Optical constants

Refractive index of ZF11 (CDGM)

ZF11: n,k 0.365–0.7065 µm

Data: formula 3 + tabulated k
Range: 0.365–0.7065 µm
Temperature: 293 K
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength. Note: k data cover 370-2400 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 365-706.5 nm.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.69894
Extinction coefficient k: 4.69952e-08

Permittivity ε₁: 2.88641
Permittivity ε₂: 1.59685e-07

Absorption coefficient α: 0.0100504 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 1.98998e+09 nm

Abbe number V_d: 30.066
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.117084 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.76774
Group velocity dispersion: 236.098 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -1288.04 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

# ZF11 (CDGM): ZF11
cdgm_zf11 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "CDGM-optical", "ZF11", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cdgm_zf11.range_nm)  # (365, 706.5) nm
eps = cdgm_zf11.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_1aef65acab70/lightsmith"
cdgm_zf11 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(cdgm_zf11.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (cdgm-zf11/cdgm).

# ... load cdgm_zf11 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=cdgm_zf11)],
    medium_index=1.0,
    wavelengths=ls.WavelengthRange(start_nm=400, stop_nm=706, 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

Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µm

n^{2} = 2.7906689 - 0.010644977 λ^{2.0} + 0.029071854 λ^{- 2.0} + 0.0021286607 λ^{- 4.0} - 0.00015815625 λ^{- 6.0} + 1.7145247 \times 10^{-5} λ^{- 8.0}

Valid from 0.365 to 0.7065 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	2.7906689
C2	-0.010644977
C3	2.0
C4	0.029071854
C5	-2.0
C6	0.0021286607
C7	-4.0
C8	-0.00015815625
C9	-6.0
C10	1.7145247e-05
C11	-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature: 293 K

Properties

nd: 1.698949
Vd: 30.065686
glass code: 699301
glass status: preferred
density: value: 4059
thermal expansion: value: 7.3e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 8.8e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF: 0.0048

Notes on the source data (kept exactly as published):

k data cover 370-2400 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 365-706.5 nm

References

CDGM Zemax catalog 2022-06 (obtained from http://www.cdgmgd.com)
See also CDGM optical glass data sheets

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 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

ZF11 (CDGM), ZF11: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.365	1.764919	0
0.365605	1.764474	0
0.36621	1.764031	0
0.366817	1.763591	0
0.367425	1.763154	0
0.368033	1.76272	0
0.368643	1.762288	0
0.369254	1.76186	0
0.369865	1.761434	0
0.37	1.76134	7.829800e-06
0.370478	1.76101	7.595373e-06
0.371092	1.76059	7.294409e-06
0.371707	1.760172	6.992946e-06
0.372322	1.759756	6.690984e-06
0.372939	1.759343	6.388522e-06
0.373557	1.758933	6.085558e-06
0.374176	1.758525	5.782093e-06
0.374796	1.75812	5.478125e-06
0.375416	1.757717	5.173654e-06
0.376038	1.757317	4.868678e-06
0.376661	1.756919	4.563197e-06
0.377285	1.756523	4.257210e-06
0.37791	1.75613	3.950716e-06
0.378536	1.755739	3.643714e-06
0.379163	1.755351	3.336204e-06
0.379791	1.754965	3.028184e-06
0.38	1.754838	2.925900e-06
0.380421	1.754581	2.853182e-06
0.381051	1.7542	2.744222e-06
0.381682	1.753821	2.635081e-06
0.382314	1.753444	2.525759e-06
0.382948	1.753069	2.416256e-06
0.383582	1.752697	2.306571e-06
0.384217	1.752327	2.196705e-06
0.384854	1.751959	2.086657e-06
0.385491	1.751593	1.976427e-06
0.38613	1.751229	1.866013e-06
0.38677	1.750867	1.755418e-06
0.38741	1.750508	1.644638e-06
0.388052	1.750151	1.533676e-06
0.388695	1.749795	1.422529e-06
0.389339	1.749442	1.311199e-06
0.389984	1.749091	1.199684e-06
0.39	1.749082	1.196900e-06
0.39063	1.748741	1.155749e-06
0.391277	1.748394	1.113476e-06
0.391925	1.748049	1.071133e-06
0.392574	1.747705	1.028720e-06
0.393225	1.747364	9.862364e-07
0.393876	1.747025	9.436826e-07
0.394529	1.746687	9.010584e-07
0.395182	1.746352	8.583636e-07
0.395837	1.746018	8.155980e-07
0.396493	1.745686	7.727616e-07
0.397149	1.745356	7.298543e-07
0.397807	1.745028	6.868758e-07
0.398466	1.744701	6.438262e-07
0.399126	1.744377	6.007052e-07
0.399788	1.744054	5.575128e-07
0.4	1.743951	5.436400e-07
0.40045	1.743733	5.355843e-07
0.401113	1.743414	5.237066e-07
0.401778	1.743096	5.118092e-07
0.402443	1.742781	4.998921e-07
0.40311	1.742467	4.879552e-07
0.403778	1.742154	4.759986e-07
0.404447	1.741844	4.640222e-07
0.405117	1.741535	4.520259e-07
0.405788	1.741228	4.400097e-07
0.40646	1.740922	4.279737e-07
0.407133	1.740618	4.159177e-07
0.407808	1.740316	4.038417e-07
0.408483	1.740015	3.917458e-07
0.40916	1.739716	3.796298e-07
0.409838	1.739419	3.674937e-07
0.410517	1.739123	3.553375e-07
0.411197	1.738828	3.431612e-07
0.411878	1.738536	3.309647e-07
0.41256	1.738244	3.187480e-07
0.413244	1.737955	3.065111e-07
0.413928	1.737666	2.942539e-07
0.414614	1.73738	2.819764e-07
0.415301	1.737094	2.696786e-07
0.415989	1.736811	2.573604e-07
0.416678	1.736528	2.450217e-07
0.417368	1.736248	2.326627e-07
0.41806	1.735968	2.202831e-07
0.418752	1.73569	2.078831e-07
0.419446	1.735414	1.954625e-07
0.42	1.735195	1.855400e-07
0.420141	1.735139	1.850615e-07
0.420837	1.734865	1.826937e-07
0.421534	1.734593	1.803220e-07
0.422232	1.734322	1.779464e-07
0.422932	1.734053	1.755668e-07
0.423632	1.733785	1.731833e-07
0.424334	1.733518	1.707959e-07
0.425037	1.733253	1.684045e-07
0.425741	1.732989	1.660091e-07
0.426446	1.732726	1.636098e-07
0.427153	1.732464	1.612065e-07
0.42786	1.732204	1.587992e-07
0.428569	1.731945	1.563879e-07
0.429279	1.731688	1.539726e-07
0.42999	1.731432	1.515533e-07
0.430703	1.731177	1.491301e-07
0.431416	1.730923	1.467028e-07
0.432131	1.730671	1.442715e-07
0.432847	1.730419	1.418361e-07
0.433564	1.73017	1.393967e-07
0.434282	1.729921	1.369533e-07
0.435001	1.729673	1.345059e-07
0.435722	1.729427	1.320543e-07
0.436444	1.729182	1.295988e-07
0.437167	1.728938	1.271391e-07
0.437891	1.728695	1.246754e-07
0.438616	1.728454	1.222076e-07
0.439343	1.728213	1.197357e-07
0.44	1.727997	1.175000e-07
0.440071	1.727974	1.174123e-07
0.4408	1.727736	1.165075e-07
0.44153	1.727499	1.156012e-07
0.442261	1.727263	1.146934e-07
0.442994	1.727029	1.137841e-07
0.443728	1.726795	1.128733e-07
0.444463	1.726563	1.119609e-07
0.445199	1.726332	1.110471e-07
0.445937	1.726101	1.101317e-07
0.446675	1.725872	1.092149e-07
0.447415	1.725644	1.082965e-07
0.448156	1.725417	1.073766e-07
0.448899	1.725191	1.064551e-07
0.449643	1.724967	1.055322e-07
0.450387	1.724743	1.046077e-07
0.451133	1.72452	1.036817e-07
0.451881	1.724298	1.027541e-07
0.452629	1.724078	1.018250e-07
0.453379	1.723858	1.008944e-07
0.45413	1.72364	9.996221e-08
0.454883	1.723422	9.902850e-08
0.455636	1.723206	9.809323e-08
0.456391	1.72299	9.715642e-08
0.457147	1.722776	9.621805e-08
0.457904	1.722562	9.527813e-08
0.458663	1.722349	9.433666e-08
0.459423	1.722138	9.339362e-08
0.46	1.721978	9.267700e-08
0.460184	1.721927	9.253457e-08
0.460946	1.721718	9.194346e-08
0.46171	1.721509	9.135137e-08
0.462474	1.721301	9.075831e-08
0.463241	1.721094	9.016425e-08
0.464008	1.720888	8.956922e-08
0.464777	1.720684	8.897320e-08
0.465547	1.72048	8.837619e-08
0.466318	1.720276	8.777819e-08
0.46709	1.720074	8.717920e-08
0.467864	1.719873	8.657922e-08
0.468639	1.719673	8.597825e-08
0.469415	1.719473	8.537628e-08
0.470193	1.719275	8.477331e-08
0.470972	1.719077	8.416934e-08
0.471752	1.71888	8.356438e-08
0.472534	1.718685	8.295841e-08
0.473316	1.71849	8.235143e-08
0.474101	1.718295	8.174346e-08
0.474886	1.718102	8.113447e-08
0.475673	1.71791	8.052448e-08
0.476461	1.717718	7.991347e-08
0.47725	1.717527	7.930145e-08
0.47804	1.717338	7.868842e-08
0.478832	1.717149	7.807438e-08
0.479626	1.71696	7.745931e-08
0.48	1.716872	7.716900e-08
0.48042	1.716773	7.681118e-08
0.481216	1.716586	7.613335e-08
0.482013	1.716401	7.545440e-08
0.482812	1.716216	7.477433e-08
0.483611	1.716032	7.409313e-08
0.484413	1.715848	7.341080e-08
0.485215	1.715666	7.272734e-08
0.486019	1.715484	7.204275e-08
0.486824	1.715303	7.135702e-08
0.48763	1.715123	7.067016e-08
0.488438	1.714944	6.998216e-08
0.489247	1.714765	6.929302e-08
0.490058	1.714587	6.860274e-08
0.49087	1.71441	6.791131e-08
0.491683	1.714234	6.721875e-08
0.492497	1.714059	6.652503e-08
0.493313	1.713884	6.583016e-08
0.49413	1.71371	6.513414e-08
0.494949	1.713536	6.443697e-08
0.495769	1.713364	6.373865e-08
0.49659	1.713192	6.303917e-08
0.497413	1.713021	6.233853e-08
0.498237	1.712851	6.163673e-08
0.499062	1.712681	6.093376e-08
0.499889	1.712512	6.022963e-08
0.5	1.71249	6.013500e-08
0.500717	1.712344	5.990345e-08
0.501546	1.712177	5.963558e-08
0.502377	1.71201	5.936727e-08
0.50321	1.711844	5.909851e-08
0.504043	1.711679	5.882931e-08
0.504878	1.711514	5.855966e-08
0.505714	1.71135	5.828956e-08
0.506552	1.711187	5.801902e-08
0.507391	1.711024	5.774802e-08
0.508232	1.710862	5.747658e-08
0.509074	1.710701	5.720469e-08
0.509917	1.71054	5.693235e-08
0.510762	1.710381	5.665956e-08
0.511608	1.710221	5.638632e-08
0.512456	1.710063	5.611262e-08
0.513304	1.709905	5.583847e-08
0.514155	1.709748	5.556386e-08
0.515006	1.709591	5.528880e-08
0.51586	1.709435	5.501329e-08
0.516714	1.70928	5.473732e-08
0.51757	1.709125	5.446089e-08
0.518428	1.708971	5.418400e-08
0.519286	1.708818	5.390666e-08
0.520147	1.708665	5.362885e-08
0.521008	1.708513	5.335059e-08
0.521871	1.708362	5.307186e-08
0.522736	1.708211	5.279268e-08
0.523602	1.708061	5.251303e-08
0.524469	1.707911	5.223291e-08
0.525338	1.707762	5.195233e-08
0.526208	1.707614	5.167129e-08
0.52708	1.707466	5.138979e-08
0.527953	1.707319	5.110781e-08
0.528828	1.707172	5.082537e-08
0.529704	1.707026	5.054246e-08
0.530581	1.706881	5.025908e-08
0.53146	1.706736	4.997524e-08
0.532341	1.706592	4.969092e-08
0.533222	1.706448	4.940613e-08
0.534106	1.706305	4.912087e-08
0.534991	1.706162	4.883514e-08
0.535877	1.70602	4.854893e-08
0.536765	1.705879	4.826225e-08
0.537654	1.705738	4.797510e-08
0.538544	1.705598	4.768747e-08
0.539437	1.705459	4.739936e-08
0.54033	1.705319	4.711078e-08
0.541225	1.705181	4.682171e-08
0.542122	1.705043	4.653217e-08
0.54302	1.704906	4.624215e-08
0.543919	1.704769	4.595165e-08
0.544821	1.704632	4.566067e-08
0.545723	1.704497	4.536920e-08
0.546627	1.704361	4.507725e-08
0.547533	1.704227	4.478482e-08
0.54844	1.704092	4.449191e-08
0.549348	1.703959	4.419851e-08
0.55	1.703863	4.398800e-08
0.550258	1.703826	4.400865e-08
0.55117	1.703693	4.408156e-08
0.552083	1.703561	4.415458e-08
0.552997	1.70343	4.422773e-08
0.553913	1.703299	4.430100e-08
0.554831	1.703168	4.437439e-08
0.55575	1.703038	4.444790e-08
0.556671	1.702909	4.452153e-08
0.557593	1.70278	4.459528e-08
0.558517	1.702651	4.466916e-08
0.559442	1.702523	4.474316e-08
0.560369	1.702396	4.481728e-08
0.561297	1.702269	4.489153e-08
0.562227	1.702142	4.496590e-08
0.563158	1.702016	4.504039e-08
0.564091	1.701891	4.511500e-08
0.565025	1.701766	4.518974e-08
0.565961	1.701641	4.526460e-08
0.566899	1.701517	4.533959e-08
0.567838	1.701394	4.541470e-08
0.568779	1.701271	4.548993e-08
0.569721	1.701148	4.556529e-08
0.570665	1.701026	4.564077e-08
0.57161	1.700905	4.571638e-08
0.572557	1.700783	4.579212e-08
0.573506	1.700663	4.586798e-08
0.574456	1.700542	4.594396e-08
0.575407	1.700423	4.602007e-08
0.57636	1.700303	4.609631e-08
0.577315	1.700185	4.617267e-08
0.578272	1.700066	4.624916e-08
0.57923	1.699948	4.632578e-08
0.580189	1.699831	4.640252e-08
0.58115	1.699714	4.647940e-08
0.582113	1.699597	4.655639e-08
0.583077	1.699481	4.663352e-08
0.584043	1.699365	4.671077e-08
0.585011	1.69925	4.678815e-08
0.58598	1.699135	4.686566e-08
0.586951	1.699021	4.694330e-08
0.587923	1.698907	4.702107e-08
0.588897	1.698793	4.709896e-08
0.589872	1.69868	4.717699e-08
0.590849	1.698568	4.725514e-08
0.591828	1.698455	4.733343e-08
0.592809	1.698344	4.741184e-08
0.593791	1.698232	4.749038e-08
0.594774	1.698121	4.756905e-08
0.59576	1.698011	4.764786e-08
0.596747	1.697901	4.772679e-08
0.597735	1.697791	4.780586e-08
0.598725	1.697681	4.788505e-08
0.599717	1.697573	4.796438e-08
0.6	1.697542	4.798700e-08
0.600711	1.697464	4.796962e-08
0.601706	1.697356	4.794528e-08
0.602703	1.697248	4.792090e-08
0.603701	1.697141	4.789647e-08
0.604701	1.697034	4.787201e-08
0.605703	1.696928	4.784751e-08
0.606706	1.696822	4.782297e-08
0.607711	1.696716	4.779838e-08
0.608718	1.696611	4.777376e-08
0.609726	1.696506	4.774909e-08
0.610736	1.696401	4.772439e-08
0.611748	1.696297	4.769964e-08
0.612761	1.696193	4.767485e-08
0.613777	1.69609	4.765002e-08
0.614793	1.695987	4.762515e-08
0.615812	1.695885	4.760024e-08
0.616832	1.695782	4.757529e-08
0.617854	1.69568	4.755030e-08
0.618877	1.695579	4.752526e-08
0.619902	1.695478	4.750019e-08
0.620929	1.695377	4.747507e-08
0.621958	1.695277	4.744991e-08
0.622988	1.695177	4.742471e-08
0.62402	1.695077	4.739946e-08
0.625054	1.694978	4.737418e-08
0.62609	1.694879	4.734885e-08
0.627127	1.694781	4.732348e-08
0.628166	1.694682	4.729807e-08
0.629206	1.694585	4.727262e-08
0.630249	1.694487	4.724712e-08
0.631293	1.69439	4.722158e-08
0.632338	1.694293	4.719600e-08
0.633386	1.694197	4.717038e-08
0.634435	1.694101	4.714472e-08
0.635486	1.694005	4.711901e-08
0.636539	1.69391	4.709326e-08
0.637593	1.693815	4.706747e-08
0.63865	1.69372	4.704163e-08
0.639708	1.693626	4.701575e-08
0.640767	1.693532	4.698983e-08
0.641829	1.693438	4.696387e-08
0.642892	1.693345	4.693786e-08
0.643957	1.693252	4.691181e-08
0.645024	1.693159	4.688572e-08
0.646092	1.693067	4.685958e-08
0.647163	1.692975	4.683340e-08
0.648235	1.692883	4.680718e-08
0.649308	1.692792	4.678092e-08
0.65	1.692733	4.676400e-08
0.650384	1.692701	4.670536e-08
0.651461	1.69261	4.654086e-08
0.652541	1.69252	4.637609e-08
0.653622	1.69243	4.621105e-08
0.654704	1.69234	4.604573e-08
0.655789	1.692251	4.588014e-08
0.656875	1.692162	4.571427e-08
0.657964	1.692073	4.554813e-08
0.659053	1.691984	4.538171e-08
0.660145	1.691896	4.521502e-08
0.661239	1.691809	4.504805e-08
0.662334	1.691721	4.488081e-08
0.663431	1.691634	4.471329e-08
0.66453	1.691547	4.454549e-08
0.665631	1.69146	4.437741e-08
0.666734	1.691374	4.420906e-08
0.667838	1.691288	4.404042e-08
0.668945	1.691202	4.387151e-08
0.670053	1.691117	4.370232e-08
0.671163	1.691032	4.353284e-08
0.672275	1.690947	4.336309e-08
0.673388	1.690862	4.319305e-08
0.674504	1.690778	4.302274e-08
0.675621	1.690694	4.285214e-08
0.676741	1.690611	4.268126e-08
0.677862	1.690527	4.251009e-08
0.678985	1.690444	4.233864e-08
0.680109	1.690362	4.216691e-08
0.681236	1.690279	4.199489e-08
0.682364	1.690197	4.182259e-08
0.683495	1.690115	4.165000e-08
0.684627	1.690033	4.147713e-08
0.685761	1.689952	4.130397e-08
0.686897	1.689871	4.113052e-08
0.688035	1.68979	4.095679e-08
0.689175	1.68971	4.078277e-08
0.690317	1.689629	4.060846e-08
0.69146	1.689549	4.043386e-08
0.692606	1.68947	4.025897e-08
0.693753	1.68939	4.008379e-08
0.694902	1.689311	3.990833e-08
0.696053	1.689232	3.973257e-08
0.697206	1.689154	3.955652e-08
0.698361	1.689075	3.938018e-08
0.699518	1.688997	3.920354e-08
0.7	1.688965	3.913000e-08
0.700677	1.688919	3.912446e-08
0.701838	1.688842	3.911497e-08
0.703	1.688764	3.910546e-08
0.704165	1.688687	3.909593e-08
0.705332	1.688611	3.908639e-08
0.7065	1.688534	3.907683e-08

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

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Fresnel reflection calculator

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ZF11 (CDGM): all datasets

ZF (Dense flint)

ZF11 n,k 0.365–0.7065 µm default

About ZF11 (CDGM)

CDGM Glass Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of optical glass based in China. The company offers a wide range of optical materials, including various types of crown and flint glasses, which are used in applications ranging from consumer electronics to advanced scientific instruments. Known for their capacity for large-scale production as well as their commitment to quality, CDGM has positioned itself as a major player in both domestic and international markets. Their optical glass products are often used in lenses, prisms, and other optical components that require high precision and reliability. With an extensive catalog that caters to different optical requirements, such as high refractive indices or low dispersion, CDGM serves a diverse clientele including manufacturers of microscopes, telescopes, cameras, and other high-precision optical equipment. The company's expertise in glass science and its ability to provide customized solutions have made it a go-to supplier for businesses seeking high-quality, reliable optical glass.

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/specs/cdgm/optical/ZF11.yml
ID: ds_1aef65acab70
API: /v1/datasets/ds_1aef65acab70

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