Optical constants
Refractive index of Therminol VP-1
Otanicar et al. 2009: k 0.2–1.5 µm
- Data
- tabulated k
- Range
- 0.2–1.5 µm
- Points
- 66
- Licence
- CC0-1.0
Plot
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At one wavelength
- Refractive index n
- —
- Extinction coefficient k
- 0
- Permittivity ε1
- —
- Permittivity ε2
- —
- Absorption coefficient α
- 0 cm⁻¹
- Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
- — nm
- Abbe number Vd
- —
- Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
- — µm⁻¹
- Group index ng
- —
- 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.
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Comments and conditions
- the source gives k only; n is not available
References
- doi:10.1016/j.solener.2008.12.009 Optical properties of liquids for direct absorption solar thermal energy systems, Solar Energy (2009)
Cite
Todd P. Otanicar, Patrick E. Phelan and Jay S. Golden. Optical properties of liquids for direct absorption solar thermal energy systems. Solar Energy, 83, 969-977 (2009), doi:10.1016/j.solener.2008.12.009; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)
Data
66 rows as published| λ (µm) | k |
|---|---|
| 0.2 | 0.000169 |
| 0.22 | 0.000245 |
| 0.24 | 0.000263 |
| 0.26 | 0.000283 |
| 0.28 | 0.000305 |
| 0.3 | 7.38e-05 |
| 0.32 | 6.05e-06 |
| 0.34 | 2.41e-06 |
| 0.36 | 3.6e-07 |
| 0.38 | 2.09e-07 |
| 0.4 | 1.39e-07 |
| 0.42 | 8.23e-08 |
| 0.44 | 3.86e-08 |
| 0.46 | 0.0 |
| 0.48 | 0.0 |
| 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 0.52 | 0.0 |
| 0.54 | 0.0 |
| 0.56 | 0.0 |
| 0.58 | 0.0 |
| 0.6 | 0.0 |
| 0.62 | 0.0 |
| 0.64 | 0.0 |
| 0.66 | 0.0 |
| 0.68 | 0.0 |
| 0.7 | 0.0 |
| 0.72 | 0.0 |
| 0.74 | 0.0 |
| 0.76 | 0.0 |
| 0.78 | 0.0 |
| 0.8 | 0.0 |
| 0.82 | 0.0 |
| 0.84 | 0.0 |
| 0.86 | 1.21e-07 |
| 0.88 | 1.53e-07 |
| 0.9 | 0.0 |
| 0.92 | 0.0 |
| 0.94 | 0.0 |
| 0.96 | 0.0 |
| 0.98 | 0.0 |
| 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 1.02 | 0.0 |
| 1.04 | 0.0 |
| 1.06 | 0.0 |
| 1.08 | 0.0 |
| 1.1 | 1.46e-07 |
| 1.12 | 2.08e-06 |
| 1.14 | 1.5e-05 |
| 1.16 | 2.02e-06 |
| 1.18 | 5.1e-07 |
| 1.2 | 2.03e-07 |
| 1.22 | 1.13e-07 |
| 1.24 | 0.0 |
| 1.26 | 0.0 |
| 1.28 | 0.0 |
| 1.3 | 0.0 |
| 1.32 | 6.32e-07 |
| 1.34 | 1.2e-06 |
| 1.36 | 1.34e-06 |
| 1.38 | 1.92e-06 |
| 1.4 | 2.52e-06 |
| 1.42 | 2.44e-06 |
| 1.44 | 2.58e-06 |
| 1.46 | 1.74e-06 |
| 1.48 | 1.49e-06 |
| 1.5 | 1.34e-06 |
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