README.md

Detailed instructions for using RI-Calc can be consulted in our published article:

RI−Calc: A User Friendly Software and Web Server for Refractive Index Calculation, Computer Physics Communications, 2024, 109100.

The preprint of this article is available for download: here.

The software binaries can be downloaded for the following operating systems: Unix-like systems (Linux), Windows and macOS.

Program interface:

RI-Calc can also be used online on our website nanocalc.org/ricalc.

Test the app using sample data.

Observaton: In most works, the absorption coefficient spectrum presented by the researchers is decadic (units: $\ cm^{-1}$). The relationship between the base $e$ (Napierian) absorption coefficient, $\alpha$, and the base $\ 10$ (decadic) absorption coefficient, $a$, is given by: $\alpha = a \times ln(10)$. The absorption coefficient in the base $\ 10$ will be used as an input parameter in our software because it is more frequently used in the literature.

More spectral data for testing the app can be downloaded here.

Find out more about our research groups: DiNE and NAMOR.

Authors

• Leandro Benatto^a,b
• Omar Mesquita^a
• Lucimara S. Roman^b
• Marlus Koehler^b
• Rodrigo B. Capaz^a,c
• Graziâni Candiotto^a

Institutions

^aInstitute of Physics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 21941-909, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.
UFRJ

^bDepartment of Physics, Federal University of Paraná, 81531-980, Curitiba-PR, Brazil.
UFPR

^cBrazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), 13083-100, Campinas- SP, Brazil.
LNNano

Developers

• Leandro Benatto
• Omar Mesquita
• Graziâni Candiotto

Data Sample

• The Data Sample folder contains an example of the data set needed to run RICalc.
  You can download it here