km)
- Photon energy
- 0.00178909 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
# Kapton: Sahin et al. 2019: n,k 160–3000 µm
kapton = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "Kapton", "Sahin", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(kapton.range_nm) # (160000, 3e+06) nm
eps = kapton.eps([693000]) # 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_e4946c504e27/lightsmith"
kapton = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(kapton.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (kapton/sahin-2019).
# ... load kapton as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=kapton)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=160000, stop_nm=3e+06, 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
References
- doi:10.1007/s10762-019-00584-2 Dielectric Properties of Low-Loss Polymers for mmW and THz Applications, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (2019)
Cite
Seckin Sahin, Niru K. Nahar and Kubilay Sertel. Dielectric Properties of Low-Loss Polymers for mmW and THz Applications. Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 40, 557-573 (2019), doi:10.1007/s10762-019-00584-2; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
285 rows as published| λ (µm) | n | k |
|---|---|---|
| 160.0 | 1.81244 | 0.0157111 |
| 170.0 | 1.81704 | 0.0169473 |
| 180.0 | 1.82088 | 0.0177122 |
| 190.0 | 1.82346 | 0.0182363 |
| 200.0 | 1.82601 | 0.0185507 |
| 210.0 | 1.82921 | 0.0187329 |
| 220.0 | 1.83131 | 0.0187527 |
| 230.0 | 1.83287 | 0.0188781 |
| 240.0 | 1.83417 | 0.0187773 |
| 250.0 | 1.83497 | 0.0184909 |
| 260.0 | 1.83593 | 0.0182867 |
| 270.0 | 1.83772 | 0.0179358 |
| 280.0 | 1.83937 | 0.0177255 |
| 290.0 | 1.8387 | 0.0175487 |
| 300.0 | 1.84062 | 0.0172607 |
| 310.0 | 1.83973 | 0.0169805 |
| 320.0 | 1.84102 | 0.0167107 |
| 330.0 | 1.84153 | 0.01642 |
| 340.0 | 1.84211 | 0.0161103 |
| 350.0 | 1.84274 | 0.0158131 |
| 360.0 | 1.84452 | 0.015548 |
| 370.0 | 1.84277 | 0.015283 |
| 380.0 | 1.84334 | 0.0149996 |
| 390.0 | 1.84443 | 0.0147088 |
| 400.0 | 1.84336 | 0.0144179 |
| 410.0 | 1.84563 | 0.0141779 |
| 420.0 | 1.8461 | 0.0139475 |
| 430.0 | 1.84548 | 0.0137172 |
| 440.0 | 1.84384 | 0.0134814 |
| 450.0 | 1.84589 | 0.013236 |
| 460.0 | 1.84696 | 0.0129907 |
| 470.0 | 1.84487 | 0.0127453 |
| 480.0 | 1.84516 | 0.0125097 |
| 490.0 | 1.84753 | 0.0122979 |
| 500.0 | 1.84798 | 0.012086 |
| 510.0 | 1.84734 | 0.0118742 |
| 520.0 | 1.84683 | 0.0116624 |
| 530.0 | 1.84641 | 0.011464 |
| 540.0 | 1.84654 | 0.0112862 |
| 550.0 | 1.84767 | 0.0111085 |
| 560.0 | 1.8488 | 0.0109307 |
| 570.0 | 1.84758 | 0.0107529 |
| 580.0 | 1.84614 | 0.0105751 |
| 590.0 | 1.84552 | 0.010402 |
| 600.0 | 1.84734 | 0.0102427 |
| 610.0 | 1.84917 | 0.0100834 |
| 620.0 | 1.85008 | 0.00992409 |
| 630.0 | 1.84907 | 0.0097648 |
| 640.0 | 1.84806 | 0.0096055 |
| 650.0 | 1.84716 | 0.00944621 |
| 660.0 | 1.8476 | 0.00928692 |
| 670.0 | 1.84804 | 0.00916001 |
| 680.0 | 1.84848 | 0.00904078 |
| 690.0 | 1.84886 | 0.00892155 |
| 700.0 | 1.8492 | 0.00880231 |
| 710.0 | 1.84953 | 0.00868308 |
| 720.0 | 1.84986 | 0.00856385 |
| 730.0 | 1.84968 | 0.00844461 |
| 740.0 | 1.84889 | 0.00832538 |
| 750.0 | 1.84809 | 0.00820614 |
| 760.0 | 1.8473 | 0.00808691 |
| 770.0 | 1.8465 | 0.00798248 |
| 780.0 | 1.84715 | 0.00788225 |
| 790.0 | 1.84791 | 0.00778203 |
| 800.0 | 1.84866 | 0.00768181 |
| 810.0 | 1.84942 | 0.00758158 |
| 820.0 | 1.85017 | 0.00748136 |
| 830.0 | 1.85022 | 0.00738114 |
| 840.0 | 1.84961 | 0.00728092 |
| 850.0 | 1.84901 | 0.00718069 |
| 860.0 | 1.84841 | 0.00708047 |
| 870.0 | 1.84781 | 0.00698025 |
| 880.0 | 1.8472 | 0.00688002 |
| 890.0 | 1.84774 | 0.0067798 |
| 900.0 | 1.84835 | 0.00668301 |
| 910.0 | 1.84895 | 0.00660352 |
| 920.0 | 1.84955 | 0.00652402 |
| 930.0 | 1.85016 | 0.00644453 |
| 940.0 | 1.85076 | 0.00636503 |
| 950.0 | 1.85123 | 0.00628553 |
| 960.0 | 1.8511 | 0.00620604 |
| 970.0 | 1.85098 | 0.00612654 |
| 980.0 | 1.85086 | 0.00604705 |
| 990.0 | 1.85073 | 0.00596755 |
| 1000.0 | 1.85061 | 0.00588805 |
| 1010.0 | 1.85048 | 0.00580856 |
| 1020.0 | 1.85036 | 0.00572906 |
| 1030.0 | 1.85023 | 0.00564957 |
| 1040.0 | 1.85006 | 0.00557007 |
| 1050.0 | 1.84984 | 0.00549058 |
| 1060.0 | 1.84962 | 0.00541108 |
| 1070.0 | 1.8494 | 0.00533158 |
| 1080.0 | 1.84918 | 0.00525209 |
| 1090.0 | 1.84895 | 0.00518847 |
| 1100.0 | 1.84873 | 0.00514027 |
| 1110.0 | 1.84851 | 0.00509206 |
| 1120.0 | 1.84829 | 0.00504386 |
| 1130.0 | 1.84865 | 0.00499566 |
| 1140.0 | 1.84901 | 0.00494746 |
| 1150.0 | 1.84937 | 0.00489926 |
| 1160.0 | 1.84973 | 0.00485106 |
| 1170.0 | 1.85009 | 0.00480285 |
| 1180.0 | 1.85044 | 0.00475465 |
| 1190.0 | 1.8508 | 0.00470645 |
| 1200.0 | 1.85116 | 0.00465825 |
| 1210.0 | 1.85152 | 0.00461005 |
| 1220.0 | 1.85188 | 0.00456184 |
| 1230.0 | 1.85224 | 0.00451364 |
| 1240.0 | 1.85196 | 0.00446544 |
| 1250.0 | 1.85157 | 0.00441724 |
| 1260.0 | 1.85117 | 0.00436904 |
| 1270.0 | 1.85078 | 0.00432083 |
| 1280.0 | 1.85038 | 0.00427263 |
| 1290.0 | 1.84998 | 0.00422443 |
| 1300.0 | 1.84959 | 0.00417623 |
| 1310.0 | 1.84919 | 0.00412803 |
| 1320.0 | 1.8488 | 0.00407983 |
| 1330.0 | 1.8484 | 0.00403162 |
| 1340.0 | 1.84801 | 0.00398342 |
| 1350.0 | 1.84761 | 0.00393522 |
| 1360.0 | 1.84721 | 0.00388702 |
| 1370.0 | 1.84696 | 0.00383882 |
| 1380.0 | 1.84727 | 0.00379061 |
| 1390.0 | 1.84757 | 0.00375205 |
| 1400.0 | 1.84787 | 0.00371818 |
| 1410.0 | 1.84818 | 0.00368432 |
| 1420.0 | 1.84848 | 0.00365046 |
| 1430.0 | 1.84879 | 0.0036166 |
| 1440.0 | 1.84909 | 0.00358274 |
| 1450.0 | 1.84939 | 0.00354888 |
| 1460.0 | 1.8497 | 0.00351502 |
| 1470.0 | 1.85 | 0.00348116 |
| 1480.0 | 1.85031 | 0.0034473 |
| 1490.0 | 1.85061 | 0.00341344 |
| 1500.0 | 1.85091 | 0.00337958 |
| 1510.0 | 1.85122 | 0.00334572 |
| 1520.0 | 1.85152 | 0.00331186 |
| 1530.0 | 1.85183 | 0.003278 |
| 1540.0 | 1.85206 | 0.00324414 |
| 1550.0 | 1.85195 | 0.00321028 |
| 1560.0 | 1.85185 | 0.00317642 |
| 1570.0 | 1.85174 | 0.00314256 |
| 1580.0 | 1.85163 | 0.0031087 |
| 1590.0 | 1.85153 | 0.00307484 |
| 1600.0 | 1.85142 | 0.00304098 |
| 1610.0 | 1.85131 | 0.00300712 |
| 1620.0 | 1.8512 | 0.00297326 |
| 1630.0 | 1.8511 | 0.0029394 |
| 1640.0 | 1.85099 | 0.00290554 |
| 1650.0 | 1.85088 | 0.00287168 |
| 1660.0 | 1.85078 | 0.00283781 |
| 1670.0 | 1.85067 | 0.00280395 |
| 1680.0 | 1.85056 | 0.00277009 |
| 1690.0 | 1.85046 | 0.00273623 |
| 1700.0 | 1.85035 | 0.00270237 |
| 1710.0 | 1.85024 | 0.00266851 |
| 1720.0 | 1.85014 | 0.00263465 |
| 1730.0 | 1.85003 | 0.00260079 |
| 1740.0 | 1.84992 | 0.00256693 |
| 1750.0 | 1.84982 | 0.00253307 |
| 1760.0 | 1.84974 | 0.00249921 |
| 1770.0 | 1.84975 | 0.00246535 |
| 1780.0 | 1.84977 | 0.00243149 |
| 1790.0 | 1.84978 | 0.00239763 |
| 1800.0 | 1.84979 | 0.00236377 |
| 1810.0 | 1.8498 | 0.00232991 |
| 1820.0 | 1.84981 | 0.00229605 |
| 1830.0 | 1.84982 | 0.00226219 |
| 1840.0 | 1.84983 | 0.00222833 |
| 1850.0 | 1.84984 | 0.00219447 |
| 1860.0 | 1.84986 | 0.00216061 |
| 1870.0 | 1.84987 | 0.00212675 |
| 1880.0 | 1.84988 | 0.00209289 |
| 1890.0 | 1.84989 | 0.00207603 |
| 1900.0 | 1.8499 | 0.00206229 |
| 1910.0 | 1.84991 | 0.00204855 |
| 1920.0 | 1.84992 | 0.00203481 |
| 1930.0 | 1.84993 | 0.00202108 |
| 1940.0 | 1.84994 | 0.00200734 |
| 1950.0 | 1.84996 | 0.0019936 |
| 1960.0 | 1.84997 | 0.00197986 |
| 1970.0 | 1.84998 | 0.00196612 |
| 1980.0 | 1.84999 | 0.00195238 |
| 1990.0 | 1.85 | 0.00193864 |
| 2000.0 | 1.85001 | 0.0019249 |
| 2010.0 | 1.85002 | 0.00191116 |
| 2020.0 | 1.85003 | 0.00189742 |
| 2030.0 | 1.85004 | 0.00188368 |
| 2040.0 | 1.85006 | 0.00186994 |
| 2050.0 | 1.85007 | 0.0018562 |
| 2060.0 | 1.85013 | 0.00184246 |
| 2070.0 | 1.85018 | 0.00182872 |
| 2080.0 | 1.85023 | 0.00181498 |
| 2090.0 | 1.85028 | 0.00180124 |
| 2100.0 | 1.85034 | 0.0017875 |
| 2110.0 | 1.85039 | 0.00177376 |
| 2120.0 | 1.85044 | 0.00176003 |
| 2130.0 | 1.85049 | 0.00174629 |
| 2140.0 | 1.85054 | 0.00173255 |
| 2150.0 | 1.8506 | 0.00171881 |
| 2160.0 | 1.85065 | 0.00170507 |
| 2170.0 | 1.8507 | 0.00169133 |
| 2180.0 | 1.85075 | 0.00167759 |
| 2190.0 | 1.85081 | 0.00166385 |
| 2200.0 | 1.85086 | 0.00165011 |
| 2210.0 | 1.85091 | 0.00163637 |
| 2220.0 | 1.85096 | 0.00162263 |
| 2230.0 | 1.85101 | 0.00160889 |
| 2240.0 | 1.85107 | 0.00159515 |
| 2250.0 | 1.85112 | 0.00158141 |
| 2260.0 | 1.85117 | 0.00156767 |
| 2270.0 | 1.85122 | 0.00155393 |
| 2280.0 | 1.85128 | 0.00154019 |
| 2290.0 | 1.85133 | 0.00152645 |
| 2300.0 | 1.85138 | 0.00151271 |
| 2310.0 | 1.85143 | 0.00149898 |
| 2320.0 | 1.85148 | 0.00148524 |
| 2330.0 | 1.85154 | 0.0014715 |
| 2340.0 | 1.85159 | 0.00145776 |
| 2350.0 | 1.85164 | 0.00144402 |
| 2360.0 | 1.85169 | 0.00143028 |
| 2370.0 | 1.85175 | 0.00141654 |
| 2380.0 | 1.8518 | 0.0014028 |
| 2390.0 | 1.85185 | 0.00138906 |
| 2400.0 | 1.8519 | 0.00137532 |
| 2410.0 | 1.85195 | 0.00136158 |
| 2420.0 | 1.85201 | 0.00134784 |
| 2430.0 | 1.85206 | 0.0013341 |
| 2440.0 | 1.85211 | 0.00132036 |
| 2450.0 | 1.85216 | 0.00130662 |
| 2460.0 | 1.85215 | 0.00129288 |
| 2470.0 | 1.85208 | 0.00127914 |
| 2480.0 | 1.852 | 0.0012654 |
| 2490.0 | 1.85192 | 0.00125167 |
| 2500.0 | 1.85185 | 0.00123793 |
| 2510.0 | 1.85177 | 0.00122419 |
| 2520.0 | 1.85169 | 0.00121045 |
| 2530.0 | 1.85162 | 0.00119671 |
| 2540.0 | 1.85154 | 0.00118297 |
| 2550.0 | 1.85146 | 0.00116923 |
| 2560.0 | 1.85138 | 0.00115549 |
| 2570.0 | 1.85131 | 0.00114175 |
| 2580.0 | 1.85123 | 0.00112801 |
| 2590.0 | 1.85115 | 0.00111427 |
| 2600.0 | 1.85108 | 0.00110053 |
| 2610.0 | 1.851 | 0.00108679 |
| 2620.0 | 1.85092 | 0.00107305 |
| 2630.0 | 1.85085 | 0.00105931 |
| 2640.0 | 1.85077 | 0.00104557 |
| 2650.0 | 1.85069 | 0.00103183 |
| 2660.0 | 1.85061 | 0.00101809 |
| 2670.0 | 1.85054 | 0.00100435 |
| 2680.0 | 1.85046 | 0.000990615 |
| 2690.0 | 1.85038 | 0.000976876 |
| 2700.0 | 1.85031 | 0.000963136 |
| 2710.0 | 1.85023 | 0.000949397 |
| 2720.0 | 1.85015 | 0.000935657 |
| 2730.0 | 1.85008 | 0.000921918 |
| 2740.0 | 1.85 | 0.000908178 |
| 2750.0 | 1.84992 | 0.000894439 |
| 2760.0 | 1.84985 | 0.000880699 |
| 2770.0 | 1.84977 | 0.00086696 |
| 2780.0 | 1.84969 | 0.00085322 |
| 2790.0 | 1.84961 | 0.000839481 |
| 2800.0 | 1.84954 | 0.000825741 |
| 2810.0 | 1.84946 | 0.000812002 |
| 2820.0 | 1.84938 | 0.000798263 |
| 2830.0 | 1.84931 | 0.000784523 |
| 2840.0 | 1.84923 | 0.000770784 |
| 2850.0 | 1.84915 | 0.000757044 |
| 2860.0 | 1.84908 | 0.000743305 |
| 2870.0 | 1.849 | 0.000729565 |
| 2880.0 | 1.84892 | 0.000715826 |
| 2890.0 | 1.84884 | 0.000702086 |
| 2900.0 | 1.84877 | 0.000688347 |
| 2910.0 | 1.84869 | 0.000674607 |
| 2920.0 | 1.84861 | 0.000660868 |
| 2930.0 | 1.84854 | 0.000647128 |
| 2940.0 | 1.84846 | 0.000633389 |
| 2950.0 | 1.84838 | 0.000619649 |
| 2960.0 | 1.84831 | 0.00060591 |
| 2970.0 | 1.84823 | 0.00059217 |
| 2980.0 | 1.84815 | 0.000578431 |
| 2990.0 | 1.84808 | 0.000564692 |
| 3000.0 | 1.848 | 0.000550952 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
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Fresnel reflection calculator
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- Rs
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- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
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125-μm-thick Kapton HN general purpose polyimide film sample provided by DuPont