Optical constants
Refractive index of Sc2O3 (Scandium sesquioxide)
Arndt et al. 1984: n 0.40–0.75 µm
- Data
- tabulated n
- Range
- 0.4–0.75 µm
- Points
- 8
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- 1.84496
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0
- Permittivity ε1
- 3.40388
- Permittivity ε2
- 0
- Absorption coefficient α
- 0 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- — nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- -0.4 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 2.08
- 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
# Sc2O3 (Scandium sesquioxide): Arndt et al. 1984: n 0.40–0.75 µm
sc2o3 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "Sc2O3", "Arndt", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(sc2o3.range_nm) # (400, 750) nm
eps = sc2o3.eps([633]) # complex permittivityDownloads 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_f83097ef1d84/lightsmith"
sc2o3 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(sc2o3.source) # citation and provenance travel with the dataAny dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (sc2o3/arndt-1984).
# ... load sc2o3 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=sc2o3)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, stop_nm=750, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim) # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext) # extinction efficiency at each wavelengthSame spec runs with DDA, FDTD, BEM or T-matrix: ls.compare(sim, ["mie", "dda"]).
Lightsmith is open source (MIT): Mie, T-matrix, BEM, DDA, FDTD, RCWA, TMM, mode solvers and inverse design behind one spec, on CPU or GPU. GitHub.
Comments and conditions
References
- doi:10.1364/ao.23.003571 Multiple determination of the optical constants of thin-film coating materials, Applied Optics (1984)
Cite
D. P. Arndt et al.. Multiple determination of the optical constants of thin-film coating materials. Applied Optics, 23, 3571 (1984), doi:10.1364/ao.23.003571; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
8 rows as published| λ (µm) | n |
|---|---|
| 0.4 | 1.93 |
| 0.45 | 1.88 |
| 0.5 | 1.87 |
| 0.55 | 1.86 |
| 0.6 | 1.84 |
| 0.65 | 1.83 |
| 0.7 | 1.83 |
| 0.75 | 1.83 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
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Fresnel reflection calculator
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- Critical angle θC
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Thin film. Mean values of measurements by different methods.