Optical constants

Refractive index of P3HT:PC61BM

Stelling et al. 2017: n,k 0.247–1.685 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.2472–1.685 µm
Points
674
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.2472–1.685 µm
Refractive index n
2.15645
Extinction coefficient k
0.24768
Permittivity ε1
4.58892
Permittivity ε2
1.06822
Absorption coefficient α
52968.6 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
377.582 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
0.471069 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.87965
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

# P3HT:PC61BM: Stelling et al. 2017: n,k 0.247–1.685 µm
p3ht_pc61bm = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "P3HT-PC61BM", "Stelling", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(p3ht_pc61bm.range_nm)  # (247.18, 1684.92) nm
eps = p3ht_pc61bm.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

Isotropic P3HT:PC61BM thin film (thickness 80 nm) on silicon substrate.

References

C. Stelling, C. R. Singh, M. Karg, T. A. F. König, M. Thelakkat, M. Retsch. Plasmonic nanomeshes: their ambivalent role as transparent electrodes in organic solar cells. Sci. Rep. 7, 42530 (2017) (See Supplementary information. Numerical data kindly provided by Tobias König)
  • doi:10.1038/srep42530 Plasmonic nanomeshes: their ambivalent role as transparent electrodes in organic solar cells, Scientific Reports (2017)

Cite

Christian Stelling et al.. Plasmonic nanomeshes: their ambivalent role as transparent electrodes in organic solar cells. Scientific Reports, 7, 42530 (2017), doi:10.1038/srep42530; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

674 rows as published
P3HT:PC61BM, Stelling et al. 2017: n,k 0.247–1.685 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.247181.5514110.096191
0.248781.5513460.09871
0.250381.5513290.100881
0.251981.5513120.10273
0.253581.5512560.104288
0.255181.5511310.105589
0.256781.5509120.10667
0.258381.5505840.107568
0.259981.5501380.108318
0.261581.5495730.108955
0.263181.5488910.10951
0.264781.54810.11001
0.266381.5472120.110478
0.267981.5462410.110933
0.269581.5452030.11139
0.271181.5441140.111858
0.272781.5429920.112342
0.274381.5418510.112846
0.275981.5407060.113366
0.277581.5395710.113899
0.279181.5384550.114437
0.280781.5373680.114971
0.282381.5363140.115491
0.283981.5352970.115985
0.285581.5343160.116442
0.287181.533370.116849
0.288781.5324540.117196
0.290381.531560.117472
0.291981.5306790.117667
0.293581.52980.117775
0.295181.5289110.117788
0.296781.5279980.117702
0.298381.5270450.117517
0.299981.5260370.11723
0.301581.5249590.116846
0.303181.5237940.116369
0.304781.5225270.115806
0.306381.5211420.115166
0.307981.5196270.114463
0.309581.517970.113709
0.311181.516160.11292
0.312781.5141890.112115
0.314381.5120520.111313
0.315981.5097470.110532
0.317581.5072730.109793
0.319181.5046360.109117
0.320781.5018410.108522
0.322381.4988990.108026
0.323981.4958230.107646
0.325581.4926290.107395
0.327181.4893350.107283
0.328781.4859590.107316
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0.331981.4790460.107824
0.333581.4755480.10829
0.335181.4720450.108885
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0.338381.465080.110399
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0.341581.4582090.112211
0.343181.4548020.113173
0.344771.4513960.114145
0.346371.4479690.115111
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0.349571.4409370.116992
0.351171.4372680.117917
0.352771.4334540.118856
0.354371.4294730.11984
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Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence
Method
Transmittance T
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Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator

Direction
Rp
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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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Brewster angle θB
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Critical angle θC
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