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Optical constants of Blood
Liu et al. 2019: n 0.400–0.750 µm

Wavelength: µm
 (0.4–0.75)  
 

Complex refractive index (n+ik)[ i ]


n   k   LogX   LogY   eV

Derived optical constants

Dispersion formula [ i ]

$$n^2-1=\frac{0.7960λ^2}{λ^2-1.0772\text{×}10^{-2}}$$

Conditions & Spec sheet

n_is_absolute: false
wavelength_is_vacuum: false

Comments

The second term of the Sellmeier equation presented in the original publication apparently contains an error and was omitted. The single-term equation reproduces the plot shown in Fig. 3(a) of the paper.

References

S. Liu, Z. Deng, J. Li, J. Wang, N. Huang, R. Cui, Q. Zhang, J. Mei, W. Zhou, C. Zhang, Q. Ye, J. Tian. Measurement of the refractive index of whole blood and its components for a continuous spectral region, J. Biomed. Opt. 24, 035003 (2019)

Data

[Expressions for n]   [CSV - comma separated]   [TXT - tab separated]   [Full database record]

INFO

Blood (Human body)

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