Optical constants

Refractive index of Propanee soot

Dalzell and Sarofim 1969: n,k 0.4358–10 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.4358–10 µm
Points
13
Licence
CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Range 0.4358–10 µm
Refractive index n
1.56624
Extinction coefficient k
0.52624
Permittivity ε1
2.17618
Permittivity ε2
1.64844
Absorption coefficient α
112541 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
177.713 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.1 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.625
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

# Propanee soot: Dalzell and Sarofim 1969: n,k 0.4358–10 µm
propane_soot = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "propane_soot", "Dlazell", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(propane_soot.range_nm)  # (435.8, 10000) nm
eps = propane_soot.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

Room temperature

References

W. H. Dalzell and A. F. Sarofim. Optical constants of soot and their application to heat-flux calculations. J. Heat Transfer 91, 100-104 (1969)
  • doi:10.1115/1.3580063 Optical Constants of Soot and Their Application to Heat-Flux Calculations, Journal of Heat Transfer (1969)

Cite

W. H. Dalzell and A. F. Sarofim. Optical Constants of Soot and Their Application to Heat-Flux Calculations. Journal of Heat Transfer, 91, 100-104 (1969), doi:10.1115/1.3580063; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

13 rows as published
Propanee soot, Dalzell and Sarofim 1969: n,k 0.4358–10 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.43581.570.46
0.451.560.5
0.551.570.53
0.651.560.52
0.80651.570.49
2.52.041.15
3.02.211.23
4.02.381.44
5.02.071.72
6.02.621.67
7.03.051.91
8.53.262.1
10.03.482.46

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