MgO:LiNbO3 (Magnesium oxide doped lithium niobate)
Glasses, oxides and dielectrics anisotropic
5 datasets, together covering 0.4–5 µm. Default: Zelmon et al. 1997: CLN, 5 mol % MgO; n(o) 0.4–5.0 µm.
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Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line
pip install lightsmith
import lightsmith as ls
# MgO:LiNbO3 (Magnesium oxide doped lithium niobate): Zelmon et al. 1997: CLN, 5 mol % MgO; n(o) 0.4–5.0 µm
mgo_linbo3 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "MgO-LiNbO3", "Zelmon-o", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(mgo_linbo3.range_nm) # (400, 5000) nm
eps = mgo_linbo3.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_6bbd7d79a51d/lightsmith"
mgo_linbo3 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(mgo_linbo3.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (mgo-linbo3/zelmon-1997-o).
# ... load mgo_linbo3 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=mgo_linbo3)],
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"]).
import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls
url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_6bbd7d79a51d/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
mgo_linbo3_dl = ls.DrudeLorentz.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
A dispersive Drude–Lorentz model for time-domain solvers.
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.
About MgO:LiNbO3 (Magnesium oxide doped lithium niobate)
Other names: Magnesium oxide doped lithium niobate, {'MgO': 'LiNbO3'}
API: /v1/materials/mat_dc709004e735 · slug mgo-linbo3