Optical constants
Refractive index of Mg:LiTaO3 (Magnesium-doped lithium tantalate)
Moutzouris et al. 2011: n(o) 0.450–1.551 µm; 8 mol.% Mg
- Data
- formula 3
- Range
- 0.45–1.551 µm
- Optical axis
- e
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Uniaxial crystal, axes: e
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- 2.18166
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0
- Permittivity ε1
- 4.75965
- Permittivity ε2
- 0
- Absorption coefficient α
- 0 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- — nm
- Abbe number Vd
- 23.876
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- -0.248158 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 2.32748
- Group velocity dispersion
- 497.188 fs²/mm
- Dispersion parameter D
- -2712.43 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
# Mg:LiTaO3 (Magnesium-doped lithium tantalate): Moutzouris et al. 2011: n(o) 0.450–1.551 µm; 8 mol.% Mg
mg_litao3 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "Mg-LiTaO3", "Moutzouris-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(mg_litao3.range_nm) # (450, 1551) nm
eps = mg_litao3.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_8e21e94200f5/lightsmith"
mg_litao3 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(mg_litao3.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (mg-litao3/moutzouris-2011-o).
# ... load mg_litao3 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=mg_litao3)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=450, 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.
Dispersion formula
Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µmValid from 0.45 to 1.551 µm.
Coefficients as stored
| Ci | Value |
|---|---|
| C1 | 4.46828481 |
| C2 | -0.01791123 |
| C3 | 2.0 |
| C4 | 0.10437434 |
| C5 | -2.0 |
| C6 | -0.00284541849 |
| C7 | -4.0 |
| C8 | 0.000787317793 |
| C9 | -6.0 |
Comments and conditions
Conditions
- direction
- e
References
- doi:10.1364/ome.1.000458 Temperature-dependent visible to near-infrared optical properties of 8 mol% Mg-doped lithium tantalate, Optical Materials Express (2011)
Cite
Konstantinos Moutzouris, George Hloupis, Ilias Stavrakas, Dimos Triantis and Ming-Hsien Chou. Temperature-dependent visible to near-infrared optical properties of 8 mol% Mg-doped lithium tantalate. Optical Materials Express, 1, 458 (2011), doi:10.1364/ome.1.000458; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
Computed on 400 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library| λ (µm) | n |
|---|---|
| 0.45 | 2.2373 |
| 0.451398 | 2.236383 |
| 0.4528 | 2.235475 |
| 0.454206 | 2.234576 |
| 0.455617 | 2.233685 |
| 0.457032 | 2.232803 |
| 0.458452 | 2.231929 |
| 0.459876 | 2.231063 |
| 0.461304 | 2.230206 |
| 0.462737 | 2.229356 |
| 0.464174 | 2.228515 |
| 0.465616 | 2.227681 |
| 0.467062 | 2.226855 |
| 0.468513 | 2.226037 |
| 0.469968 | 2.225226 |
| 0.471428 | 2.224423 |
| 0.472892 | 2.223627 |
| 0.474361 | 2.222838 |
| 0.475835 | 2.222056 |
| 0.477313 | 2.221282 |
| 0.478795 | 2.220514 |
| 0.480282 | 2.219753 |
| 0.481774 | 2.218999 |
| 0.483271 | 2.218252 |
| 0.484772 | 2.217511 |
| 0.486277 | 2.216777 |
| 0.487788 | 2.216049 |
| 0.489303 | 2.215328 |
| 0.490823 | 2.214613 |
| 0.492347 | 2.213904 |
| 0.493877 | 2.213201 |
| 0.495411 | 2.212504 |
| 0.496949 | 2.211813 |
| 0.498493 | 2.211128 |
| 0.500041 | 2.210449 |
| 0.501595 | 2.209776 |
| 0.503153 | 2.209108 |
| 0.504715 | 2.208446 |
| 0.506283 | 2.20779 |
| 0.507856 | 2.207139 |
| 0.509433 | 2.206493 |
| 0.511015 | 2.205853 |
| 0.512603 | 2.205218 |
| 0.514195 | 2.204588 |
| 0.515792 | 2.203963 |
| 0.517394 | 2.203344 |
| 0.519001 | 2.202729 |
| 0.520613 | 2.202119 |
| 0.52223 | 2.201515 |
| 0.523852 | 2.200915 |
| 0.52548 | 2.20032 |
| 0.527112 | 2.19973 |
| 0.528749 | 2.199144 |
| 0.530391 | 2.198563 |
| 0.532039 | 2.197987 |
| 0.533691 | 2.197415 |
| 0.535349 | 2.196847 |
| 0.537012 | 2.196284 |
| 0.53868 | 2.195726 |
| 0.540353 | 2.195171 |
| 0.542031 | 2.194621 |
| 0.543715 | 2.194075 |
| 0.545404 | 2.193534 |
| 0.547098 | 2.192996 |
| 0.548797 | 2.192463 |
| 0.550502 | 2.191934 |
| 0.552212 | 2.191408 |
| 0.553927 | 2.190887 |
| 0.555647 | 2.190369 |
| 0.557373 | 2.189856 |
| 0.559105 | 2.189346 |
| 0.560841 | 2.18884 |
| 0.562583 | 2.188337 |
| 0.564331 | 2.187839 |
| 0.566084 | 2.187344 |
| 0.567842 | 2.186852 |
| 0.569606 | 2.186365 |
| 0.571375 | 2.185881 |
| 0.57315 | 2.1854 |
| 0.57493 | 2.184923 |
| 0.576716 | 2.184449 |
| 0.578507 | 2.183978 |
| 0.580304 | 2.183511 |
| 0.582106 | 2.183048 |
| 0.583914 | 2.182587 |
| 0.585728 | 2.18213 |
| 0.587547 | 2.181676 |
| 0.589372 | 2.181226 |
| 0.591203 | 2.180778 |
| 0.593039 | 2.180334 |
| 0.594881 | 2.179892 |
| 0.596729 | 2.179454 |
| 0.598583 | 2.179019 |
| 0.600442 | 2.178586 |
| 0.602307 | 2.178157 |
| 0.604178 | 2.177731 |
| 0.606054 | 2.177308 |
| 0.607937 | 2.176887 |
| 0.609825 | 2.176469 |
| 0.611719 | 2.176055 |
| 0.613619 | 2.175643 |
| 0.615525 | 2.175233 |
| 0.617437 | 2.174827 |
| 0.619355 | 2.174423 |
| 0.621279 | 2.174022 |
| 0.623209 | 2.173624 |
| 0.625144 | 2.173228 |
| 0.627086 | 2.172835 |
| 0.629034 | 2.172444 |
| 0.630988 | 2.172057 |
| 0.632948 | 2.171671 |
| 0.634914 | 2.171288 |
| 0.636886 | 2.170908 |
| 0.638864 | 2.17053 |
| 0.640848 | 2.170155 |
| 0.642839 | 2.169782 |
| 0.644835 | 2.169411 |
| 0.646838 | 2.169043 |
| 0.648847 | 2.168677 |
| 0.650863 | 2.168313 |
| 0.652885 | 2.167952 |
| 0.654912 | 2.167593 |
| 0.656947 | 2.167237 |
| 0.658987 | 2.166882 |
| 0.661034 | 2.16653 |
| 0.663087 | 2.166181 |
| 0.665147 | 2.165833 |
| 0.667213 | 2.165487 |
| 0.669285 | 2.165144 |
| 0.671364 | 2.164803 |
| 0.673449 | 2.164464 |
| 0.675541 | 2.164127 |
| 0.67764 | 2.163792 |
| 0.679744 | 2.163459 |
| 0.681856 | 2.163128 |
| 0.683974 | 2.1628 |
| 0.686098 | 2.162473 |
| 0.688229 | 2.162148 |
| 0.690367 | 2.161825 |
| 0.692511 | 2.161505 |
| 0.694662 | 2.161186 |
| 0.69682 | 2.160869 |
| 0.698984 | 2.160554 |
| 0.701155 | 2.160241 |
| 0.703333 | 2.159929 |
| 0.705518 | 2.15962 |
| 0.707709 | 2.159313 |
| 0.709907 | 2.159007 |
| 0.712112 | 2.158703 |
| 0.714324 | 2.158401 |
| 0.716543 | 2.158101 |
| 0.718769 | 2.157802 |
| 0.721001 | 2.157505 |
| 0.723241 | 2.15721 |
| 0.725487 | 2.156917 |
| 0.727741 | 2.156625 |
| 0.730001 | 2.156336 |
| 0.732269 | 2.156047 |
| 0.734543 | 2.155761 |
| 0.736825 | 2.155476 |
| 0.739113 | 2.155193 |
| 0.741409 | 2.154911 |
| 0.743712 | 2.154631 |
| 0.746022 | 2.154353 |
| 0.748339 | 2.154076 |
| 0.750664 | 2.153801 |
| 0.752995 | 2.153527 |
| 0.755334 | 2.153255 |
| 0.75768 | 2.152984 |
| 0.760034 | 2.152715 |
| 0.762394 | 2.152448 |
| 0.764762 | 2.152182 |
| 0.767138 | 2.151917 |
| 0.769521 | 2.151654 |
| 0.771911 | 2.151392 |
| 0.774308 | 2.151132 |
| 0.776713 | 2.150874 |
| 0.779126 | 2.150616 |
| 0.781546 | 2.15036 |
| 0.783974 | 2.150106 |
| 0.786409 | 2.149853 |
| 0.788851 | 2.149601 |
| 0.791302 | 2.149351 |
| 0.793759 | 2.149102 |
| 0.796225 | 2.148854 |
| 0.798698 | 2.148608 |
| 0.801179 | 2.148363 |
| 0.803667 | 2.148119 |
| 0.806164 | 2.147877 |
| 0.808668 | 2.147636 |
| 0.811179 | 2.147396 |
| 0.813699 | 2.147158 |
| 0.816226 | 2.146921 |
| 0.818762 | 2.146685 |
| 0.821305 | 2.14645 |
| 0.823856 | 2.146217 |
| 0.826415 | 2.145984 |
| 0.828982 | 2.145753 |
| 0.831557 | 2.145524 |
| 0.83414 | 2.145295 |
| 0.83673 | 2.145068 |
| 0.839329 | 2.144841 |
| 0.841936 | 2.144616 |
| 0.844552 | 2.144392 |
| 0.847175 | 2.14417 |
| 0.849806 | 2.143948 |
| 0.852446 | 2.143727 |
| 0.855094 | 2.143508 |
| 0.85775 | 2.14329 |
| 0.860414 | 2.143073 |
| 0.863086 | 2.142857 |
| 0.865767 | 2.142642 |
| 0.868456 | 2.142428 |
| 0.871154 | 2.142215 |
| 0.87386 | 2.142003 |
| 0.876574 | 2.141792 |
| 0.879297 | 2.141583 |
| 0.882028 | 2.141374 |
| 0.884768 | 2.141166 |
| 0.887516 | 2.14096 |
| 0.890272 | 2.140754 |
| 0.893038 | 2.14055 |
| 0.895811 | 2.140346 |
| 0.898594 | 2.140143 |
| 0.901385 | 2.139942 |
| 0.904185 | 2.139741 |
| 0.906993 | 2.139541 |
| 0.909811 | 2.139343 |
| 0.912636 | 2.139145 |
| 0.915471 | 2.138948 |
| 0.918315 | 2.138752 |
| 0.921167 | 2.138557 |
| 0.924028 | 2.138363 |
| 0.926898 | 2.13817 |
| 0.929777 | 2.137977 |
| 0.932665 | 2.137786 |
| 0.935562 | 2.137596 |
| 0.938468 | 2.137406 |
| 0.941383 | 2.137217 |
| 0.944307 | 2.137029 |
| 0.94724 | 2.136842 |
| 0.950183 | 2.136656 |
| 0.953134 | 2.136471 |
| 0.956094 | 2.136286 |
| 0.959064 | 2.136102 |
| 0.962043 | 2.135919 |
| 0.965031 | 2.135737 |
| 0.968029 | 2.135556 |
| 0.971036 | 2.135376 |
| 0.974052 | 2.135196 |
| 0.977077 | 2.135017 |
| 0.980112 | 2.134839 |
| 0.983156 | 2.134661 |
| 0.98621 | 2.134485 |
| 0.989273 | 2.134309 |
| 0.992346 | 2.134134 |
| 0.995428 | 2.13396 |
| 0.99852 | 2.133786 |
| 1.00162 | 2.133613 |
| 1.00473 | 2.133441 |
| 1.00785 | 2.133269 |
| 1.01098 | 2.133099 |
| 1.01412 | 2.132929 |
| 1.01727 | 2.132759 |
| 1.02043 | 2.132591 |
| 1.0236 | 2.132423 |
| 1.02678 | 2.132255 |
| 1.02997 | 2.132089 |
| 1.03317 | 2.131923 |
| 1.03638 | 2.131758 |
| 1.0396 | 2.131593 |
| 1.04283 | 2.131429 |
| 1.04607 | 2.131266 |
| 1.04932 | 2.131103 |
| 1.05258 | 2.130941 |
| 1.05585 | 2.130779 |
| 1.05913 | 2.130619 |
| 1.06242 | 2.130458 |
| 1.06572 | 2.130299 |
| 1.06903 | 2.13014 |
| 1.07235 | 2.129981 |
| 1.07568 | 2.129823 |
| 1.07902 | 2.129666 |
| 1.08237 | 2.129509 |
| 1.08573 | 2.129353 |
| 1.0891 | 2.129198 |
| 1.09249 | 2.129043 |
| 1.09588 | 2.128888 |
| 1.09928 | 2.128734 |
| 1.1027 | 2.128581 |
| 1.10612 | 2.128428 |
| 1.10956 | 2.128276 |
| 1.11301 | 2.128124 |
| 1.11646 | 2.127973 |
| 1.11993 | 2.127822 |
| 1.12341 | 2.127672 |
| 1.1269 | 2.127522 |
| 1.1304 | 2.127373 |
| 1.13391 | 2.127224 |
| 1.13743 | 2.127076 |
| 1.14096 | 2.126928 |
| 1.14451 | 2.126781 |
| 1.14806 | 2.126634 |
| 1.15163 | 2.126487 |
| 1.15521 | 2.126341 |
| 1.15879 | 2.126196 |
| 1.16239 | 2.126051 |
| 1.166 | 2.125906 |
| 1.16963 | 2.125762 |
| 1.17326 | 2.125618 |
| 1.1769 | 2.125475 |
| 1.18056 | 2.125332 |
| 1.18423 | 2.12519 |
| 1.1879 | 2.125048 |
| 1.19159 | 2.124906 |
| 1.1953 | 2.124765 |
| 1.19901 | 2.124624 |
| 1.20273 | 2.124483 |
| 1.20647 | 2.124343 |
| 1.21022 | 2.124203 |
| 1.21397 | 2.124064 |
| 1.21774 | 2.123925 |
| 1.22153 | 2.123786 |
| 1.22532 | 2.123648 |
| 1.22913 | 2.12351 |
| 1.23295 | 2.123372 |
| 1.23677 | 2.123235 |
| 1.24062 | 2.123098 |
| 1.24447 | 2.122962 |
| 1.24834 | 2.122825 |
| 1.25221 | 2.122689 |
| 1.2561 | 2.122554 |
| 1.26 | 2.122418 |
| 1.26392 | 2.122283 |
| 1.26784 | 2.122149 |
| 1.27178 | 2.122014 |
| 1.27573 | 2.12188 |
| 1.27969 | 2.121746 |
| 1.28367 | 2.121613 |
| 1.28766 | 2.121479 |
| 1.29166 | 2.121346 |
| 1.29567 | 2.121213 |
| 1.29969 | 2.121081 |
| 1.30373 | 2.120949 |
| 1.30778 | 2.120817 |
| 1.31184 | 2.120685 |
| 1.31592 | 2.120553 |
| 1.32 | 2.120422 |
| 1.3241 | 2.120291 |
| 1.32822 | 2.12016 |
| 1.33234 | 2.12003 |
| 1.33648 | 2.119899 |
| 1.34063 | 2.119769 |
| 1.34479 | 2.119639 |
| 1.34897 | 2.119509 |
| 1.35316 | 2.11938 |
| 1.35736 | 2.11925 |
| 1.36158 | 2.119121 |
| 1.36581 | 2.118992 |
| 1.37005 | 2.118863 |
| 1.37431 | 2.118735 |
| 1.37858 | 2.118606 |
| 1.38286 | 2.118478 |
| 1.38715 | 2.11835 |
| 1.39146 | 2.118222 |
| 1.39578 | 2.118094 |
| 1.40012 | 2.117966 |
| 1.40447 | 2.117838 |
| 1.40883 | 2.117711 |
| 1.41321 | 2.117584 |
| 1.4176 | 2.117456 |
| 1.422 | 2.117329 |
| 1.42642 | 2.117202 |
| 1.43085 | 2.117075 |
| 1.43529 | 2.116949 |
| 1.43975 | 2.116822 |
| 1.44422 | 2.116695 |
| 1.44871 | 2.116569 |
| 1.45321 | 2.116443 |
| 1.45772 | 2.116316 |
| 1.46225 | 2.11619 |
| 1.46679 | 2.116064 |
| 1.47135 | 2.115938 |
| 1.47592 | 2.115812 |
| 1.4805 | 2.115686 |
| 1.4851 | 2.11556 |
| 1.48971 | 2.115434 |
| 1.49434 | 2.115308 |
| 1.49898 | 2.115182 |
| 1.50364 | 2.115057 |
| 1.50831 | 2.114931 |
| 1.51299 | 2.114805 |
| 1.51769 | 2.11468 |
| 1.52241 | 2.114554 |
| 1.52714 | 2.114428 |
| 1.53188 | 2.114303 |
| 1.53664 | 2.114177 |
| 1.54141 | 2.114051 |
| 1.5462 | 2.113926 |
| 1.551 | 2.1138 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
- —
- Reflectance R
- —
Fresnel reflection calculator
- Rp
- —
- Rs
- —
- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
- —
- Phase φp
- —
- Phase φs
- —
- Brewster angle θB
- —
- Critical angle θC
- —
8 mol% Mg-doped congruent lithium tantalate (MCLT). Extraordinary ray(e). 22 °C (see the original publication for temperature-dependent dispersion formula).