Optical constants
Refractive index of Surlyn A-1601
Smith and Loewenstein 1975: n,k 28.6–200 µm
- Data
- tabulated n + tabulated k
- Range
- 28.57–200 µm
- Points
- 61
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Plot
Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength. Note: k data cover 29411.8-200000 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 28571.4-200000 nm.
At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- 1.51471
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0.0183251
- Permittivity ε1
- 2.29402
- Permittivity ε2
- 0.0555145
- Absorption coefficient α
- 30.4603 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- 656592 nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- 0.0001404 µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- 1.5041
- Group velocity dispersion
- — fs²/mm
- Dispersion parameter D
- — ps/(nm·km)
- Photon energy
- 0.0164 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
# Surlyn A-1601: Smith and Loewenstein 1975: n,k 28.6–200 µm
surlyna1601 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "SurlynA1601", "Smith", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(surlyna1601.range_nm) # (28571.4, 200000) nm
eps = surlyna1601.eps([75600]) # 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_fbef17a1a866/lightsmith"
surlyna1601 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(surlyna1601.source) # citation and provenance travel with the data
Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (surlyna1601/smith-loewenstein-1975).
# ... load surlyna1601 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=surlyna1601)],
medium_index=1.0,
wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=28570, stop_nm=200000, 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"]).
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
- k data cover 29411.8-200000 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 28571.4-200000 nm
References
- doi:10.1364/ao.14.001335 Optical constants of far infrared materials 3: plastics, Applied Optics (1975)
Cite
Donald R. Smith and Ernest V. Loewenstein. Optical constants of far infrared materials 3: plastics. Applied Optics, 14, 1335 (1975), doi:10.1364/ao.14.001335; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
Computed on 61 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library| λ (µm) | n | k |
|---|---|---|
| 28.5714 | 1.4916 | 0 |
| 28.9855 | 1.4914 | 0 |
| 29.4118 | 1.4911 | 0.0112 |
| 29.8507 | 1.4909 | 0.0118 |
| 30.303 | 1.4907 | 0.0123 |
| 30.7692 | 1.4908 | 0.0127 |
| 31.25 | 1.4909 | 0.0131 |
| 31.746 | 1.491 | 0.0134 |
| 32.2581 | 1.4911 | 0.0136 |
| 32.7869 | 1.491 | 0.0136 |
| 33.3333 | 1.4907 | 0.0136 |
| 33.8983 | 1.4903 | 0.0136 |
| 34.4828 | 1.4897 | 0.0137 |
| 35.0877 | 1.489 | 0.014 |
| 35.7143 | 1.4882 | 0.0146 |
| 36.3636 | 1.4875 | 0.0154 |
| 37.037 | 1.4869 | 0.0165 |
| 37.7358 | 1.4865 | 0.0178 |
| 38.4615 | 1.4865 | 0.0194 |
| 39.2157 | 1.4869 | 0.0211 |
| 40 | 1.4878 | 0.023 |
| 40.8163 | 1.4893 | 0.0249 |
| 41.6667 | 1.4908 | 0.0264 |
| 42.5532 | 1.4923 | 0.0275 |
| 43.4783 | 1.4935 | 0.0284 |
| 44.4444 | 1.4946 | 0.0292 |
| 45.4545 | 1.4956 | 0.0297 |
| 46.5116 | 1.4968 | 0.0301 |
| 47.619 | 1.4984 | 0.0304 |
| 48.7805 | 1.5003 | 0.0305 |
| 50 | 1.5025 | 0.0304 |
| 51.2821 | 1.5046 | 0.0299 |
| 52.6316 | 1.5066 | 0.0291 |
| 54.0541 | 1.5083 | 0.0283 |
| 55.5556 | 1.5095 | 0.0272 |
| 57.1429 | 1.5104 | 0.0261 |
| 58.8235 | 1.5112 | 0.025 |
| 60.6061 | 1.5119 | 0.024 |
| 62.5 | 1.5124 | 0.023 |
| 64.5161 | 1.5129 | 0.0221 |
| 66.6667 | 1.5132 | 0.0212 |
| 68.9655 | 1.5136 | 0.0204 |
| 71.4286 | 1.514 | 0.0195 |
| 74.0741 | 1.5145 | 0.0187 |
| 76.9231 | 1.5149 | 0.018 |
| 80 | 1.5153 | 0.0172 |
| 83.3333 | 1.5157 | 0.0166 |
| 86.9565 | 1.5162 | 0.0159 |
| 90.9091 | 1.5167 | 0.0153 |
| 95.2381 | 1.5171 | 0.0148 |
| 100 | 1.5177 | 0.0145 |
| 105.263 | 1.5183 | 0.0141 |
| 111.111 | 1.519 | 0.0138 |
| 117.647 | 1.5195 | 0.0137 |
| 125 | 1.52 | 0.0135 |
| 133.333 | 1.5203 | 0.0136 |
| 142.857 | 1.5207 | 0.0136 |
| 153.846 | 1.5205 | 0.014 |
| 166.667 | 1.5202 | 0.0142 |
| 181.818 | 1.5197 | 0.0148 |
| 200 | 1.5192 | 0.016 |
Optical transmission calculator
Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence- Transmittance T
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- Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator
- Rp
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- Rs
- —
- R = (Rp+Rs)/2
- —
- Phase φp
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- Phase φs
- —
- Brewster angle θB
- —
- Critical angle θC
- —
Ionomer resin manufactured by DuPont under the name Surlyn A-1601.