How to get optical photon energy range for materials?

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Hi everybody,
Where the below numbers came from, in LXeDetectorConstruction.cc (optical example)?

G4double vacuum_Energy[]={2.0eV,7.0eV,7.14eV};
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G4double wls_Energy[] = {2.00eV,2.87eV,2.90eV,3.47*eV};

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In contrast to other types of processes, for optical processes the user needs to specify values for the material properties over the range of interest. For example, given a table of refractive index vs. energy, create one C++ array for the energy and one for refractive index. You will need to consult the literature to find the actual values.

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Thank you dsawkey :+1:

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Hi! but how geant determine the energy of each photon?if i set
std::vector scintilFast = {
0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0,
1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
};
std::vector energy = {
2.00 * eV, 2.03 * eV, 2.06 * eV, 2.09 * eV, 2.12 * eV, 2.15 * eV, 2.18 * eV,
2.21 * eV, 2.24 * eV, 2.27 * eV, 2.30 * eV, 2.33 * eV, 2.36 * eV, 2.39 * eV,
2.42 * eV, 2.45 * eV, 2.48 * eV, 2.51 * eV, 2.54 * eV, 2.57 * eV, 2.60 * eV,
2.63 * eV, 2.66 * eV, 2.69 * eV, 2.72 * eV, 2.75 * eV, 2.78 * eV, 2.81 * eV,
2.84 * eV, 2.87 * eV, 2.90 * eV, 2.93 * eV, 2.96 * eV, 2.99 * eV, 3.02 * eV,
3.05 * eV, 3.08 * eV, 3.11 * eV, 3.14 * eV, 3.17 * eV, 3.20 * eV, 3.23 * eV,
3.26 * eV, 3.29 * eV, 3.32 * eV, 3.35 * eV, 3.38 * eV, 3.41 * eV, 3.44 * eV,
3.47 * eV
};std::vector scintilFast = {
0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0,
0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0,
1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
};
std::vector energy = {
2.00 * eV, 2.03 * eV, 2.06 * eV, 2.09 * eV, 2.12 * eV, 2.15 * eV, 2.18 * eV,
2.21 * eV, 2.24 * eV, 2.27 * eV, 2.30 * eV, 2.33 * eV, 2.36 * eV, 2.39 * eV,
2.42 * eV, 2.45 * eV, 2.48 * eV, 2.51 * eV, 2.54 * eV, 2.57 * eV, 2.60 * eV,
2.63 * eV, 2.66 * eV, 2.69 * eV, 2.72 * eV, 2.75 * eV, 2.78 * eV, 2.81 * eV,
2.84 * eV, 2.87 * eV, 2.90 * eV, 2.93 * eV, 2.96 * eV, 2.99 * eV, 3.02 * eV,
3.05 * eV, 3.08 * eV, 3.11 * eV, 3.14 * eV, 3.17 * eV, 3.20 * eV, 3.23 * eV,
3.26 * eV, 3.29 * eV, 3.32 * eV, 3.35 * eV, 3.38 * eV, 3.41 * eV, 3.44 * eV,
3.47 * eV
};

ZnSMPT->AddProperty(“SCINTILLATIONCOMPONENT1”, energy, scintilFast);

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The photon energy is chosen randomly from the spectrum you’ve specified.