# Refractive index of dense materials

## TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that using the Lorentz-Lorenz transformation provides a more theoretical approach to modeling the refractive index of dense materials like metals, semiconductors, and insulators.

## Contribution

It introduces a less empirical method for modeling the refractive index of dense materials through the Lorentz-Lorenz transformation.

## Key findings

- Improved theoretical modeling of refractive index.
- Application to metals, semiconductors, insulators.
- Reduction in empirical assumptions.

## Abstract

We show that applying the Lorentz-Lorenz transformation to the refractive index of metals, semiconductors and insulators allows for a less empirical modeling of this refractive index.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1704.05718