Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.45877
Extinction coefficient k: 4.69942e-09

Permittivity ε₁: 2.128
Permittivity ε₂: 1.37107e-08

Absorption coefficient α: 0.00100502 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 1.99002e+10 nm

Abbe number V_d: 57.14
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0410223 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.48287
Group velocity dispersion: 79.1992 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -432.074 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy: 2.11001 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

# Fused silica matching liquid 06350 (Cargille): Fused silica matching liquid 06350
mat = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "Cargille", "Cargille-06350", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(mat.range_nm)  # (225, 1550) nm
eps = mat.eps([633])  # 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_a9057b7202da/lightsmith"
mat = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(mat.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (cargille-cargille-06350/cargille).

# ... load mat as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=mat)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, 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"]).

Materials guide Open a sphere of it in Studio Quick start Ask the community

Lightsmith is open source (MIT): Mie, T-matrix, BEM, DDA, FDTD, RCWA, TMM, mode solvers and inverse design behind one spec, on CPU or GPU. GitHub.

Dispersion formula

Cauchy (formula 5), λ in µm

n = 1.44719 + 0.00383343 λ^{- 2.0} + 5.66134 \times 10^{-5} λ^{- 4.0}

Valid from 0.225 to 1.55 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	1.44719
C2	0.00383343
C3	-2.0
C4	5.66134e-05
C5	-4.0

Comments and conditions

25 °C.

Conditions

temperature: 298 K

Properties

density: value: 824, temperature: 298
thermal expansion: value: 0.0008, temperature: 298

References

Fused Silica Matching Liquid Code 06350 Data Sheet 30-NOV-17 (obtained from https://www.cargille.com)

Cite

Fused Silica Matching Liquid Code 06350 Data Sheet 30-NOV-17 (obtained from https://www.cargille.com); Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 413 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

Fused silica matching liquid 06350 (Cargille), Fused silica matching liquid 06350: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.225	1.545002	8.246000e-05
0.226091	1.543849	8.285938e-05
0.227187	1.542712	8.326069e-05
0.228289	1.54159	8.366395e-05
0.229396	1.540483	8.406916e-05
0.230508	1.53939	8.447634e-05
0.231625	1.538311	8.488549e-05
0.232748	1.537246	8.529662e-05
0.233877	1.536195	8.570975e-05
0.235011	1.535158	8.612489e-05
0.23615	1.534134	8.654203e-05
0.237295	1.533123	8.696120e-05
0.238446	1.532126	8.738240e-05
0.239602	1.531141	8.780564e-05
0.240764	1.530169	8.823094e-05
0.241931	1.52921	8.865829e-05
0.243104	1.528263	8.908772e-05
0.244283	1.527328	8.951923e-05
0.245467	1.526404	8.995284e-05
0.246658	1.525493	9.038854e-05
0.247853	1.524594	9.082636e-05
0.248	1.524484	9.088000e-05
0.249055	1.523705	8.669772e-05
0.250263	1.522828	8.191159e-05
0.251476	1.521963	7.710226e-05
0.252695	1.521108	7.226960e-05
0.253921	1.520264	6.741352e-05
0.255152	1.51943	6.253389e-05
0.256389	1.518608	5.763060e-05
0.257632	1.517795	5.270354e-05
0.258881	1.516993	4.775258e-05
0.260136	1.516201	4.277763e-05
0.261398	1.515419	3.777855e-05
0.262665	1.514646	3.275523e-05
0.263939	1.513883	2.770756e-05
0.265218	1.51313	2.263541e-05
0.266504	1.512386	1.753867e-05
0.267797	1.511651	1.241722e-05
0.269095	1.510926	7.270934e-06
0.27	1.510428	3.684000e-06
0.2704	1.510209	3.647484e-06
0.271711	1.509502	3.527715e-06
0.273028	1.508803	3.407366e-06
0.274352	1.508113	3.286434e-06
0.275682	1.507431	3.164915e-06
0.277019	1.506757	3.042807e-06
0.278362	1.506092	2.920106e-06
0.279712	1.505435	2.796811e-06
0.281068	1.504786	2.672918e-06
0.282431	1.504145	2.548425e-06
0.2838	1.503512	2.423328e-06
0.285176	1.502887	2.297624e-06
0.286559	1.502269	2.171310e-06
0.287948	1.501659	2.044385e-06
0.289344	1.501056	1.916844e-06
0.290747	1.50046	1.788684e-06
0.292157	1.499872	1.659903e-06
0.293574	1.499291	1.530498e-06
0.294997	1.498716	1.400465e-06
0.296427	1.498149	1.269802e-06
0.297864	1.497589	1.138505e-06
0.299309	1.497035	1.006572e-06
0.30076	1.496488	8.739986e-07
0.302218	1.495947	7.407827e-07
0.303684	1.495413	6.069210e-07
0.305156	1.494885	4.724102e-07
0.306636	1.494364	3.372472e-07
0.308	1.493891	2.126000e-07
0.308122	1.493849	2.122812e-07
0.309616	1.49334	2.083866e-07
0.311117	1.492837	2.044731e-07
0.312626	1.492339	2.005407e-07
0.314142	1.491848	1.965892e-07
0.315665	1.491363	1.926185e-07
0.317195	1.490883	1.886286e-07
0.318733	1.490409	1.846193e-07
0.320279	1.489941	1.805906e-07
0.321832	1.489478	1.765424e-07
0.323392	1.489021	1.724745e-07
0.32496	1.488569	1.683869e-07
0.326536	1.488122	1.642795e-07
0.328119	1.48768	1.601521e-07
0.32971	1.487244	1.560048e-07
0.331308	1.486813	1.518373e-07
0.332915	1.486386	1.476497e-07
0.334529	1.485965	1.434417e-07
0.336151	1.485549	1.392134e-07
0.337	1.485334	1.370000e-07
0.337781	1.485137	1.351921e-07
0.339419	1.48473	1.314001e-07
0.341064	1.484328	1.275898e-07
0.342718	1.483931	1.237609e-07
0.34438	1.483538	1.199135e-07
0.346049	1.48315	1.160474e-07
0.347727	1.482766	1.121626e-07
0.349413	1.482387	1.082589e-07
0.351107	1.482012	1.043363e-07
0.35281	1.481641	1.003947e-07
0.35452	1.481274	9.643403e-08
0.356239	1.480912	9.245412e-08
0.357967	1.480554	8.845490e-08
0.359702	1.4802	8.443630e-08
0.361446	1.47985	8.039821e-08
0.363199	1.479504	7.634054e-08
0.36496	1.479162	7.226320e-08
0.365	1.479154	7.217000e-08
0.366729	1.478823	7.142274e-08
0.368507	1.478489	7.065437e-08
0.370294	1.478158	6.988228e-08
0.37209	1.477832	6.910645e-08
0.373894	1.477508	6.832686e-08
0.375707	1.477189	6.754348e-08
0.377528	1.476873	6.675631e-08
0.379359	1.476561	6.596532e-08
0.381198	1.476252	6.517049e-08
0.383046	1.475946	6.437181e-08
0.384903	1.475645	6.356926e-08
0.38677	1.475346	6.276282e-08
0.388645	1.475051	6.195247e-08
0.390529	1.474759	6.113819e-08
0.392423	1.47447	6.031996e-08
0.394326	1.474185	5.949776e-08
0.396238	1.473903	5.867158e-08
0.398159	1.473624	5.784139e-08
0.400089	1.473348	5.700717e-08
0.402029	1.473075	5.616892e-08
0.403978	1.472805	5.532659e-08
0.405937	1.472538	5.448018e-08
0.407905	1.472274	5.362967e-08
0.409883	1.472013	5.277504e-08
0.41187	1.471755	5.191626e-08
0.413867	1.4715	5.105332e-08
0.415874	1.471247	5.018619e-08
0.41789	1.470998	4.931486e-08
0.419917	1.470751	4.843930e-08
0.421953	1.470507	4.755950e-08
0.423999	1.470265	4.667543e-08
0.426054	1.470026	4.578708e-08
0.42812	1.46979	4.489442e-08
0.430196	1.469557	4.399743e-08
0.432282	1.469325	4.309609e-08
0.434378	1.469097	4.219038e-08
0.436484	1.468871	4.128029e-08
0.4386	1.468647	4.036577e-08
0.440727	1.468426	3.944683e-08
0.442864	1.468207	3.852342e-08
0.445011	1.467991	3.759555e-08
0.447168	1.467777	3.666317e-08
0.449337	1.467565	3.572627e-08
0.451515	1.467356	3.478483e-08
0.453704	1.467149	3.383882e-08
0.455904	1.466944	3.288823e-08
0.458115	1.466741	3.193303e-08
0.460336	1.466541	3.097319e-08
0.462568	1.466342	3.000871e-08
0.464811	1.466146	2.903954e-08
0.467064	1.465952	2.806568e-08
0.469329	1.46576	2.708710e-08
0.471605	1.46557	2.610377e-08
0.473891	1.465382	2.511567e-08
0.476189	1.465197	2.412278e-08
0.478498	1.465013	2.312508e-08
0.480818	1.464831	2.212254e-08
0.483149	1.464651	2.111514e-08
0.485492	1.464473	2.010286e-08
0.4861	1.464427	1.984000e-08
0.487846	1.464297	1.938985e-08
0.490211	1.464123	1.877991e-08
0.492588	1.46395	1.816700e-08
0.494976	1.46378	1.755112e-08
0.497376	1.463611	1.693226e-08
0.499788	1.463444	1.631040e-08
0.502211	1.463279	1.568552e-08
0.504646	1.463116	1.505761e-08
0.507093	1.462954	1.442666e-08
0.509551	1.462794	1.379265e-08
0.512022	1.462636	1.315556e-08
0.514505	1.462479	1.251539e-08
0.516999	1.462324	1.187211e-08
0.519506	1.462171	1.122571e-08
0.522025	1.462019	1.057618e-08
0.524556	1.461869	9.923495e-09
0.527099	1.461721	9.267649e-09
0.529655	1.461574	8.608624e-09
0.532223	1.461429	7.946402e-09
0.534804	1.461285	7.280970e-09
0.537397	1.461143	6.612312e-09
0.540002	1.461002	5.940411e-09
0.54262	1.460863	5.265253e-09
0.545251	1.460725	4.586821e-09
0.5461	1.460681	4.368000e-09
0.547895	1.460588	4.382336e-09
0.550552	1.460453	4.403551e-09
0.553221	1.46032	4.424869e-09
0.555903	1.460188	4.446291e-09
0.558599	1.460057	4.467816e-09
0.561307	1.459927	4.489446e-09
0.564029	1.459799	4.511180e-09
0.566763	1.459673	4.533020e-09
0.569511	1.459547	4.554966e-09
0.572273	1.459423	4.577018e-09
0.575047	1.4593	4.599177e-09
0.577836	1.459179	4.621444e-09
0.580637	1.459059	4.643819e-09
0.583453	1.45894	4.666302e-09
0.586281	1.458822	4.688894e-09
0.589124	1.458705	4.711595e-09
0.5893	1.458698	4.713000e-09
0.591981	1.45859	4.734444e-09
0.594851	1.458476	4.757406e-09
0.597735	1.458363	4.780480e-09
0.600633	1.458251	4.803665e-09
0.603545	1.45814	4.826963e-09
0.606472	1.458031	4.850374e-09
0.609412	1.457922	4.873898e-09
0.612367	1.457815	4.897536e-09
0.615336	1.457709	4.921289e-09
0.61832	1.457604	4.945157e-09
0.621318	1.4575	4.969141e-09
0.62433	1.457397	4.993241e-09
0.627357	1.457295	5.017458e-09
0.630399	1.457195	5.041792e-09
0.6328	1.457116	5.061000e-09
0.633456	1.457095	4.919814e-09
0.636527	1.456996	4.258360e-09
0.639613	1.456899	3.593699e-09
0.642714	1.456802	2.925816e-09
0.645831	1.456706	2.254694e-09
0.648962	1.456611	1.580318e-09
0.652109	1.456518	9.026726e-10
0.65527	1.456425	2.217414e-10
0.6563	1.456395	0
0.658448	1.456333	7.369571e-10
0.66164	1.456242	1.832535e-09
0.664848	1.456152	2.933424e-09
0.668072	1.456063	4.039651e-09
0.671311	1.455975	5.151242e-09
0.674566	1.455888	6.268222e-09
0.677836	1.455801	7.390618e-09
0.681123	1.455716	8.518457e-09
0.684425	1.455631	9.651763e-09
0.687744	1.455548	1.079056e-08
0.691079	1.455465	1.193489e-08
0.694429	1.455383	1.308476e-08
0.697796	1.455302	1.424021e-08
0.70118	1.455221	1.540126e-08
0.704579	1.455142	1.656793e-08
0.707996	1.455063	1.774027e-08
0.711428	1.454985	1.891829e-08
0.714878	1.454908	2.010202e-08
0.718344	1.454831	2.129149e-08
0.721827	1.454756	2.248673e-08
0.725327	1.454681	2.368776e-08
0.728843	1.454607	2.489462e-08
0.732377	1.454534	2.610732e-08
0.735928	1.454461	2.732591e-08
0.739497	1.454389	2.855041e-08
0.743082	1.454318	2.978084e-08
0.746685	1.454248	3.101724e-08
0.750305	1.454178	3.225963e-08
0.753943	1.454109	3.350805e-08
0.757599	1.454041	3.476252e-08
0.761272	1.453973	3.602308e-08
0.764963	1.453906	3.728974e-08
0.768672	1.45384	3.856255e-08
0.772399	1.453775	3.984153e-08
0.776144	1.45371	4.112671e-08
0.779907	1.453645	4.241812e-08
0.783689	1.453582	4.371579e-08
0.787489	1.453519	4.501975e-08
0.791307	1.453456	4.633004e-08
0.795144	1.453395	4.764668e-08
0.798999	1.453334	4.896970e-08
0.802873	1.453273	5.029914e-08
0.806766	1.453213	5.163502e-08
0.810677	1.453154	5.297738e-08
0.814608	1.453095	5.432625e-08
0.818558	1.453037	5.568166e-08
0.822526	1.45298	5.704364e-08
0.826515	1.452923	5.841223e-08
0.830522	1.452867	5.978745e-08
0.834549	1.452811	6.116934e-08
0.838595	1.452756	6.255793e-08
0.84	1.452737	6.304000e-08
0.842661	1.452701	6.741729e-08
0.846747	1.452647	7.413763e-08
0.850852	1.452593	8.089056e-08
0.854978	1.45254	8.767623e-08
0.859123	1.452488	9.449480e-08
0.863289	1.452436	1.013464e-07
0.867475	1.452384	1.082313e-07
0.871681	1.452333	1.151495e-07
0.875907	1.452283	1.221013e-07
0.880154	1.452233	1.290868e-07
0.884421	1.452183	1.361061e-07
0.88871	1.452134	1.431595e-07
0.893019	1.452086	1.502471e-07
0.897348	1.452038	1.573691e-07
0.901699	1.45199	1.645255e-07
0.906071	1.451943	1.717167e-07
0.910464	1.451897	1.789428e-07
0.914879	1.451851	1.862039e-07
0.919315	1.451805	1.935001e-07
0.923772	1.45176	2.008318e-07
0.928251	1.451715	2.081990e-07
0.932752	1.451671	2.156020e-07
0.937274	1.451627	2.230408e-07
0.941819	1.451584	2.305157e-07
0.946385	1.451541	2.380268e-07
0.950974	1.451498	2.455744e-07
0.955585	1.451456	2.531585e-07
0.960218	1.451414	2.607795e-07
0.964874	1.451373	2.684373e-07
0.969552	1.451332	2.761323e-07
0.974253	1.451292	2.838647e-07
0.978977	1.451251	2.916345e-07
0.983723	1.451212	2.994419e-07
0.988493	1.451172	3.072873e-07
0.993286	1.451134	3.151707e-07
0.998102	1.451095	3.230923e-07
1.00294	1.451057	3.310523e-07
1.0078	1.451019	3.390509e-07
1.01269	1.450982	3.470882e-07
1.0176	1.450945	3.551646e-07
1.02253	1.450908	3.632801e-07
1.02749	1.450872	3.714350e-07
1.03247	1.450836	3.796294e-07
1.03748	1.4508	3.878635e-07
1.04251	1.450765	3.961375e-07
1.04757	1.45073	4.044517e-07
1.05264	1.450696	4.128062e-07
1.05775	1.450662	4.212012e-07
1.06288	1.450628	4.296369e-07
1.0648	1.450615	4.328000e-07
1.06803	1.450594	4.454661e-07
1.07321	1.450561	4.657703e-07
1.07841	1.450528	4.861730e-07
1.08364	1.450496	5.066746e-07
1.0889	1.450463	5.272756e-07
1.09417	1.450431	5.479764e-07
1.09948	1.4504	5.687777e-07
1.10481	1.450369	5.896798e-07
1.11017	1.450338	6.106832e-07
1.11555	1.450307	6.317885e-07
1.12096	1.450277	6.529961e-07
1.12639	1.450247	6.743066e-07
1.13186	1.450217	6.957204e-07
1.13734	1.450187	7.172380e-07
1.14286	1.450158	7.388599e-07
1.1484	1.450129	7.605866e-07
1.15397	1.450101	7.824188e-07
1.15956	1.450072	8.043567e-07
1.16518	1.450044	8.264010e-07
1.17083	1.450017	8.485523e-07
1.17651	1.449989	8.708109e-07
1.18222	1.449962	8.931774e-07
1.18795	1.449935	9.156524e-07
1.19371	1.449908	9.382363e-07
1.1995	1.449882	9.609298e-07
1.20531	1.449856	9.837333e-07
1.21116	1.44983	1.006647e-06
1.21703	1.449804	1.029672e-06
1.22293	1.449779	1.052809e-06
1.22886	1.449753	1.076058e-06
1.23482	1.449728	1.099420e-06
1.2408	1.449704	1.122895e-06
1.24682	1.449679	1.146484e-06
1.25286	1.449655	1.170187e-06
1.25894	1.449631	1.194005e-06
1.26504	1.449607	1.217939e-06
1.27118	1.449584	1.241988e-06
1.27734	1.449561	1.266154e-06
1.28353	1.449538	1.290438e-06
1.28976	1.449515	1.314839e-06
1.29601	1.449492	1.339358e-06
1.3	1.449478	1.355000e-06
1.30229	1.44947	1.369823e-06
1.30861	1.449448	1.410613e-06
1.31495	1.449426	1.451601e-06
1.32133	1.449404	1.492788e-06
1.32774	1.449383	1.534174e-06
1.33417	1.449361	1.575761e-06
1.34064	1.44934	1.617550e-06
1.34714	1.44932	1.659542e-06
1.35367	1.449299	1.701737e-06
1.36024	1.449278	1.744136e-06
1.36683	1.449258	1.786741e-06
1.37346	1.449238	1.829553e-06
1.38012	1.449218	1.872572e-06
1.38681	1.449199	1.915800e-06
1.39354	1.449179	1.959238e-06
1.40029	1.44916	2.002886e-06
1.40708	1.449141	2.046746e-06
1.4139	1.449122	2.090818e-06
1.42076	1.449103	2.135104e-06
1.42765	1.449084	2.179605e-06
1.43457	1.449066	2.224321e-06
1.44153	1.449048	2.269255e-06
1.44851	1.44903	2.314406e-06
1.45554	1.449012	2.359776e-06
1.4626	1.448994	2.405366e-06
1.46969	1.448977	2.451177e-06
1.47681	1.44896	2.497211e-06
1.48397	1.448942	2.543467e-06
1.49117	1.448925	2.589948e-06
1.4984	1.448909	2.636654e-06
1.50566	1.448892	2.683587e-06
1.51296	1.448875	2.730747e-06
1.5203	1.448859	2.778136e-06
1.52767	1.448843	2.825754e-06
1.53508	1.448827	2.873604e-06
1.54252	1.448811	2.921685e-06
1.55	1.448795	2.970000e-06

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

Transmittance T: —
Reflectance R: —

Fresnel reflection calculator

R_p: —
R_s: —
R = (R_p+R_s)/2: —
Phase φ_p: —
Phase φ_s: —
Brewster angle θ_B: —
Critical angle θ_C: —

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