Optical constants

Refractive index of LaAlO3 (Lanthanum aluminate)

Chernova et al. 2017: n,k 0.14–1.67 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.1409–1.675 µm
Points
100
Licence
CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Range 0.1409–1.675 µm
Refractive index n
2.06145
Extinction coefficient k
9.28497e-23
Permittivity ε1
4.24957
Permittivity ε2
3.82810e-22
Absorption coefficient α
1.98568e-17 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
1.00721e+24 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.116079 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
2.12966
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

# LaAlO3 (Lanthanum aluminate): Chernova et al. 2017: n,k 0.14–1.67 µm
laalo3 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "LaAlO3", "Chernova", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(laalo3.range_nm)  # (140.89, 1675.5) nm
eps = laalo3.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

Lanthanum aluminate, LaAlO3 (LAO)

References

E. Chernova, C. Brooks, D. Chvostova, Z. Bryknar, A. Dejneka, M. Tyunina. Optical NIR-VIS-VUV constants of advanced substrates for thin-film devices. Opt. Mater. Express 7, 3844–3862 (2017)
[Calculation script (Python)]
  • doi:10.1364/ome.7.003844 Optical NIR-VIS-VUV constants of advanced substrates for thin-film devices, Optical Materials Express (2017)

Cite

E. Chernova et al.. Optical NIR-VIS-VUV constants of advanced substrates for thin-film devices. Optical Materials Express, 7, 3844 (2017), doi:10.1364/ome.7.003844; [Calculation script (Python)]; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

100 rows as published
LaAlO3 (Lanthanum aluminate), Chernova et al. 2017: n,k 0.14–1.67 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.140892.46031.5298
0.142212.49021.5345
0.143552.53061.5383
0.144912.581.5376
0.146312.63551.5298
0.147722.69351.5151
0.149172.75181.496
0.150652.81211.4768
0.152152.88151.4585
0.153692.96871.4335
0.155253.07411.3847
0.156853.18261.2961
0.158493.26671.1654
0.160153.29921.0124
0.161853.27210.88088
0.163593.22740.81863
0.165373.250.80005
0.167193.34050.71346
0.169043.38320.53086
0.170943.32020.34541
0.172883.20530.22721
0.174863.09760.16605
0.17693.01030.13004
0.178972.93750.10458
0.18112.87430.085665
0.183282.81860.071629
0.185522.76950.061068
0.18782.7260.052712
0.190152.68720.045615
0.192552.65210.039137
0.195022.61990.032979
0.197552.58990.027085
0.200142.56150.021561
0.202812.53450.01657
0.205552.50880.012262
0.208362.48420.0087207
0.211252.46090.0059524
0.214222.43890.0038971
0.217282.41810.0024441
0.220422.39860.0014698
0.223662.38030.00084534
0.226992.36320.00046655
0.230432.34710.00024598
0.233972.3320.00012449
0.237622.31776.0186e-05
0.241392.30412.7912e-05
0.245272.29131.2377e-05
0.249292.27915.2576e-06
0.253442.26752.1392e-06
0.257732.25658.3205e-07
0.262162.24593.108e-07
0.266752.23591.1067e-07
0.271512.22623.798e-08
0.276442.2171.2383e-08
0.281552.20813.9092e-09
0.286852.19961.1728e-09
0.292362.19153.4029e-10
0.298082.18379.4407e-11
0.304032.17622.5358e-11
0.310232.1696.6e-12
0.316682.16211.6819e-12
0.32342.15544.2915e-13
0.330422.1491.1152e-13
0.337752.14283.0969e-14
0.345412.13699.2889e-15
0.353422.13123.0893e-15
0.361822.12571.0983e-15
0.370632.12044.1214e-16
0.379872.11531.5731e-16
0.389592.11056.0631e-17
0.399822.10582.3253e-17
0.41062.10128.8602e-18
0.421982.09693.3449e-18
0.4342.09271.2472e-18
0.446732.08874.6119e-19
0.460232.08481.6784e-19
0.474582.08116.0729e-20
0.489842.07762.1557e-20
0.506122.07427.6297e-21
0.523522.07092.6488e-21
0.542162.06789.1429e-22
0.562172.06483.1047e-22
0.583722.06191.0449e-22
0.606982.05923.4708e-23
0.632182.05661.1388e-23
0.659562.05413.7004e-24
0.689422.05181.1836e-24
0.722112.04953.7626e-25
0.758062.04741.1731e-25
0.797772.04543.6485e-26
0.841872.04351.1106e-26
0.891132.04173.3739e-27
0.946522.041.0049e-27
1.00922.03852.9752e-28
1.08092.0378.6718e-29
1.16352.03572.502e-29
1.25972.03447.1366e-30
1.37332.03332.0063e-30
1.50942.03225.601e-31
1.67552.03131.5342e-31

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