Optical constants

Refractive index of MnPSe₃ (Manganese phosphorus selenide)

Zotev et al. 2023: n,k 0.36–1.0 µm

Data: tabulated nk
Range: 0.36–1 µm
Points: 402
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 2.94625
Extinction coefficient k: 0.016

Permittivity ε₁: 8.68013
Permittivity ε₂: 0.09428

Absorption coefficient α: 3421.75 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 5844.97 nm

Abbe number V_d: —
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -1.875 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 4.048
Group velocity dispersion: — fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: — ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy: 2.11001 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, n_g = 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

# MnPSe3 (Manganese phosphorus selenide): Zotev et al. 2023: n,k 0.36–1.0 µm
mnpse3 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "MnPSe3", "Zotev", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(mnpse3.range_nm)  # (360, 1000) nm
eps = mnpse3.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_d18c4cdc89c6/lightsmith"
mnpse3 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(mnpse3.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (mnpse3/zotev-2023).

# ... load mnpse3 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=mnpse3)],
    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"]).

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Comments and conditions

Multilayer crystals. Isotropic. Room temperature.

References

P. G. Zotev, Y. Wang, D. Andres-Penares, T. Severs-Millard, S. Randerson, X. Hu, L. Sortino, C. Louca, M. Brotons-Gisbert, T. Huq, S. Vezzoli, R. Sapienza, T. F. Krauss, B. D. Gerardot, A. I. Tartakovskii. Van der Waals materials for applications in nanophotonics. Laser and Photonics Rev. 17, 2200957 (2023) (Numerical data kindly provided by Panaiot Zotev)

doi:10.1002/lpor.202200957 Van der Waals Materials for Applications in Nanophotonics, Laser & Photonics Reviews (2023)

Cite

Panaiot G. Zotev et al.. Van der Waals Materials for Applications in Nanophotonics. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 17, 2200957 (2023), doi:10.1002/lpor.202200957; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

402 rows as published

CSV comma separated TXT tab separated YAML n, k Full database record original YAML All quantities CSV JSON metadata

MnPSe3 (Manganese phosphorus selenide), Zotev et al. 2023: n,k 0.36–1.0 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.36	3.452	1.946
0.3616	3.497	1.889
0.3632	3.536	1.831
0.3648	3.57	1.772
0.3664	3.599	1.713
0.368	3.622	1.655
0.3696	3.642	1.598
0.3712	3.657	1.543
0.3728	3.668	1.49
0.3744	3.676	1.439
0.376	3.681	1.39
0.3776	3.683	1.344
0.3792	3.684	1.3
0.3808	3.683	1.259
0.3824	3.681	1.22
0.384	3.678	1.184
0.3856	3.675	1.149
0.3872	3.671	1.117
0.3888	3.667	1.087
0.3904	3.663	1.058
0.392	3.659	1.03
0.3936	3.656	1.004
0.3952	3.652	0.979
0.3968	3.649	0.955
0.3984	3.647	0.932
0.4	3.644	0.909
0.4016	3.642	0.886
0.4032	3.64	0.864
0.4048	3.639	0.843
0.4064	3.637	0.821
0.408	3.635	0.799
0.4096	3.633	0.778
0.4112	3.632	0.756
0.4128	3.63	0.735
0.4144	3.627	0.713
0.416	3.624	0.692
0.4176	3.621	0.671
0.4192	3.618	0.65
0.4208	3.614	0.629
0.4224	3.609	0.608
0.424	3.604	0.587
0.4256	3.598	0.567
0.4272	3.592	0.547
0.4288	3.586	0.527
0.4304	3.579	0.508
0.432	3.571	0.49
0.4336	3.563	0.471
0.4352	3.555	0.454
0.4368	3.546	0.437
0.4384	3.537	0.42
0.44	3.528	0.404
0.4416	3.518	0.389
0.4432	3.508	0.374
0.4448	3.498	0.36
0.4464	3.488	0.346
0.448	3.478	0.333
0.4496	3.468	0.32
0.4512	3.457	0.308
0.4528	3.447	0.297
0.4544	3.436	0.286
0.456	3.426	0.275
0.4576	3.416	0.266
0.4592	3.405	0.256
0.4608	3.395	0.247
0.4624	3.385	0.239
0.464	3.375	0.231
0.4656	3.365	0.223
0.4672	3.355	0.216
0.4688	3.345	0.209
0.4704	3.336	0.202
0.472	3.326	0.196
0.4736	3.317	0.191
0.4752	3.308	0.185
0.4768	3.299	0.18
0.4784	3.29	0.175
0.48	3.282	0.171
0.4816	3.274	0.166
0.4832	3.265	0.163
0.4848	3.257	0.159
0.4864	3.25	0.155
0.488	3.242	0.152
0.4896	3.235	0.149
0.4912	3.228	0.146
0.4928	3.221	0.144
0.4944	3.215	0.141
0.496	3.208	0.139
0.4976	3.202	0.137
0.4992	3.197	0.135
0.5008	3.191	0.133
0.5024	3.186	0.131
0.504	3.181	0.129
0.5056	3.177	0.128
0.5072	3.172	0.126
0.5088	3.168	0.124
0.5104	3.164	0.122
0.512	3.161	0.12
0.5136	3.158	0.118
0.5152	3.155	0.116
0.5168	3.152	0.114
0.5184	3.149	0.111
0.52	3.147	0.108
0.5216	3.144	0.105
0.5232	3.142	0.101
0.5248	3.14	0.097
0.5264	3.137	0.093
0.528	3.135	0.089
0.5296	3.132	0.084
0.5312	3.128	0.079
0.5321	3.127	0.076
0.5328	3.125	0.074
0.5344	3.121	0.069
0.536	3.117	0.064
0.5376	3.112	0.059
0.5392	3.107	0.054
0.5408	3.102	0.049
0.5424	3.096	0.044
0.544	3.09	0.04
0.5456	3.084	0.036
0.5472	3.078	0.033
0.5488	3.071	0.029
0.5504	3.065	0.026
0.552	3.058	0.024
0.5536	3.052	0.022
0.5552	3.045	0.02
0.5568	3.039	0.018
0.5584	3.033	0.017
0.56	3.027	0.016
0.5616	3.021	0.015
0.5632	3.015	0.015
0.5648	3.009	0.014
0.5664	3.004	0.014
0.568	2.999	0.014
0.5696	2.994	0.014
0.5712	2.989	0.014
0.5728	2.984	0.014
0.5744	2.98	0.014
0.576	2.975	0.014
0.5776	2.971	0.014
0.5792	2.967	0.015
0.5808	2.963	0.015
0.5824	2.959	0.015
0.584	2.955	0.015
0.5856	2.951	0.015
0.5872	2.947	0.016
0.5888	2.944	0.016
0.5904	2.94	0.016
0.592	2.936	0.017
0.5936	2.933	0.017
0.5952	2.929	0.017
0.5968	2.926	0.018
0.5984	2.923	0.018
0.6	2.919	0.019
0.6016	2.916	0.019
0.6032	2.913	0.019
0.6048	2.909	0.02
0.6064	2.906	0.02
0.608	2.903	0.021
0.6096	2.9	0.021
0.6112	2.897	0.022
0.6128	2.893	0.022
0.6144	2.89	0.023
0.616	2.887	0.024
0.6176	2.884	0.024
0.6192	2.881	0.025
0.6208	2.878	0.026
0.6224	2.874	0.027
0.624	2.871	0.028
0.6256	2.868	0.029
0.6272	2.865	0.03
0.6288	2.861	0.031
0.6304	2.858	0.032
0.632	2.855	0.033
0.6336	2.851	0.034
0.6352	2.848	0.036
0.6368	2.844	0.038
0.6384	2.84	0.039
0.64	2.837	0.041
0.6416	2.833	0.043
0.6432	2.829	0.046
0.6448	2.825	0.048
0.6464	2.82	0.051
0.648	2.816	0.055
0.6496	2.812	0.058
0.6512	2.807	0.063
0.6528	2.802	0.067
0.6544	2.797	0.073
0.656	2.792	0.079
0.6576	2.787	0.087
0.6592	2.781	0.096
0.6608	2.776	0.106
0.6624	2.772	0.118
0.664	2.768	0.133
0.6656	2.765	0.15
0.6672	2.765	0.171
0.6688	2.769	0.196
0.6704	2.779	0.223
0.672	2.799	0.253
0.6736	2.83	0.28
0.6752	2.873	0.3
0.6768	2.925	0.304
0.6784	2.976	0.288
0.68	3.018	0.256
0.6816	3.045	0.214
0.6832	3.055	0.172
0.6848	3.054	0.135
0.6864	3.047	0.104
0.688	3.036	0.081
0.6896	3.023	0.062
0.6912	3.011	0.048
0.6928	2.999	0.037
0.6944	2.987	0.029
0.696	2.977	0.023
0.6976	2.967	0.018
0.6992	2.959	0.014
0.7008	2.951	0.011
0.7024	2.943	0.009
0.704	2.937	0.007
0.7056	2.931	0.005
0.7072	2.925	0.004
0.7088	2.92	0.003
0.7104	2.915	0.002
0.712	2.911	0.002
0.7136	2.906	0.001
0.7152	2.903	0.001
0.7168	2.899	0.001
0.7184	2.895	0.0
0.72	2.892	0.0
0.7216	2.889	0.0
0.7232	2.886	6.34e-05
0.7248	2.883	1.8e-05
0.7264	2.881	5.55e-07
0.728	2.878	0.0
0.7296	2.876	0.0
0.7312	2.873	0.0
0.7328	2.871	0.0
0.7344	2.869	0.0
0.736	2.867	0.0
0.7376	2.865	0.0
0.7392	2.863	0.0
0.7408	2.861	0.0
0.7424	2.86	0.0
0.744	2.858	0.0
0.7456	2.856	0.0
0.7472	2.855	0.0
0.7488	2.853	0.0
0.7504	2.851	0.0
0.752	2.85	0.0
0.7536	2.848	0.0
0.7552	2.847	0.0
0.7568	2.846	0.0
0.7584	2.844	0.0
0.76	2.843	0.0
0.7616	2.842	0.0
0.7632	2.84	0.0
0.7648	2.839	0.0
0.7664	2.838	0.0
0.768	2.836	0.0
0.7696	2.835	0.0
0.7712	2.834	0.0
0.7728	2.833	0.0
0.7744	2.832	0.0
0.776	2.831	0.0
0.7776	2.83	0.0
0.7792	2.828	0.0
0.7808	2.827	0.0
0.7824	2.826	0.0
0.784	2.825	0.0
0.7856	2.824	0.0
0.7872	2.823	0.0
0.7888	2.822	0.0
0.7904	2.821	0.0
0.792	2.82	0.0
0.7936	2.819	0.0
0.7952	2.818	0.0
0.7968	2.818	0.0
0.7984	2.817	0.0
0.8	2.816	0.0
0.8016	2.815	0.0
0.8032	2.814	0.0
0.8048	2.813	0.0
0.8064	2.812	0.0
0.808	2.811	0.0
0.8096	2.811	0.0
0.8112	2.81	0.0
0.8128	2.809	0.0
0.8144	2.808	0.0
0.816	2.807	0.0
0.8176	2.807	0.0
0.8192	2.806	0.0
0.8208	2.805	0.0
0.8224	2.804	0.0
0.824	2.803	0.0
0.8256	2.803	0.0
0.8272	2.802	0.0
0.8288	2.801	0.0
0.8304	2.801	0.0
0.832	2.8	0.0
0.8336	2.799	0.0
0.8352	2.798	0.0
0.8368	2.798	0.0
0.8384	2.797	0.0
0.84	2.796	0.0
0.8416	2.796	0.0
0.8432	2.795	0.0
0.8448	2.794	0.0
0.8464	2.794	0.0
0.848	2.793	0.0
0.8496	2.792	0.0
0.8512	2.792	0.0
0.8528	2.791	0.0
0.8544	2.791	0.0
0.856	2.79	0.0
0.8576	2.789	0.0
0.8592	2.789	0.0
0.8608	2.788	0.0
0.8624	2.788	0.0
0.864	2.787	0.0
0.8656	2.786	0.0
0.8672	2.786	0.0
0.8688	2.785	0.0
0.8704	2.785	0.0
0.872	2.784	0.0
0.8736	2.784	0.0
0.8752	2.783	0.0
0.8768	2.782	0.0
0.8784	2.782	0.0
0.88	2.781	0.0
0.8816	2.781	0.0
0.8832	2.78	0.0
0.8848	2.78	0.0
0.8864	2.779	0.0
0.888	2.779	0.0
0.8896	2.778	0.0
0.8912	2.778	0.0
0.8928	2.777	0.0
0.8944	2.777	0.0
0.896	2.776	0.0
0.8976	2.776	0.0
0.8992	2.775	0.0
0.9008	2.775	0.0
0.9024	2.774	0.0
0.904	2.774	0.0
0.9056	2.773	0.0
0.9072	2.773	0.0
0.9088	2.772	0.0
0.9104	2.772	0.0
0.912	2.772	0.0
0.9136	2.771	0.0
0.9152	2.771	0.0
0.9168	2.77	0.0
0.9184	2.77	0.0
0.92	2.769	0.0
0.9216	2.769	0.0
0.9232	2.768	0.0
0.9248	2.768	0.0
0.9264	2.768	0.0
0.928	2.767	0.0
0.9296	2.767	0.0
0.9312	2.766	0.0
0.9328	2.766	0.0
0.9344	2.766	0.0
0.936	2.765	0.0
0.9376	2.765	0.0
0.9392	2.764	0.0
0.9408	2.764	0.0
0.9424	2.764	0.0
0.944	2.763	0.0
0.9456	2.763	0.0
0.9472	2.762	0.0
0.9488	2.762	0.0
0.9504	2.762	0.0
0.952	2.761	0.0
0.9536	2.761	0.0
0.9552	2.76	0.0
0.9568	2.76	0.0
0.9584	2.76	0.0
0.96	2.759	0.0
0.9616	2.759	0.0
0.9632	2.759	0.0
0.9648	2.758	0.0
0.9664	2.758	0.0
0.968	2.758	0.0
0.9696	2.757	0.0
0.9712	2.757	0.0
0.9728	2.757	0.0
0.9744	2.756	0.0
0.976	2.756	0.0
0.9776	2.755	0.0
0.9792	2.755	0.0
0.9808	2.755	0.0
0.9824	2.754	0.0
0.984	2.754	0.0
0.9856	2.754	0.0
0.9872	2.753	0.0
0.9888	2.753	0.0
0.9904	2.753	0.0
0.992	2.753	0.0
0.9936	2.752	0.0
0.9952	2.752	0.0
0.9968	2.752	0.0
0.9984	2.751	0.0
1.0	2.751	0.0

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

Transmittance T: —
Reflectance R: —

Fresnel reflection calculator

R_p: —
R_s: —
R = (R_p+R_s)/2: —
Phase φ_p: —
Phase φ_s: —
Brewster angle θ_B: —
Critical angle θ_C: —

MnPSe₃ (Manganese phosphorus selenide): all datasets

Multilayer flakes

Zotev et al. 2023: n,k 0.36–1.0 µm n,k 0.36–1 µm default

About MnPSe3 (Manganese phosphorus selenide)

Manganese phosphorus selenide (MnPSe₃) is a layered compound that belongs to the family of transition metal phosphorus trichalcogenides. This material is characterized by its unique combination of magnetic, electronic, and optical properties, which stem from its layered crystal structure. MnPSe₃ is particularly noted for its antiferromagnetic properties at low temperatures, making it an interesting candidate for spintronic applications. In terms of its electronic structure, MnPSe₃ exhibits semiconducting behavior with a direct bandgap, which is promising for optoelectronic devices such as photodetectors and light-emitting diodes. The study of its optical properties, including its refractive index, is crucial for understanding and utilizing light-matter interactions in this material. The refractive index of MnPSe₃ is vital for the design of optical components where control of light propagation and absorption is necessary. Continued research into the optical characterization of MnPSe₃ will enhance its potential for innovative applications in electronics and photonics.

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/main/MnPSe3/nk/Zotev.yml
ID: ds_d18c4cdc89c6
API: /v1/datasets/ds_d18c4cdc89c6

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