Optical constants

Refractive index of PTB7:PC71BM

Stelling et al. 2017: n,k 0.302–1.685 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.3016–1.685 µm
Points
640
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.3016–1.685 µm
Refractive index n
1.91832
Extinction coefficient k
0.314346
Permittivity ε1
3.58114
Permittivity ε2
1.20603
Absorption coefficient α
67225.9 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
297.505 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
0.537107 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.60272
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

# PTB7:PC71BM: Stelling et al. 2017: n,k 0.302–1.685 µm
ptb7_pc71bm = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "PTB7-PC71BM", "Stelling", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(ptb7_pc71bm.range_nm)  # (301.58, 1684.92) nm
eps = ptb7_pc71bm.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Comments and conditions

Isotropic PTB7:PC71BM thin film (thickness 100 nm) on silicon substrate sandwiched by an silicon oxide (SiO2) layer (thickness 300 nm).

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

640 rows as published
PTB7:PC71BM, Stelling et al. 2017: n,k 0.302–1.685 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.301582.0107310.354259
0.303182.0079760.345083
0.304782.0050710.336396
0.306382.0020470.32817
0.307981.9989260.320381
0.309581.9957310.313002
0.311181.9924790.306008
0.312781.9891830.299375
0.314381.9858550.293078
0.315981.9825010.287095
0.317581.9791260.281404
0.319181.9757330.275986
0.320781.9723210.270824
0.322381.9688860.265901
0.323981.9654250.261205
0.325581.9619310.256725
0.327181.9583970.252454
0.328781.9548120.248388
0.330381.9511690.244526
0.331981.9474570.240871
0.333581.943670.237431
0.335181.93980.234215
0.336781.9358440.23124
0.338381.93180.228523
0.339981.9276730.226084
0.341581.923470.223946
0.343181.9192070.222135
0.344771.9149040.220674
0.346371.9105880.219585
0.347971.9062950.21889
0.349571.9020650.218602
0.351171.8979450.218733
0.352771.8939860.219282
0.354371.8902440.220243
0.355971.8867750.221598
0.357571.8836350.223318
0.359171.8808790.225364
0.360771.8785530.227685
0.362371.8766980.230221
0.363961.8753460.232903
0.365561.8745140.235655
0.367161.8742090.238397
0.368761.8744210.241049
0.370361.8751270.243529
0.371961.8762890.245761
0.373561.8778560.247676
0.375161.8797630.249217
0.376751.8819360.250334
0.378351.8842930.250997
0.379951.8867460.25119
0.381551.8892070.250913
0.383151.8915880.250186
0.384751.8938090.249045
0.386351.8957980.247543
0.387941.8974990.245746
0.389541.8988720.243732
0.391141.8998970.241583
0.392741.9005770.239384
0.394341.9009350.237211
0.395931.9010140.23513
0.397531.9008720.233191
0.399131.9005780.23142
0.400731.9002010.229822
0.402331.8998060.228376
0.403921.8994470.227042
0.405521.8991550.225763
0.407121.8989420.224476
0.408721.8987930.223114
0.410321.8986690.221623
0.411911.8985120.219961
0.413511.8982520.218109
0.415111.8978110.216071
0.416711.8971170.213877
0.41831.8961030.211578
0.41991.8947220.209244
0.42151.8929450.206956
0.423091.8907650.204804
0.424691.8881990.202873
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0.427891.8820760.199989
0.429481.8786420.199159
0.431081.8750580.198791
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0.434271.8677660.199502
0.435871.8642140.200568
0.437471.8608170.202076
0.439061.8576360.203989
0.440661.854720.206261
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0.443851.8498220.211682
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0.463011.8481620.24956
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0.469391.8551990.258552
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0.474171.8615140.263258
0.475771.8637030.264434
0.477361.8659010.26542
0.478961.8680910.266221
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0.482151.8723750.267297
0.483741.8744380.267589
0.485341.8764290.267732
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0.488531.8801460.267617
0.490121.881850.267384
0.491721.8834390.267054
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0.49491.8862450.266157
0.49651.8874530.26562
0.498091.8885250.265046
0.499691.8894610.264449
0.501281.8902610.263845
0.502871.8909270.263249
0.504471.8914620.262675
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0.52041.891230.260866
0.521991.8908830.26127
0.523581.8905290.261798
0.525181.8901810.26245
0.526771.8898520.263224
0.528361.8895560.264115
0.529951.8893040.26512
0.531551.8891080.266232
0.533141.8889790.267443
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0.536321.8889570.270125
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0.580861.9148330.307713
0.582451.9156640.309089
0.584031.9164770.310569
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0.587211.918110.31389
0.58881.9189640.31575
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0.591981.9208480.319898
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0.595151.9231150.32462
0.596741.924450.327185
0.598331.925950.329873
0.599921.9276360.332671
0.601511.929530.335561
0.603091.9316490.338521
0.604681.9340090.341529
0.606271.9366220.344557
0.607861.9394970.347577
0.609441.9426390.350558
0.611031.9460490.353468
0.612621.9497220.356274
0.61421.9536480.358945
0.615791.9578150.361448
0.617381.9622020.363754
0.618961.9667870.365836
0.620551.9715410.367669
0.622131.9764320.369233
0.623721.9814240.370513
0.625311.9864780.371498
0.626891.9915540.372185
0.628481.9966080.372574
0.630062.0015990.372677
0.631652.0064840.372507
0.633232.0112220.372091
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0.63642.0201150.370645
0.637992.0242090.369698
0.639572.028040.368667
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0.642742.0348690.366578
0.644332.0378730.36564
0.645912.0406240.364856
0.64752.0431530.364287
0.649082.0455010.363989
0.650662.0477230.364016
0.652252.0498840.364411
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0.6572.0567950.368075
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0.664912.0752120.381836
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0.77692.1317660.00422
0.778472.1287630.003977
0.780042.1258610.003762
0.781622.1230540.003572
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0.786332.1151570.003118
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0.791042.1079520.002789
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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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