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.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "gallery/tabulated/plot_silicon_nk.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_gallery_tabulated_plot_silicon_nk.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_tabulated_plot_silicon_nk.py:


Plot the Refractive Index and Absorption of Silicon
===================================================

This example uses :mod:`PyOptik` to visualise both the real and
imaginary parts of the refractive index of silicon over a typical
infrared wavelength range.

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.. code-block:: Python

    import numpy
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from MPSPlots.styles import mps
    from PyOptik import MaterialBank
    from PyOptik.units import micrometer

    material = MaterialBank.silicon

    wavelengths = numpy.linspace(0.3, 1.1, 300) * micrometer
    index = material.compute_refractive_index(wavelengths)





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 .. code-block:: none

    /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.11.13/x64/lib/python3.11/site-packages/PyOptik/material/base_class.py:60: UserWarning: Wavelength range goes from 299.99999999999994 nm to 1.1 µm which is outside the allowable range of 206.6 nm to 826.5999999999999 nm µm. [Material: silicon]
      warnings.warn(




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.. code-block:: Python

    with plt.style.context(mps):
        fig, ax1 = plt.subplots()

    ax1.set(
        title="Silicon Refractive Index and Absorption",
        xlabel="Wavelength [µm]",
        ylabel="n",
    )
    ax1.plot(wavelengths.to(micrometer).magnitude, index.real, label="n", color="tab:blue")
    ax1.legend(loc="upper left")

    ax2 = ax1.twinx()
    ax2.set(ylabel="k")
    ax2.plot(wavelengths.to(micrometer).magnitude, index.imag, color="tab:red", label="k")
    ax2.legend(loc="upper right")

    plt.show()



.. image-sg:: /gallery/tabulated/images/sphx_glr_plot_silicon_nk_001.png
   :alt: Silicon Refractive Index and Absorption
   :srcset: /gallery/tabulated/images/sphx_glr_plot_silicon_nk_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img






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   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 0.351 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_tabulated_plot_silicon_nk.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_silicon_nk.ipynb <plot_silicon_nk.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: plot_silicon_nk.py <plot_silicon_nk.py>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_