Refractive index via permittivity and permeability¶
Refractive index can be calculated from the relative permittivity and permeability of the medium.
Links:
- refractive_index¶
relative_refractive_indexof the medium.- Symbol:
n- Latex:
\(n\)
- Dimension:
dimensionless
- relative_permittivity¶
relative_permittivityof the medium.- Symbol:
epsilon_r- Latex:
\(\varepsilon_{r}\)
- Dimension:
dimensionless
- relative_permeability¶
relative_permeabilityof the medium.- Symbol:
mu_r- Latex:
\(\mu_{r}\)
- Dimension:
dimensionless
- law¶
n = sqrt(epsilon_r * mu_r)- Latex:
- \[n = \sqrt{\varepsilon_{r} \mu_{r}}\]