Optical constants

Refractive index of (C2H6OSi)n (Polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS)

Querry 1987: SF-96 fluid; n,k 0.82–2.5 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.819–2.499 µm
Points
85
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.819–2.499 µm
Refractive index n
1.397
Extinction coefficient k
3.90000e-06
Permittivity ε1
1.95161
Permittivity ε2
1.08966e-05
Absorption coefficient α
0.342719 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
5.83568e+07 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
0 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.397
Group velocity dispersion
— fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
— ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
0.867022 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

# (C2H6OSi)n (Polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS): Querry 1987: SF-96 fluid; n,k 0.82–2.5 µm
mat = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("organic", "polydimethylsiloxane", "Querry-NIR", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(mat.range_nm)  # (819, 2499) nm
eps = mat.eps([1430])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

SF-96 polydimethylsiloxane fluid

References

M. R. Querry. Optical constants of minerals and other materials from the millimeter to the ultraviolet. Contractor Report CRDEC-CR-88009 (1987)

Cite

M. R. Querry. Optical constants of minerals and other materials from the millimeter to the ultraviolet. Contractor Report CRDEC-CR-88009 (1987); Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

85 rows as published
(C2H6OSi)n (Polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS), Querry 1987: SF-96 fluid; n,k 0.82–2.5 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.8191.41e-06
0.8391.42e-06
0.8591.41e-06
0.8791.41e-06
0.8991.3991e-06
0.9191.3991e-06
0.9391.3991e-06
0.9591.3991e-06
0.9791.3991e-06
0.9991.3991e-06
1.0191.3991e-06
1.0391.3991e-06
1.0591.3991e-06
1.0791.3981e-06
1.0991.3981e-06
1.1191.3981e-06
1.1391.3981e-06
1.1591.3983e-06
1.1791.3981.2e-05
1.1991.3983e-06
1.2191.3981e-06
1.2391.3980.0
1.2591.3981e-06
1.2791.3970.0
1.2991.3970.0
1.3191.3970.0
1.3391.3970.0
1.3591.3973e-06
1.3791.3976e-06
1.3991.3971.5e-05
1.4191.3975e-06
1.4391.3973e-06
1.4591.3972e-06
1.4791.3961e-06
1.4991.3962e-06
1.5191.3966e-06
1.5391.3965e-06
1.5591.3964e-06
1.5791.3961e-06
1.5991.3961e-06
1.6191.3961e-06
1.6391.3965e-06
1.6591.3968e-06
1.6791.3952.1e-05
1.6991.3958.9e-05
1.7191.3952e-05
1.7391.3959.5e-05
1.7591.3954.1e-05
1.7791.3953.1e-05
1.7991.3951e-05
1.8191.3954e-06
1.8391.3952e-05
1.8591.3951.2e-05
1.8791.3942e-06
1.8991.3943e-06
1.9191.3944e-06
1.9391.3946e-06
1.9591.3948e-06
1.9791.3941e-05
1.9991.3941e-05
2.0191.3941e-05
2.0391.3949e-06
2.0591.3936e-06
2.0791.3935e-06
2.0991.3936e-06
2.1191.3938e-06
2.1391.3931.1e-05
2.1591.3932.2e-05
2.1791.3933.4e-05
2.1991.3924.9e-05
2.2191.3928.3e-05
2.2391.3920.000108
2.2591.3920.000172
2.2791.3920.000356
2.2991.3920.000646
2.3191.3920.000156
2.3391.3920.000105
2.3591.3910.000219
2.3791.3920.000316
2.3991.3910.000231
2.4191.3910.000124
2.4391.3910.000138
2.4591.3910.000264
2.4791.3910.00024
2.4991.3910.00068

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