Walling-alpha

Data for Main / Beal2o4 / Walling-alpha

import os
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import refidx as ri

plt.style.use("../../doc/refidx.mplstyle")
db = ri.DataBase()
matid = ['main', 'BeAl2O4', 'Walling-alpha']
mat = db.get_item(matid)
wr = mat.wavelength_range
lamb = np.linspace(*wr, 1000)
index = mat.get_index(lamb)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(2, 1, figsize=(3, 3))
ax[0].plot(lamb, index.real, "-", color="#aa0044")
ax[1].plot(lamb, index.imag, "-", color="#6886b3")
ax[0].set_xlabel(r"Wavelength ($\rm μm$)")
ax[1].set_xlabel(r"Wavelength ($\rm μm$)")
ax[0].set_ylabel(r"$n^{\prime}$")
ax[1].set_ylabel(r"$n^{\prime\prime}$")
plt.suptitle(mat)
mat.print_info(
    html=True,
    tmp_dir=os.path.join("..","..", "doc", "auto_gallery","BeAl2O4"),
    filename="out_main_BeAl2O4_Walling_alpha.html",
)

Comments

n_α; Room temperature.

References

1) J. Walling, O. Peterson, H. Jenssen, R. Morris, E. O'Dell. Tunable alexandrite lasers, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 16, 1302–1315 (1980)
2) P. Loiko, A. Major. Dispersive properties of alexandrite and beryllium hexaaluminate crystals, Opt. Mater. Express, 6, 2177–2183 (2016)
* Ref. 2 provides a dispersion formula based on the experimental data from Ref. 1

Estimated memory usage: 225 MB