Numerical Approximation of Kramers-Kronig Relations to Transform Discretized Absorption Data

Abstract

The Kramers-Kronig relations describe a pair of integral transforms relating the real and imaginary components of an analytic function in the complex plane. These relations are particularly useful in extracting refractive index characteristics of a given physical test species, wherein more direct measurements are not terribly reliable. In this report, a method of performing this integral transformation is derived and discussed. Special attention is given to the precision of these methodologies, and a specific implementation of this in Matlab is presented.