Optical constants

Refractive index of Pt (Platinum)

Rakić et al. 1998: Brendel-Bormann model; n,k 0.248–12.4 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.248–12.4 µm
Points
200
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.248–12.4 µm
Refractive index n
2.18799
Extinction coefficient k
3.92846
Permittivity ε1
-10.6455
Permittivity ε2
17.1908
Absorption coefficient α
840137 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
23.8056 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
2.83348 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
0.523036
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

# Pt (Platinum): Rakić et al. 1998: Brendel-Bormann model; n,k 0.248–12.4 µm
pt = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "Pt", "Rakic-BB", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(pt.range_nm)  # (247.97, 12398) nm
eps = pt.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

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Comments and conditions

Fit of experimental data from several sources to Brendel-Bormann (BB) model

References

A. D. Rakić, A. B. Djurišic, J. M. Elazar, M. L. Majewski. Optical properties of metallic films for vertical-cavity optoelectronic devices. Appl. Opt. 37, 5271-5283 (1998)
[Calculation script (Python)]
  • doi:10.1364/ao.37.005271 Optical properties of metallic films for vertical-cavity optoelectronic devices, Applied Optics (1998)

Cite

Aleksandar D. Rakić, Aleksandra B. Djurišić, Jovan M. Elazar and Marian L. Majewski. Optical properties of metallic films for vertical-cavity optoelectronic devices. Applied Optics, 37, 5271 (1998), doi:10.1364/ao.37.005271; [Calculation script (Python)]; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

200 rows as published
Pt (Platinum), Rakić et al. 1998: Brendel-Bormann model; n,k 0.248–12.4 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.247971.49791.681
0.252891.481.7252
0.257911.46571.772
0.263031.45521.8208
0.268251.44841.8711
0.273581.44511.9223
0.279011.44521.974
0.284551.44832.0259
0.29021.45432.0776
0.295961.46282.129
0.301841.47342.1798
0.307831.4862.2299
0.313941.50032.2793
0.320171.51582.3279
0.326531.53252.3758
0.333011.55012.4229
0.339621.56832.4694
0.346371.5872.5154
0.353241.60612.561
0.360251.62542.6062
0.367411.64482.6513
0.37471.66432.6963
0.382141.68382.7414
0.389731.70322.7867
0.397461.72252.8323
0.405351.74182.8785
0.41341.76112.9253
0.421611.78042.9727
0.429981.79983.021
0.438521.81933.0702
0.447221.8393.1204
0.45611.85913.1717
0.465151.87963.224
0.474391.90063.2774
0.483811.92223.332
0.493411.94453.3878
0.503211.96763.4447
0.51321.99163.5027
0.523392.01663.5618
0.533782.04273.6219
0.544372.06993.683
0.555182.09843.7451
0.56622.12813.8079
0.577442.15923.8715
0.588912.19173.9358
0.60062.22554.0007
0.612522.26074.0661
0.624682.29744.1318
0.637092.33544.1979
0.649732.37484.2641
0.662632.41554.3305
0.675792.45744.3969
0.68922.50064.4633
0.702892.54494.5297
0.716842.59034.5958
0.731072.63664.6618
0.745592.68374.7276
0.760392.73174.7932
0.775492.78024.8586
0.790882.82944.9238
0.806582.87894.9889
0.82262.92885.054
0.838932.9795.1191
0.855583.02945.1843
0.872573.085.2498
0.889893.13065.3158
0.907563.18145.3823
0.925573.23245.4496
0.943953.28355.5178
0.962693.3355.5871
0.98183.38715.6577
1.00133.43985.7297
1.02123.49345.8033
1.04143.54835.8785
1.06213.60495.9554
1.08323.66346.0341
1.10473.72456.1143
1.12663.78856.196
1.1493.8566.2788
1.17183.92756.3623
1.19514.00356.446
1.21884.08446.5291
1.2434.17066.6107
1.26774.26236.6899
1.29294.35956.7653
1.31854.46216.8357
1.34474.56956.8998
1.37144.6816.956
1.39864.79547.0031
1.42644.91117.0399
1.45475.02647.0655
1.48365.13917.0792
1.5135.24697.081
1.54315.34737.071
1.57375.43817.0502
1.6055.5177.0198
1.63685.5826.9815
1.66935.63146.9375
1.70255.6646.8899
1.73635.6796.8415
1.77075.67626.7946
1.80595.65556.7518
1.84175.61766.7156
1.87835.5636.6881
1.91565.49316.6714
1.95365.4096.6674
1.99245.31246.6776
2.03195.20486.7034
2.07235.0886.7457
2.11344.96396.8054
2.15544.83436.883
2.19824.70126.9789
2.24184.56647.093
2.28634.43167.2252
2.33174.29877.3748
2.3784.16897.5413
2.42524.04387.7237
2.47343.92447.9211
2.52253.81158.1325
2.57253.70598.3567
2.62363.6088.5928
2.67573.51818.8395
2.72883.43659.0961
2.7833.36299.3617
2.83833.29759.6354
2.89463.24019.9165
2.95213.190410.205
3.01073.148310.499
3.07043.113410.8
3.13143.085611.106
3.19363.064611.417
3.2573.050211.734
3.32163.042112.056
3.38763.040212.383
3.45483.044212.714
3.52343.05413.05
3.59343.069413.391
3.66473.090413.737
3.73753.116814.087
3.81173.148414.442
3.88733.185314.801
3.96453.227315.165
4.04323.274415.534
4.12353.326515.908
4.20533.383716.287
4.28883.44616.67
4.3743.513217.059
4.46083.585517.452
4.54943.662817.851
4.63973.745318.254
4.73183.832818.663
4.82573.925519.078
4.92164.023519.497
5.01934.126719.922
5.11894.235320.352
5.22054.349420.788
5.32424.46921.229
5.42994.594121.676
5.53774.72522.129
5.64764.861722.587
5.75975.004223.051
5.87415.152823.52
5.99075.307623.996
6.10965.468524.477
6.23095.635824.964
6.35465.809625.457
6.48085.990125.955
6.60946.177226.46
6.74076.371326.97
6.87456.572327.486
7.0116.780528.008
7.15026.995928.536
7.29217.218829.07
7.43697.449229.609
7.58457.687430.154
7.73517.933330.705
7.88878.187231.262
8.04538.449331.824
8.2058.719532.392
8.36798.998232.965
8.5349.285333.544
8.70349.581134.128
8.87629.885734.717
9.052410.19935.311
9.232210.52235.911
9.415410.85336.516
9.602411.19437.125
9.79311.54437.74
9.987411.90438.359
10.18612.27338.983
10.38812.65239.611
10.59413.04140.244
10.80413.43940.881
11.01913.84841.522
11.23814.26642.167
11.46114.69442.816
11.68815.13343.469
11.9215.58244.125
12.15716.0444.785
12.39816.5145.448

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Method
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Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator

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