Optical constants

Refractive index of MoS2 (Molybdenum disulfide)

Jung et al. 2019: monolayer (1L) film; n,k 0.38–0.89 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.3813–0.8934 µm
Points
188
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.3813–0.8934 µm
Refractive index n
4.34698
Extinction coefficient k
1.0955
Permittivity ε1
17.6961
Permittivity ε2
9.52421
Absorption coefficient α
234282 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
85.3671 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-13.223 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
12.1168
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

# MoS2 (Molybdenum disulfide): Jung et al. 2019: monolayer (1L) film; n,k 0.38–0.89 µm
mos2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "MoS2", "Jung", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(mos2.range_nm)  # (381.3, 893.41) nm
eps = mos2.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

CVD-grown monolayer; Room temperature

Conditions

film thickness
1L
substrate
Al2O3

References

G.-H. Jung, S. Yoo, Q.-H. Park. Measuring the optical permittivity of two-dimensional materials without a priori knowledge of electronic transitions. Nanophotonics 8, 263-270 (2019) - see Supplementary materials
  • doi:10.1515/nanoph-2018-0120 Measuring the optical permittivity of two‐dimensional materials without <i>a priori</i> knowledge of electronic transitions, Nanophotonics (2018)

Cite

Gwang‐Hun Jung, SeokJae Yoo and Q‐Han Park. Measuring the optical permittivity of two‐dimensional materials without <i>a priori</i> knowledge of electronic transitions. Nanophotonics, 8, 263-270 (2018), doi:10.1515/nanoph-2018-0120; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

188 rows as published
MoS2 (Molybdenum disulfide), Jung et al. 2019: monolayer (1L) film; n,k 0.38–0.89 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.38132.630412.96812
0.382472.645523.10081
0.383652.654143.15469
0.384842.651463.31463
0.386032.685573.22995
0.387242.771033.30205
0.388442.807873.34128
0.389662.822383.41937
0.390892.83383.44788
0.392122.884663.46888
0.393362.978253.45903
0.394613.043473.47905
0.395863.07693.55054
0.397123.115023.53123
0.39843.16833.5914
0.399683.210053.5863
0.400973.264043.63358
0.402263.329163.60926
0.403573.380943.62799
0.404883.438943.66536
0.40623.491183.68232
0.407533.558693.65513
0.408873.583983.67601
0.410223.646013.69823
0.411583.708683.69989
0.412943.770453.6946
0.414323.79143.72662
0.41573.884553.70441
0.41713.938373.75326
0.41854.011183.73666
0.419914.079463.73076
0.421344.105043.76799
0.422774.207593.76125
0.424214.278763.75198
0.425664.383613.73376
0.427124.466063.75065
0.42864.526713.73125
0.430084.613933.70725
0.431574.742223.6564
0.433074.787613.62757
0.434594.914753.57208
0.436114.994923.51814
0.437645.03823.46509
0.439195.137223.36702
0.440745.201243.32479
0.442315.252143.23803
0.443895.306473.15672
0.445485.345073.06143
0.447085.383782.99948
0.448695.41922.8955
0.450325.445682.82467
0.451955.480552.73193
0.45365.477462.65227
0.455265.489252.57811
0.456935.492042.50385
0.458625.495642.41832
0.460325.506342.34415
0.462035.485962.28553
0.463755.479762.21399
0.465485.473952.15206
0.467235.457732.08797
0.468995.438922.0249
0.470775.435791.98125
0.472565.418251.92299
0.474365.391841.86349
0.476175.374521.82871
0.4785.355791.77953
0.479855.332041.71738
0.481715.293531.68705
0.483585.2861.65296
0.485475.249361.62116
0.487375.24931.56303
0.489295.220371.52861
0.491225.199641.50156
0.493175.174671.46848
0.495135.163681.4324
0.497115.143541.42985
0.49915.130091.38535
0.501115.0811.3878
0.503145.064371.36127
0.505185.057381.32937
0.507245.019141.30359
0.509325.000281.28043
0.511414.99421.27063
0.513524.968551.24878
0.515654.958361.23544
0.51784.930751.2381
0.519964.918791.21039
0.522154.896041.20338
0.524354.883631.17781
0.526574.862981.15752
0.528814.852651.15175
0.531064.833141.13615
0.533344.810231.12717
0.535644.792181.11882
0.537954.781871.10224
0.540294.750381.10635
0.542654.754421.08517
0.545024.736851.06128
0.547424.713091.06644
0.549844.695551.0604
0.552284.680191.06309
0.554754.66221.04702
0.557234.645041.02244
0.559744.611711.03058
0.562274.589571.02246
0.564824.577151.00809
0.56744.557361.02476
0.574.538191.0099
0.572624.511.0287
0.575274.493671.0163
0.577944.451691.02647
0.580644.41731.03257
0.583364.393791.02964
0.586114.366681.07989
0.588894.329921.10901
0.591694.309041.14262
0.594524.279281.23959
0.597374.272241.29672
0.600254.284541.38032
0.603174.337051.49465
0.60614.404721.56986
0.609074.520071.66138
0.612074.659561.6674
0.61514.824471.66078
0.618154.936851.56832
0.621245.026741.4584
0.624365.084311.32349
0.627515.069231.19626
0.630695.041471.1091
0.63394.98271.04172
0.637154.930611.00988
0.640434.844350.98413
0.643744.777041.02225
0.647094.722341.058
0.650474.697721.16675
0.653894.733531.3021
0.657354.862971.43733
0.660845.088241.51717
0.664375.376031.43856
0.667945.594211.22376
0.671555.659560.91619
0.675195.61410.6972
0.678875.505950.50708
0.68265.393130.4144
0.686375.287870.33794
0.690175.188320.30979
0.694035.123290.28629
0.697925.067830.26463
0.701865.00880.22867
0.705844.955810.23714
0.709874.913810.22656
0.713944.873570.20392
0.718064.844280.21157
0.722234.808650.19188
0.726454.784250.19019
0.730724.755230.20795
0.735034.722530.18106
0.739414.705820.1948
0.743834.680080.18551
0.74834.657920.17752
0.752834.631290.19074
0.757414.611250.17705
0.762054.602130.16422
0.766754.576380.17035
0.771514.554470.16404
0.776324.540870.16151
0.781194.528870.15445
0.786134.514870.15321
0.791134.495330.17371
0.796194.483840.13939
0.801324.469010.14497
0.806524.460090.13648
0.811794.447730.09389
0.817124.431420.12692
0.822524.41880.15386
0.8284.397550.13986
0.833544.401940.11548
0.839174.397410.10955
0.844874.369440.12072
0.850654.36270.14227
0.85654.337220.11958
0.862444.354670.09488
0.868464.342240.11198
0.874564.313790.12065
0.880764.300080.10768
0.887044.312590.08579
0.893414.294920.10516

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Fresnel reflection calculator

Direction
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Rs
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R = (Rp+Rs)/2
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Phase φp
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Phase φs
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