Optical constants

Refractive index of C₃H₇OH (Propanol)

Chang et al. 2024: n 0.4–2.0 µm

Data: formula 1
Range: 0.4–2 µm
Temperature: 295 K
Licence: CC0-1.0

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At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.38457
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 1.91704
Permittivity ε₂: 0

Absorption coefficient α: 0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): — nm

Abbe number V_d: 64.52
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0307069 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.40262
Group velocity dispersion: 55.9208 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -305.077 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

# C3H7OH (Propanol): Chang et al. 2024: n 0.4–2.0 µm
c3h7oh = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("organic", "propanol", "Chang", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(c3h7oh.range_nm)  # (400, 2000) nm
eps = c3h7oh.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_1518bcfda50f/lightsmith"
c3h7oh = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(c3h7oh.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (propanol/chang-2024).

# ... load c3h7oh as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=c3h7oh)],
    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"]).

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_1518bcfda50f/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
c3h7oh_dl = ls.DrudeLorentz.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))

A dispersive Drude–Lorentz model for time-domain solvers.

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Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (formula 1), λ in µm

n^{2} - 1 = \frac{0.894 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - {0.0944}^{2}} + \frac{0.0158 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - {2.97}^{2}}

Valid from 0.4 to 2.0 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	0.0
C2	0.894
C3	0.0944
C4	0.0158
C5	2.97

Comments and conditions

1-Propanol. 21.5–22.0 °C.

Conditions

temperature: 295 K

References

H.-J. Chang, N. Munera, C. Lopez-Zelaya, D. Banerjee, G. Beadie, E. W. Van Stryland, D. J. Hagan. Refractive index measurements of liquids from 0.5 to 2 µm using Rayleigh interferometry. Opt. Mater. Express 14, 1253–1267 (2024)

doi:10.1364/ome.519907 Refractive index measurements of liquids from 0.5 to 2 µm using Rayleigh interferometry, Optical Materials Express (2024)

Cite

Hao-Jung Chang et al.. Refractive index measurements of liquids from 0.5 to 2 µm using Rayleigh interferometry. Optical Materials Express, 14, 1253 (2024), doi:10.1364/ome.519907; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 400 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library

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

C3H7OH (Propanol), Chang et al. 2024: n 0.4–2.0 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n
0.4	1.395148
0.401617	1.394986
0.40324	1.394826
0.40487	1.394667
0.406506	1.39451
0.408149	1.394354
0.409799	1.394199
0.411455	1.394046
0.413118	1.393894
0.414788	1.393743
0.416465	1.393594
0.418148	1.393446
0.419838	1.393299
0.421535	1.393154
0.423239	1.393009
0.424949	1.392866
0.426667	1.392725
0.428391	1.392584
0.430123	1.392445
0.431861	1.392307
0.433607	1.39217
0.435359	1.392034
0.437119	1.3919
0.438886	1.391766
0.44066	1.391634
0.442441	1.391503
0.444229	1.391373
0.446024	1.391244
0.447827	1.391116
0.449637	1.39099
0.451455	1.390864
0.453279	1.390739
0.455111	1.390616
0.456951	1.390493
0.458798	1.390372
0.460652	1.390252
0.462514	1.390132
0.464383	1.390014
0.46626	1.389897
0.468145	1.38978
0.470037	1.389665
0.471937	1.389551
0.473844	1.389437
0.47576	1.389325
0.477683	1.389213
0.479613	1.389103
0.481552	1.388993
0.483498	1.388884
0.485452	1.388777
0.487414	1.38867
0.489385	1.388564
0.491363	1.388459
0.493349	1.388354
0.495343	1.388251
0.497345	1.388148
0.499355	1.388047
0.501373	1.387946
0.5034	1.387846
0.505434	1.387747
0.507477	1.387649
0.509528	1.387551
0.511588	1.387454
0.513655	1.387358
0.515732	1.387263
0.517816	1.387169
0.519909	1.387076
0.52201	1.386983
0.52412	1.386891
0.526239	1.386799
0.528366	1.386709
0.530501	1.386619
0.532645	1.38653
0.534798	1.386442
0.53696	1.386354
0.53913	1.386268
0.541309	1.386181
0.543497	1.386096
0.545694	1.386011
0.547899	1.385927
0.550114	1.385844
0.552337	1.385761
0.55457	1.385679
0.556811	1.385598
0.559062	1.385517
0.561321	1.385437
0.56359	1.385357
0.565868	1.385279
0.568155	1.385201
0.570452	1.385123
0.572757	1.385046
0.575072	1.38497
0.577397	1.384894
0.57973	1.384819
0.582073	1.384745
0.584426	1.384671
0.586788	1.384598
0.58916	1.384525
0.591541	1.384453
0.593932	1.384381
0.596333	1.38431
0.598743	1.38424
0.601163	1.38417
0.603593	1.384101
0.606032	1.384032
0.608482	1.383964
0.610941	1.383896
0.613411	1.383829
0.61589	1.383762
0.618379	1.383696
0.620879	1.383631
0.623388	1.383565
0.625908	1.383501
0.628438	1.383437
0.630978	1.383373
0.633528	1.38331
0.636088	1.383248
0.638659	1.383185
0.641241	1.383124
0.643833	1.383063
0.646435	1.383002
0.649048	1.382942
0.651671	1.382882
0.654305	1.382823
0.656949	1.382764
0.659605	1.382705
0.662271	1.382647
0.664948	1.38259
0.667635	1.382533
0.670334	1.382476
0.673043	1.38242
0.675763	1.382364
0.678495	1.382309
0.681237	1.382254
0.68399	1.382199
0.686755	1.382145
0.689531	1.382091
0.692318	1.382038
0.695116	1.381985
0.697925	1.381932
0.700746	1.38188
0.703579	1.381828
0.706422	1.381777
0.709278	1.381726
0.712144	1.381675
0.715023	1.381625
0.717913	1.381575
0.720814	1.381525
0.723728	1.381476
0.726653	1.381427
0.72959	1.381379
0.732539	1.38133
0.7355	1.381283
0.738472	1.381235
0.741457	1.381188
0.744454	1.381141
0.747463	1.381095
0.750484	1.381048
0.753517	1.381003
0.756563	1.380957
0.759621	1.380912
0.762691	1.380867
0.765774	1.380822
0.768869	1.380778
0.771977	1.380734
0.775097	1.38069
0.77823	1.380647
0.781375	1.380604
0.784533	1.380561
0.787704	1.380518
0.790888	1.380476
0.794085	1.380434
0.797294	1.380393
0.800517	1.380351
0.803752	1.38031
0.807001	1.380269
0.810263	1.380229
0.813538	1.380188
0.816826	1.380148
0.820127	1.380108
0.823442	1.380069
0.82677	1.38003
0.830112	1.379991
0.833467	1.379952
0.836836	1.379913
0.840218	1.379875
0.843614	1.379837
0.847024	1.379799
0.850447	1.379761
0.853885	1.379724
0.857336	1.379687
0.860801	1.37965
0.86428	1.379613
0.867774	1.379577
0.871281	1.37954
0.874803	1.379504
0.878338	1.379468
0.881888	1.379433
0.885453	1.379397
0.889032	1.379362
0.892625	1.379327
0.896233	1.379292
0.899855	1.379257
0.903492	1.379223
0.907144	1.379189
0.910811	1.379155
0.914492	1.379121
0.918188	1.379087
0.921899	1.379053
0.925626	1.37902
0.929367	1.378987
0.933123	1.378954
0.936895	1.378921
0.940681	1.378888
0.944483	1.378856
0.948301	1.378823
0.952134	1.378791
0.955982	1.378759
0.959846	1.378727
0.963726	1.378696
0.967621	1.378664
0.971532	1.378633
0.975458	1.378601
0.979401	1.37857
0.98336	1.378539
0.987334	1.378508
0.991325	1.378477
0.995332	1.378447
0.999355	1.378416
1.00339	1.378386
1.00745	1.378356
1.01152	1.378326
1.01561	1.378296
1.01971	1.378266
1.02384	1.378236
1.02797	1.378206
1.03213	1.378177
1.0363	1.378147
1.04049	1.378118
1.04469	1.378089
1.04892	1.37806
1.05316	1.378031
1.05741	1.378002
1.06169	1.377973
1.06598	1.377944
1.07029	1.377916
1.07461	1.377887
1.07896	1.377858
1.08332	1.37783
1.0877	1.377802
1.09209	1.377773
1.09651	1.377745
1.10094	1.377717
1.10539	1.377689
1.10986	1.377661
1.11434	1.377633
1.11885	1.377605
1.12337	1.377578
1.12791	1.37755
1.13247	1.377522
1.13704	1.377495
1.14164	1.377467
1.14625	1.377439
1.15089	1.377412
1.15554	1.377385
1.16021	1.377357
1.1649	1.37733
1.16961	1.377302
1.17433	1.377275
1.17908	1.377248
1.18385	1.377221
1.18863	1.377193
1.19344	1.377166
1.19826	1.377139
1.2031	1.377112
1.20797	1.377084
1.21285	1.377057
1.21775	1.37703
1.22267	1.377003
1.22761	1.376976
1.23258	1.376949
1.23756	1.376921
1.24256	1.376894
1.24758	1.376867
1.25262	1.37684
1.25769	1.376813
1.26277	1.376785
1.26787	1.376758
1.273	1.376731
1.27814	1.376703
1.28331	1.376676
1.2885	1.376649
1.2937	1.376621
1.29893	1.376594
1.30418	1.376566
1.30945	1.376538
1.31475	1.376511
1.32006	1.376483
1.3254	1.376455
1.33075	1.376427
1.33613	1.3764
1.34153	1.376372
1.34696	1.376344
1.3524	1.376315
1.35787	1.376287
1.36335	1.376259
1.36886	1.376231
1.3744	1.376202
1.37995	1.376173
1.38553	1.376145
1.39113	1.376116
1.39675	1.376087
1.4024	1.376058
1.40807	1.376029
1.41376	1.376
1.41947	1.37597
1.42521	1.375941
1.43097	1.375911
1.43675	1.375881
1.44256	1.375851
1.44839	1.375821
1.45424	1.375791
1.46012	1.37576
1.46602	1.37573
1.47195	1.375699
1.4779	1.375668
1.48387	1.375637
1.48987	1.375606
1.49589	1.375574
1.50194	1.375542
1.50801	1.37551
1.5141	1.375478
1.52022	1.375446
1.52637	1.375413
1.53254	1.37538
1.53873	1.375347
1.54495	1.375314
1.55119	1.375281
1.55746	1.375247
1.56376	1.375213
1.57008	1.375178
1.57643	1.375144
1.5828	1.375109
1.58919	1.375073
1.59562	1.375038
1.60207	1.375002
1.60854	1.374966
1.61504	1.374929
1.62157	1.374893
1.62813	1.374855
1.63471	1.374818
1.64131	1.37478
1.64795	1.374742
1.65461	1.374703
1.6613	1.374664
1.66801	1.374625
1.67475	1.374585
1.68152	1.374544
1.68832	1.374504
1.69514	1.374463
1.70199	1.374421
1.70887	1.374379
1.71578	1.374336
1.72271	1.374293
1.72968	1.374249
1.73667	1.374205
1.74369	1.374161
1.75074	1.374115
1.75781	1.37407
1.76492	1.374023
1.77205	1.373976
1.77921	1.373929
1.7864	1.37388
1.79362	1.373831
1.80087	1.373782
1.80815	1.373732
1.81546	1.373681
1.8228	1.373629
1.83017	1.373576
1.83756	1.373523
1.84499	1.373469
1.85245	1.373414
1.85993	1.373359
1.86745	1.373302
1.875	1.373245
1.88258	1.373187
1.89019	1.373127
1.89783	1.373067
1.9055	1.373006
1.9132	1.372944
1.92093	1.372881
1.9287	1.372816
1.93649	1.372751
1.94432	1.372684
1.95218	1.372617
1.96007	1.372548
1.96799	1.372477
1.97594	1.372406
1.98393	1.372333
1.99195	1.372259
2	1.372183

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C₃H₇OH (Propanol): all datasets

About C3H7OH (Propanol)

Propanol (C₃H₈O), also commonly referred to as propyl alcohol, comes in two isomeric forms: n-propanol (or 1-propanol) and isopropanol (or 2-propanol). These alcohols are clear, colorless liquids that are miscible with water and have a characteristic alcoholic odor. Both forms of propanol are used as solvents in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and chemical industries. n-Propanol is often employed in the manufacture of antiseptics, detergents, and disinfectants, whereas isopropanol, popularly known as rubbing alcohol, is used for its antiseptic properties and as a cleaning agent. In optics, the refractive properties of propanol can be explored when it's used as a medium or in conjunction with other materials to modify light behavior. Chemical formula (1-Propanol): CH₃CH₂CH₂OH Chemical formula (Isopropanol): (CH₃)₂CHOH

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/organic/C3H8O - propanol/nk/Chang.yml
ID: ds_1518bcfda50f
API: /v1/datasets/ds_1518bcfda50f

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