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Optical Absorption Coefficient Calculator
Semiconductor Type:
Silicon (0.0006 - 4 μm)
GaAs (0.1879 - 2.2540 μm)
InP (0.1968 - 2.2540 μm)
Ge (0.1378 - 1.937 μm)
Enter Wavelength:
(μm)
Absorption coefficient (α)
(cm
-1
)
Actual Wavelength used for the calculation
(μm)
Warnings:
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How does this work?
This calculator could be described as a simple lookup table. The entered wavelength is used to iterate through an array to find the closest wavelength that has a measured kappa value. That location is then used for a corresponding absorption array which was made by using this
equation
. I do recognize that there are some fairly glaring contradictions when the increasing wavelengths switch from different reported research.>
The
Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids
gathers data from different papers to list the kappa values along with the wavelengths; consistency is not maintained. I show you the graph found in the handbook along with the excel plots of the absorption coefficients that my arrays are based on so the user can quickly see if the calculated value makes sense.
The Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, and Indium Phosphide kappa values come from a linear interpolation of data found in
Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids
that is found
here
. However, Geranium is pulled straight from the
Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids
and is why there are several "jumps" in the excel plot as different reported research doesn't match up. For this reason the "Warning" display is provided to inform you when you have fallen into this questionable range. The Excel graph below shows the inconsistencies of Geranium while the other graph shows the general flow of the constants.
References:
Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids
, edited by Edward D. Palik, (1985), Academic Press, NY.
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