AGN optical-infrared relation

We used a sample of nearly 400 quasars with photometrical observations and spectroscopical redshift divided into four redshift bins (0.7-2.4). Full spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting was performed with the CIGALE code, and results were compared with simplified photometric luminosity estimates. The impact of non-active galactic nucleus components and the role of polar dust in the fitting process were assessed.

We show that for sources with a disk luminosity above 10^45^[erg/s], the photometric estimates are consistent with SED-based values. While polar dust contributes marginally to luminosity, its presence significantly alters SED fitting, particularly the torus opening angle and cold dust properties. In the optical domain, stellar emission is the dominant contamination.

In the infrared, disk emission and cold dust play major roles. We propose two empirical calibrations for the OPT-IR relation. We conclude that the optical band is dominated by the accretion disk component above 10^45^ or 10^46^[erg/s] depending on redshift, while IR luminosity is dominated by the dusty torus emission above 1.6x10^45^ or 2x10^46^[erg/s] depending on the redshift.

In this high-luminosity regime, simplified photometric methods yield reliable disk and torus luminosity estimates.