Optical constants

Refractive index of BaB₂O₄ (Barium borate, BBO)

Zhang et al. 2000: n(e) 0.64–3.18 µm

Data: formula 4
Range: 0.64–3.18 µm
Optical axis: e
Licence: CC0-1.0

Uniaxial crystal, axes: oe

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.53294
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 2.34992
Permittivity ε₂: 0

Absorption coefficient α: 0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): — nm

Abbe number V_d: —
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0165101 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.55655
Group velocity dispersion: -15.0663 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: 13.8782 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy: 0.867022 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, n_g = n − λ dn/dλ, GVD = λ³/(2πc²) d²n/dλ², D = −(λ/c) d²n/dλ². Group-velocity dispersion is given for formula data only.

Use it in Lightsmith

Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith

import lightsmith as ls

# BaB2O4 (Barium borate, BBO): Zhang et al. 2000: n(e) 0.64–3.18 µm
bab2o4 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("main", "BaB2O4", "Zhang-e", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(bab2o4.range_nm)  # (640, 3180) nm
eps = bab2o4.eps([1430])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_9e0ad41ada8e/lightsmith"
bab2o4 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(bab2o4.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (bab2o4/zhang-2000-e).

# ... load bab2o4 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=bab2o4)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=640, stop_nm=1000, num=81),
)
res = ls.solve(sim)  # exact Mie for a sphere
print(res.q_ext)     # extinction efficiency at each wavelength

Same spec runs with DDA, FDTD, BEM or T-matrix: ls.compare(sim, ["mie", "dda"]).

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Dispersion formula

RefractiveIndex.INFO (formula 4), λ in µm

n^{2} = 2.3753 + \frac{0.01224 λ^{0.0}}{λ^{2} - {0.01667}^{1.0}} - 0.01627 λ^{2.0} + 0.0005716 λ^{4.0} - 6.305 \times 10^{-5} λ^{6.0}

Valid from 0.64 to 3.18 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	2.3753
C2	0.01224
C3	0.0
C4	0.01667
C5	1.0
C6	0.0
C7	0.0
C8	0.0
C9	1.0
C10	-0.01627
C11	2.0
C12	0.0005716
C13	4.0
C14	-6.305e-05
C15	6.0

Comments and conditions

Beta barium borate (ß-BaB₂O₄, BBO). Extraordinary ray (e). Near infrared.

Conditions

direction: e

References

D. Zhang, Y. Kong, J.-Y. Zhang. Optical parametric properties of 532-nm-pumped beta-barium-borate near the infrared absorption edge. Opt. Commun., 184, 485-491 (2000)

doi:10.1016/s0030-4018(00)00968-8 Optical parametric properties of 532-nm-pumped beta-barium-borate near the infrared absorption edge, Optics Communications (2000)

Cite

Dongxiang Zhang, Yufei Kong and Jing-yuan Zhang. Optical parametric properties of 532-nm-pumped beta-barium-borate near the infrared absorption edge. Optics Communications, 184, 485-491 (2000), doi:10.1016/s0030-4018(00)00968-8; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 400 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library

CSV comma separated TXT tab separated YAML n, k Full database record original YAML All quantities CSV JSON metadata

BaB2O4 (Barium borate, BBO), Zhang et al. 2000: n(e) 0.64–3.18 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n
0.64	1.549154
0.642577	1.549053
0.645164	1.548953
0.647761	1.548853
0.650369	1.548754
0.652988	1.548656
0.655616	1.548558
0.658256	1.548461
0.660906	1.548364
0.663567	1.548268
0.666239	1.548172
0.668921	1.548077
0.671614	1.547982
0.674318	1.547888
0.677033	1.547794
0.679759	1.547701
0.682495	1.547608
0.685243	1.547516
0.688002	1.547424
0.690772	1.547333
0.693553	1.547242
0.696345	1.547152
0.699149	1.547062
0.701963	1.546973
0.70479	1.546883
0.707627	1.546795
0.710476	1.546707
0.713336	1.546619
0.716208	1.546531
0.719092	1.546444
0.721987	1.546358
0.724894	1.546272
0.727812	1.546186
0.730742	1.5461
0.733684	1.546015
0.736638	1.54593
0.739604	1.545846
0.742582	1.545762
0.745571	1.545678
0.748573	1.545595
0.751587	1.545512
0.754613	1.545429
0.757651	1.545347
0.760701	1.545265
0.763764	1.545183
0.766839	1.545102
0.769926	1.545021
0.773026	1.54494
0.776138	1.544859
0.779263	1.544779
0.7824	1.544699
0.78555	1.544619
0.788713	1.54454
0.791888	1.544461
0.795076	1.544382
0.798278	1.544303
0.801491	1.544224
0.804718	1.544146
0.807958	1.544068
0.811211	1.54399
0.814477	1.543913
0.817756	1.543835
0.821048	1.543758
0.824354	1.543681
0.827673	1.543605
0.831005	1.543528
0.834351	1.543452
0.83771	1.543376
0.841083	1.5433
0.844469	1.543224
0.847869	1.543148
0.851282	1.543073
0.85471	1.542997
0.858151	1.542922
0.861606	1.542847
0.865074	1.542772
0.868557	1.542698
0.872054	1.542623
0.875565	1.542549
0.87909	1.542474
0.882629	1.5424
0.886183	1.542326
0.889751	1.542252
0.893333	1.542178
0.89693	1.542104
0.900541	1.54203
0.904166	1.541957
0.907806	1.541883
0.911461	1.54181
0.915131	1.541736
0.918815	1.541663
0.922514	1.54159
0.926229	1.541516
0.929958	1.541443
0.933702	1.54137
0.937461	1.541297
0.941235	1.541224
0.945024	1.541151
0.948829	1.541078
0.952649	1.541005
0.956485	1.540932
0.960336	1.54086
0.964202	1.540787
0.968084	1.540714
0.971981	1.540641
0.975895	1.540568
0.979824	1.540495
0.983768	1.540422
0.987729	1.540349
0.991706	1.540277
0.995698	1.540204
0.999707	1.540131
1.00373	1.540058
1.00777	1.539985
1.01183	1.539912
1.0159	1.539838
1.01999	1.539765
1.0241	1.539692
1.02822	1.539619
1.03236	1.539545
1.03652	1.539472
1.04069	1.539398
1.04488	1.539325
1.04909	1.539251
1.05331	1.539177
1.05755	1.539104
1.06181	1.53903
1.06609	1.538956
1.07038	1.538881
1.07469	1.538807
1.07901	1.538733
1.08336	1.538658
1.08772	1.538584
1.0921	1.538509
1.0965	1.538434
1.10091	1.538359
1.10534	1.538284
1.10979	1.538208
1.11426	1.538133
1.11875	1.538057
1.12325	1.537981
1.12777	1.537905
1.13231	1.537829
1.13687	1.537753
1.14145	1.537676
1.14605	1.5376
1.15066	1.537523
1.15529	1.537446
1.15994	1.537368
1.16461	1.537291
1.1693	1.537213
1.17401	1.537135
1.17874	1.537057
1.18348	1.536979
1.18825	1.5369
1.19303	1.536821
1.19783	1.536742
1.20266	1.536663
1.2075	1.536584
1.21236	1.536504
1.21724	1.536424
1.22214	1.536343
1.22706	1.536263
1.232	1.536182
1.23696	1.536101
1.24194	1.536019
1.24694	1.535938
1.25196	1.535856
1.257	1.535773
1.26206	1.535691
1.26715	1.535608
1.27225	1.535525
1.27737	1.535441
1.28251	1.535357
1.28768	1.535273
1.29286	1.535189
1.29807	1.535104
1.30329	1.535019
1.30854	1.534933
1.31381	1.534847
1.3191	1.534761
1.32441	1.534674
1.32974	1.534587
1.33509	1.5345
1.34047	1.534412
1.34586	1.534324
1.35128	1.534235
1.35672	1.534147
1.36219	1.534057
1.36767	1.533968
1.37318	1.533877
1.3787	1.533787
1.38426	1.533696
1.38983	1.533604
1.39542	1.533513
1.40104	1.53342
1.40668	1.533328
1.41235	1.533234
1.41803	1.533141
1.42374	1.533047
1.42947	1.532952
1.43523	1.532857
1.44101	1.532761
1.44681	1.532665
1.45263	1.532569
1.45848	1.532472
1.46435	1.532374
1.47025	1.532276
1.47617	1.532178
1.48211	1.532079
1.48808	1.531979
1.49407	1.531879
1.50008	1.531778
1.50612	1.531677
1.51219	1.531575
1.51828	1.531473
1.52439	1.53137
1.53053	1.531266
1.53669	1.531162
1.54287	1.531057
1.54909	1.530952
1.55532	1.530846
1.56158	1.53074
1.56787	1.530632
1.57418	1.530525
1.58052	1.530416
1.58689	1.530307
1.59327	1.530197
1.59969	1.530087
1.60613	1.529976
1.6126	1.529864
1.61909	1.529752
1.62561	1.529639
1.63215	1.529525
1.63872	1.52941
1.64532	1.529295
1.65194	1.529179
1.65859	1.529062
1.66527	1.528945
1.67198	1.528827
1.67871	1.528708
1.68547	1.528588
1.69225	1.528468
1.69907	1.528346
1.70591	1.528224
1.71277	1.528101
1.71967	1.527978
1.72659	1.527853
1.73354	1.527728
1.74052	1.527602
1.74753	1.527475
1.75457	1.527347
1.76163	1.527218
1.76872	1.527088
1.77584	1.526958
1.78299	1.526826
1.79017	1.526694
1.79738	1.52656
1.80462	1.526426
1.81188	1.526291
1.81918	1.526155
1.8265	1.526018
1.83385	1.525879
1.84124	1.52574
1.84865	1.5256
1.85609	1.525459
1.86357	1.525317
1.87107	1.525173
1.8786	1.525029
1.88616	1.524884
1.89376	1.524737
1.90138	1.524589
1.90904	1.524441
1.91672	1.524291
1.92444	1.52414
1.93219	1.523987
1.93997	1.523834
1.94778	1.523679
1.95562	1.523524
1.96349	1.523367
1.9714	1.523208
1.97934	1.523049
1.9873	1.522888
1.99531	1.522726
2.00334	1.522562
2.0114	1.522398
2.0195	1.522231
2.02763	1.522064
2.0358	1.521895
2.04399	1.521725
2.05222	1.521553
2.06048	1.52138
2.06878	1.521205
2.07711	1.521029
2.08547	1.520851
2.09387	1.520672
2.1023	1.520491
2.11076	1.520309
2.11926	1.520125
2.12779	1.51994
2.13636	1.519752
2.14496	1.519564
2.15359	1.519373
2.16227	1.519181
2.17097	1.518987
2.17971	1.518791
2.18849	1.518593
2.1973	1.518393
2.20614	1.518192
2.21503	1.517989
2.22394	1.517784
2.2329	1.517576
2.24189	1.517367
2.25091	1.517156
2.25998	1.516943
2.26907	1.516728
2.27821	1.51651
2.28738	1.516291
2.29659	1.516069
2.30584	1.515845
2.31512	1.515619
2.32444	1.51539
2.3338	1.515159
2.3432	1.514926
2.35263	1.51469
2.3621	1.514452
2.37161	1.514211
2.38116	1.513968
2.39075	1.513722
2.40037	1.513474
2.41004	1.513222
2.41974	1.512968
2.42948	1.512712
2.43926	1.512452
2.44908	1.51219
2.45894	1.511924
2.46884	1.511656
2.47878	1.511384
2.48876	1.51111
2.49878	1.510832
2.50884	1.510551
2.51894	1.510267
2.52908	1.509979
2.53927	1.509688
2.54949	1.509394
2.55975	1.509096
2.57006	1.508794
2.58041	1.508489
2.5908	1.50818
2.60123	1.507867
2.6117	1.50755
2.62221	1.507229
2.63277	1.506904
2.64337	1.506575
2.65401	1.506242
2.6647	1.505904
2.67543	1.505562
2.6862	1.505216
2.69701	1.504865
2.70787	1.504509
2.71877	1.504149
2.72972	1.503783
2.74071	1.503413
2.75174	1.503038
2.76282	1.502657
2.77394	1.502271
2.78511	1.50188
2.79633	1.501483
2.80758	1.501081
2.81889	1.500672
2.83024	1.500258
2.84163	1.499838
2.85307	1.499412
2.86456	1.49898
2.87609	1.498541
2.88767	1.498095
2.8993	1.497643
2.91097	1.497184
2.92269	1.496718
2.93446	1.496245
2.94627	1.495765
2.95813	1.495277
2.97004	1.494781
2.982	1.494278
2.994	1.493766
3.00606	1.493247
3.01816	1.492719
3.03031	1.492183
3.04251	1.491638
3.05476	1.491084
3.06706	1.49052
3.07941	1.489948
3.09181	1.489366
3.10425	1.488774
3.11675	1.488172
3.1293	1.48756
3.1419	1.486937
3.15455	1.486304
3.16725	1.485659
3.18	1.485004

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BaB₂O₄ (Barium borate, BBO): all datasets

About BaB2O4 (Barium borate, BBO)

BaB₂O₄, commonly known as beta-barium borate (BBO), is a nonlinear optical crystal with a wide transparency range, extending from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared. Known for its high damage threshold and phase-matching capabilities, BBO is frequently employed in frequency doubling, tripling, and other nonlinear processes in laser systems. Its crystal structure allows for phase-matching over a wide range of wavelengths, making it highly versatile for different optical applications. BBO crystals also offer the advantages of a high refractive index and strong birefringence, which contribute to their effectiveness in nonlinear processes. However, the material is hygroscopic and requires careful handling to prevent surface degradation over time. Despite this, its broad phase-matching capabilities and high damage threshold make BaB₂O₄ one of the most popular choices for nonlinear optics, particularly in applications requiring high peak intensities or broad tunability across various wavelengths. Overall, BBO continues to be a material of significant interest in the field of nonlinear optics, both for its well-established applications and for its potential in emerging technologies. Most common allotrope: Beta barium borate (β-BaB₂O₄).

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/main/BaB2O4/nk/Zhang-e.yml
ID: ds_9e0ad41ada8e
API: /v1/datasets/ds_9e0ad41ada8e

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