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Optical constants of Bombyx mori (silkworm) silk
Perotto et al. 2017: Crystallized fibroin film; n 0.3-1.7 µm
Wavelength:
µm
(0.3 – 1.7)
Complex refractive index (n+ik)
n
k
LogX
LogY
eV
Derived optical constants
Dispersion formula
$$n=1.5303+0.0066λ^{-2}+1.1\text{×}10^{-4}λ^{-4}$$Comments
Uncrystallized Bombyx mori (silkworm) fibroin film
References
G. Perotto, Y. Zhang, D. Naskar, N. Patel, D. L. Kaplan, S. C. Kundu, F. G. Omenetto. The optical properties of regenerated silk fibroin films obtained from different sources, Appl. Phys. Lett. 111, 103702 (2017)