Optical constants

Refractive index of D-LAF79 (CDGM)

D-LAF79: n,k 0.365–2.325 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.365–2.325 µm
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.365–2.325 µm
Refractive index n
1.73077
Extinction coefficient k
2.45299e-08
Permittivity ε1
2.99555
Permittivity ε2
8.49112e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00524595 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
3.81246e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
40.508
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0919586 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.7848
Group velocity dispersion
173.719 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-947.728 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
2.11001 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, ng = 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

# D-LAF79 (CDGM): D-LAF79
cdgm_d_laf79 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "CDGM-optical", "D-LAF79", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cdgm_d_laf79.range_nm)  # (365, 2325) nm
eps = cdgm_d_laf79.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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

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Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (C in µm²) (formula 2), λ in µm
n2−1=0.26530456λ2λ2−0.0420844203+1.45255299λ2λ2−117.349274+1.65170478λ2λ2−0.00935611552

Valid from 0.365 to 2.325 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C20.26530456
C30.0420844203
C41.45255299
C5117.349274
C61.65170478
C70.00935611552

Comments and conditions

anneal rate:4°C/h

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

nd
1.730770
Vd
40.508021
glass code
731405
density
value: 3210
thermal expansion
value: 9e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 1.11e-05, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0047
resistance
climatic: 3.0

References

Cite

CDGM Zemax catalog 2022-06 (obtained from http://www.cdgmgd.com); See also CDGM optical glass data sheets; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 425 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
D-LAF79 (CDGM), D-LAF79: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.3651.7783768.809100e-07
0.3666981.777568.048888e-07
0.3684031.7767557.285140e-07
0.371.7760166.570200e-07
0.3701171.7759626.545063e-07
0.3718381.775186.174984e-07
0.3735681.7744085.803184e-07
0.3753061.7736475.429655e-07
0.3770511.7728975.054388e-07
0.3788051.7721574.677376e-07
0.381.771664.420500e-07
0.3805671.7714264.343568e-07
0.3823371.7707064.103395e-07
0.3841161.7699953.862105e-07
0.3859021.7692933.619693e-07
0.3876971.7686013.376153e-07
0.38951.7679183.131480e-07
0.391.7677313.063700e-07
0.3913121.7672442.942406e-07
0.3931321.7665782.774154e-07
0.3949611.7659222.605119e-07
0.3967981.7652732.435298e-07
0.3986441.7646342.264688e-07
0.41.764172.139300e-07
0.4004981.7640022.119146e-07
0.4023611.7633782.043729e-07
0.4042321.7627631.967961e-07
0.4061121.7621551.891840e-07
0.4080011.7615541.815366e-07
0.4098991.7609621.738535e-07
0.4118061.7603761.661348e-07
0.4137211.7597981.583801e-07
0.4156451.7592271.505893e-07
0.4175791.7586641.427624e-07
0.4195211.7581071.348990e-07
0.421.7579711.329600e-07
0.4214721.7575561.304921e-07
0.4234331.7570131.272063e-07
0.4254021.7564761.239052e-07
0.4273811.7559461.205887e-07
0.4293691.7554221.172568e-07
0.4313661.7549041.139094e-07
0.4333721.7543931.105464e-07
0.4353881.7538871.071678e-07
0.4374131.7533881.037735e-07
0.4394481.7528941.003633e-07
0.441.7527629.943800e-08
0.4414921.7524079.753690e-08
0.4435451.7519259.492020e-08
0.4456091.7514499.229132e-08
0.4476811.7509788.965022e-08
0.4497641.7505128.699683e-08
0.4518561.7500538.433110e-08
0.4539571.7495988.165298e-08
0.4560691.7491497.896239e-08
0.458191.7487047.625929e-08
0.461.7483317.395300e-08
0.4603211.7482657.363014e-08
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0.4646131.7474026.931672e-08
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0.5074391.7400943.795835e-08
0.5097991.7397493.731405e-08
0.512171.7394093.666675e-08
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0.5619811.7332922.576323e-08
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2.199071.6911861.005847e-06
2.21.6911681.008900e-06
2.20931.6909911.147972e-06
2.219571.6907941.301703e-06
2.22991.6905961.456150e-06
2.240271.6903961.611315e-06
2.250691.6901941.767201e-06
2.261161.6899911.923813e-06
2.271671.6897862.081153e-06
2.282241.6895792.239225e-06
2.292861.689372.398033e-06
2.303521.6891592.557578e-06
2.314241.6889462.717866e-06
2.3251.6887312.878900e-06

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence
Method
Transmittance T
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Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator

Direction
Rp
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Rs
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R = (Rp+Rs)/2
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Phase φp
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Phase φs
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Brewster angle θB
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Critical angle θC
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