Yb (Ytterbium)

Metals and conductors

1 dataset, together covering 0.0007302–0.2066 µm. Default: Larruquert et al. 2003: n,k 0.000730–0.207 µm.

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Larruquert et al. 2003: n,k 0.000730–0.207 µm n,k 0.0007302–0.2066 µm default

Use it in Lightsmith

Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith

import lightsmith as ls

# Yb (Ytterbium): Larruquert et al. 2003: n,k 0.000730–0.207 µm
yb = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "Yb", "Larruquert", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(yb.range_nm)  # (0.730178, 206.607) nm
eps = yb.eps([12.3])  # 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_d8d08ee073ff/lightsmith"
yb = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(yb.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (yb/larruquert-2003).

# ... load yb as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=yb)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=1, stop_nm=206, 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"]).

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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.

About Yb (Ytterbium)

Ytterbium (Yb) is a soft, malleable, and ductile chemical element with the symbol Yb and atomic number 70. It belongs to the lanthanide series of the periodic table and is typically silvery-white in its metallic form. While Yb is found in certain minerals such as monazite and euxenite, it is primarily obtained through the mining and processing of ytterbium-containing ores. Ytterbium has several isotopes, both stable and radioactive. In the realm of photonics and laser technology, ytterbium-doped materials, especially fibers and crystals, have gained prominence due to their efficiency and broad tunability, with applications ranging from high-power continuous wave lasers to ultrafast pulse generation. Ytterbium is also used in atomic clocks due to its sharp electron transition frequencies, making these clocks remarkably precise.

Other names: Ytterbium

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