Optical constants

Refractive index of ZF5 (CDGM)

ZF5: 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.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.73999
Extinction coefficient k: 9.36134e-09

Permittivity ε₁: 3.02758
Permittivity ε₂: 3.25774e-08

Absorption coefficient α: 0.00200201 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 9.98996e+09 nm

Abbe number V_d: 28.245
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.131752 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.81741
Group velocity dispersion: 268.117 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -1462.72 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

# ZF5 (CDGM): ZF5
cdgm_zf5 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "CDGM-optical", "ZF5", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cdgm_zf5.range_nm)  # (365, 706.5) nm
eps = cdgm_zf5.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_f7ca3534316a/lightsmith"
cdgm_zf5 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(cdgm_zf5.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (cdgm-zf5/cdgm).

# ... load cdgm_zf5 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=cdgm_zf5)],
    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} = 2.9160432 - 0.010435647 λ^{2.0} + 0.033907872 λ^{- 2.0} + 0.0022728802 λ^{- 4.0} - 0.00013563213 λ^{- 6.0} + 1.6527592 \times 10^{-5} λ^{- 8.0}

Valid from 0.365 to 0.7065 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	2.9160432
C2	-0.010435647
C3	2.0
C4	0.033907872
C5	-2.0
C6	0.0022728802
C7	-4.0
C8	-0.00013563213
C9	-6.0
C10	1.6527592e-05
C11	-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature: 293 K

Properties

nd: 1.739999
Vd: 28.245048
glass code: 740282
glass status: preferred
density: value: 4650
thermal expansion: value: 8.6e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 9.8e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF: 0.0039

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

ZF5 (CDGM), ZF5: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.365	1.814478	3.012300e-06
0.365605	1.813978	2.867426e-06
0.36621	1.813481	2.722312e-06
0.366817	1.812988	2.576958e-06
0.367425	1.812497	2.431363e-06
0.368033	1.812009	2.285526e-06
0.368643	1.811525	2.139448e-06
0.369254	1.811043	1.993128e-06
0.369865	1.810564	1.846566e-06
0.37	1.810459	1.814300e-06
0.370478	1.810089	1.771096e-06
0.371092	1.809616	1.715628e-06
0.371707	1.809146	1.660069e-06
0.372322	1.808679	1.604418e-06
0.372939	1.808214	1.548675e-06
0.373557	1.807753	1.492839e-06
0.374176	1.807294	1.436911e-06
0.374796	1.806838	1.380891e-06
0.375416	1.806385	1.324777e-06
0.376038	1.805934	1.268570e-06
0.376661	1.805487	1.212271e-06
0.377285	1.805042	1.155878e-06
0.37791	1.804599	1.099392e-06
0.378536	1.804159	1.042812e-06
0.379163	1.803722	9.861382e-07
0.379791	1.803287	9.293707e-07
0.38	1.803144	9.105200e-07
0.380421	1.802855	8.934387e-07
0.381051	1.802425	8.678440e-07
0.381682	1.801998	8.422069e-07
0.382314	1.801574	8.165273e-07
0.382948	1.801151	7.908052e-07
0.383582	1.800732	7.650404e-07
0.384217	1.800314	7.392330e-07
0.384854	1.7999	7.133828e-07
0.385491	1.799487	6.874898e-07
0.38613	1.799077	6.615539e-07
0.38677	1.798669	6.355751e-07
0.38741	1.798264	6.095532e-07
0.388052	1.797861	5.834882e-07
0.388695	1.79746	5.573800e-07
0.389339	1.797061	5.312286e-07
0.389984	1.796665	5.050338e-07
0.39	1.796655	5.043800e-07
0.39063	1.796271	4.906385e-07
0.391277	1.795879	4.765225e-07
0.391925	1.795489	4.623832e-07
0.392574	1.795102	4.482204e-07
0.393225	1.794717	4.340341e-07
0.393876	1.794333	4.198243e-07
0.394529	1.793952	4.055910e-07
0.395182	1.793574	3.913342e-07
0.395837	1.793197	3.770537e-07
0.396493	1.792822	3.627495e-07
0.397149	1.792449	3.484216e-07
0.397807	1.792079	3.340701e-07
0.398466	1.79171	3.196947e-07
0.399126	1.791343	3.052955e-07
0.399788	1.790979	2.908725e-07
0.4	1.790862	2.862400e-07
0.40045	1.790616	2.821685e-07
0.401113	1.790256	2.761653e-07
0.401778	1.789897	2.701521e-07
0.402443	1.78954	2.641290e-07
0.40311	1.789185	2.580959e-07
0.403778	1.788833	2.520528e-07
0.404447	1.788482	2.459997e-07
0.405117	1.788132	2.399366e-07
0.405788	1.787785	2.338635e-07
0.40646	1.78744	2.277802e-07
0.407133	1.787096	2.216869e-07
0.407808	1.786754	2.155835e-07
0.408483	1.786414	2.094700e-07
0.40916	1.786076	2.033464e-07
0.409838	1.78574	1.972126e-07
0.410517	1.785405	1.910686e-07
0.411197	1.785072	1.849145e-07
0.411878	1.784741	1.787502e-07
0.41256	1.784412	1.725757e-07
0.413244	1.784084	1.663909e-07
0.413928	1.783758	1.601959e-07
0.414614	1.783434	1.539906e-07
0.415301	1.783112	1.477751e-07
0.415989	1.782791	1.415493e-07
0.416678	1.782471	1.353131e-07
0.417368	1.782154	1.290666e-07
0.41806	1.781838	1.228098e-07
0.418752	1.781523	1.165426e-07
0.419446	1.781211	1.102650e-07
0.42	1.780962	1.052500e-07
0.420141	1.780899	1.048070e-07
0.420837	1.78059	1.026154e-07
0.421534	1.780282	1.004201e-07
0.422232	1.779975	9.822120e-08
0.422932	1.779671	9.601864e-08
0.423632	1.779367	9.381243e-08
0.424334	1.779065	9.160257e-08
0.425037	1.778765	8.938904e-08
0.425741	1.778466	8.717185e-08
0.426446	1.778169	8.495099e-08
0.427153	1.777873	8.272645e-08
0.42786	1.777579	8.049822e-08
0.428569	1.777286	7.826630e-08
0.429279	1.776994	7.603068e-08
0.42999	1.776704	7.379137e-08
0.430703	1.776416	7.154834e-08
0.431416	1.776129	6.930159e-08
0.432131	1.775843	6.705112e-08
0.432847	1.775559	6.479693e-08
0.433564	1.775276	6.253900e-08
0.434282	1.774994	6.027733e-08
0.435001	1.774714	5.801191e-08
0.435722	1.774435	5.574274e-08
0.436444	1.774158	5.346982e-08
0.437167	1.773882	5.119312e-08
0.437891	1.773607	4.891266e-08
0.438616	1.773334	4.662841e-08
0.439343	1.773062	4.434039e-08
0.44	1.772817	4.227100e-08
0.440071	1.772791	4.219951e-08
0.4408	1.772522	4.146172e-08
0.44153	1.772253	4.072270e-08
0.442261	1.771987	3.998246e-08
0.442994	1.771721	3.924100e-08
0.443728	1.771457	3.849830e-08
0.444463	1.771194	3.775438e-08
0.445199	1.770932	3.700922e-08
0.445937	1.770671	3.626283e-08
0.446675	1.770412	3.551520e-08
0.447415	1.770154	3.476633e-08
0.448156	1.769897	3.401622e-08
0.448899	1.769641	3.326487e-08
0.449643	1.769387	3.251228e-08
0.450387	1.769134	3.175844e-08
0.451133	1.768882	3.100335e-08
0.451881	1.768631	3.024701e-08
0.452629	1.768381	2.948941e-08
0.453379	1.768132	2.873056e-08
0.45413	1.767885	2.797046e-08
0.454883	1.767639	2.720909e-08
0.455636	1.767394	2.644647e-08
0.456391	1.76715	2.568258e-08
0.457147	1.766907	2.491742e-08
0.457904	1.766665	2.415100e-08
0.458663	1.766425	2.338331e-08
0.459423	1.766185	2.261434e-08
0.46	1.766004	2.203000e-08
0.460184	1.765947	2.193307e-08
0.460946	1.76571	2.153079e-08
0.46171	1.765474	2.112784e-08
0.462474	1.765238	2.072423e-08
0.463241	1.765004	2.031995e-08
0.464008	1.764771	1.991499e-08
0.464777	1.76454	1.950937e-08
0.465547	1.764309	1.910307e-08
0.466318	1.764079	1.869611e-08
0.46709	1.76385	1.828846e-08
0.467864	1.763623	1.788014e-08
0.468639	1.763396	1.747115e-08
0.469415	1.76317	1.706148e-08
0.470193	1.762946	1.665113e-08
0.470972	1.762722	1.624010e-08
0.471752	1.762499	1.582839e-08
0.472534	1.762278	1.541599e-08
0.473316	1.762057	1.500292e-08
0.474101	1.761838	1.458916e-08
0.474886	1.761619	1.417471e-08
0.475673	1.761401	1.375958e-08
0.476461	1.761185	1.334376e-08
0.47725	1.760969	1.292725e-08
0.47804	1.760754	1.251005e-08
0.478832	1.76054	1.209216e-08
0.479626	1.760327	1.167357e-08
0.48	1.760227	1.147600e-08
0.48042	1.760116	1.148606e-08
0.481216	1.759905	1.150512e-08
0.482013	1.759694	1.152421e-08
0.482812	1.759485	1.154334e-08
0.483611	1.759277	1.156249e-08
0.484413	1.75907	1.158168e-08
0.485215	1.758863	1.160090e-08
0.486019	1.758658	1.162015e-08
0.486824	1.758453	1.163943e-08
0.48763	1.75825	1.165875e-08
0.488438	1.758047	1.167810e-08
0.489247	1.757845	1.169747e-08
0.490058	1.757644	1.171689e-08
0.49087	1.757444	1.173633e-08
0.491683	1.757245	1.175580e-08
0.492497	1.757046	1.177531e-08
0.493313	1.756849	1.179485e-08
0.49413	1.756652	1.181442e-08
0.494949	1.756456	1.183403e-08
0.495769	1.756261	1.185366e-08
0.49659	1.756067	1.187333e-08
0.497413	1.755873	1.189304e-08
0.498237	1.755681	1.191277e-08
0.499062	1.755489	1.193254e-08
0.499889	1.755298	1.195234e-08
0.5	1.755273	1.195500e-08
0.500717	1.755108	1.190922e-08
0.501546	1.754919	1.185625e-08
0.502377	1.754731	1.180320e-08
0.50321	1.754543	1.175006e-08
0.504043	1.754356	1.169683e-08
0.504878	1.75417	1.164351e-08
0.505714	1.753985	1.159011e-08
0.506552	1.7538	1.153661e-08
0.507391	1.753617	1.148303e-08
0.508232	1.753434	1.142936e-08
0.509074	1.753252	1.137560e-08
0.509917	1.75307	1.132175e-08
0.510762	1.75289	1.126781e-08
0.511608	1.75271	1.121378e-08
0.512456	1.752531	1.115967e-08
0.513304	1.752353	1.110546e-08
0.514155	1.752175	1.105116e-08
0.515006	1.751998	1.099678e-08
0.51586	1.751822	1.094230e-08
0.516714	1.751647	1.088773e-08
0.51757	1.751472	1.083307e-08
0.518428	1.751298	1.077833e-08
0.519286	1.751125	1.072349e-08
0.520147	1.750953	1.066856e-08
0.521008	1.750781	1.061354e-08
0.521871	1.75061	1.055843e-08
0.522736	1.750439	1.050322e-08
0.523602	1.75027	1.044793e-08
0.524469	1.750101	1.039254e-08
0.525338	1.749933	1.033707e-08
0.526208	1.749765	1.028150e-08
0.52708	1.749598	1.022583e-08
0.527953	1.749432	1.017008e-08
0.528828	1.749267	1.011423e-08
0.529704	1.749102	1.005829e-08
0.530581	1.748938	1.000226e-08
0.53146	1.748775	9.946139e-09
0.532341	1.748612	9.889922e-09
0.533222	1.74845	9.833612e-09
0.534106	1.748288	9.777208e-09
0.534991	1.748128	9.720711e-09
0.535877	1.747967	9.664120e-09
0.536765	1.747808	9.607436e-09
0.537654	1.747649	9.550657e-09
0.538544	1.747491	9.493785e-09
0.539437	1.747333	9.436818e-09
0.54033	1.747177	9.379757e-09
0.541225	1.74702	9.322602e-09
0.542122	1.746865	9.265352e-09
0.54302	1.74671	9.208007e-09
0.543919	1.746555	9.150567e-09
0.544821	1.746402	9.093032e-09
0.545723	1.746249	9.035401e-09
0.546627	1.746096	8.977675e-09
0.547533	1.745944	8.919854e-09
0.54844	1.745793	8.861936e-09
0.549348	1.745642	8.803923e-09
0.55	1.745535	8.762300e-09
0.550258	1.745492	8.766413e-09
0.55117	1.745343	8.780936e-09
0.552083	1.745194	8.795483e-09
0.552997	1.745045	8.810054e-09
0.553913	1.744898	8.824649e-09
0.554831	1.744751	8.839268e-09
0.55575	1.744604	8.853911e-09
0.556671	1.744458	8.868579e-09
0.557593	1.744313	8.883271e-09
0.558517	1.744168	8.897987e-09
0.559442	1.744024	8.912728e-09
0.560369	1.74388	8.927493e-09
0.561297	1.743737	8.942283e-09
0.562227	1.743595	8.957097e-09
0.563158	1.743453	8.971935e-09
0.564091	1.743311	8.986798e-09
0.565025	1.743171	9.001686e-09
0.565961	1.74303	9.016599e-09
0.566899	1.742891	9.031536e-09
0.567838	1.742752	9.046498e-09
0.568779	1.742613	9.061484e-09
0.569721	1.742475	9.076496e-09
0.570665	1.742337	9.091532e-09
0.57161	1.7422	9.106593e-09
0.572557	1.742064	9.121680e-09
0.573506	1.741928	9.136791e-09
0.574456	1.741793	9.151927e-09
0.575407	1.741658	9.167089e-09
0.57636	1.741523	9.182275e-09
0.577315	1.74139	9.197487e-09
0.578272	1.741256	9.212723e-09
0.57923	1.741124	9.227985e-09
0.580189	1.740991	9.243273e-09
0.58115	1.74086	9.258585e-09
0.582113	1.740728	9.273923e-09
0.583077	1.740598	9.289287e-09
0.584043	1.740467	9.304676e-09
0.585011	1.740338	9.320090e-09
0.58598	1.740208	9.335530e-09
0.586951	1.74008	9.350996e-09
0.587923	1.739952	9.366487e-09
0.588897	1.739824	9.382003e-09
0.589872	1.739697	9.397546e-09
0.590849	1.73957	9.413114e-09
0.591828	1.739444	9.428708e-09
0.592809	1.739318	9.444328e-09
0.593791	1.739192	9.459974e-09
0.594774	1.739068	9.475645e-09
0.59576	1.738943	9.491343e-09
0.596747	1.738819	9.507067e-09
0.597735	1.738696	9.522816e-09
0.598725	1.738573	9.538592e-09
0.599717	1.738451	9.554394e-09
0.6	1.738416	9.558900e-09
0.600711	1.738329	9.570215e-09
0.601706	1.738207	9.586059e-09
0.602703	1.738086	9.601930e-09
0.603701	1.737965	9.617826e-09
0.604701	1.737845	9.633750e-09
0.605703	1.737726	9.649699e-09
0.606706	1.737606	9.665675e-09
0.607711	1.737487	9.681678e-09
0.608718	1.737369	9.697707e-09
0.609726	1.737251	9.713762e-09
0.610736	1.737134	9.729844e-09
0.611748	1.737017	9.745953e-09
0.612761	1.7369	9.762088e-09
0.613777	1.736784	9.778251e-09
0.614793	1.736668	9.794440e-09
0.615812	1.736553	9.810655e-09
0.616832	1.736438	9.826898e-09
0.617854	1.736324	9.843168e-09
0.618877	1.73621	9.859464e-09
0.619902	1.736096	9.875787e-09
0.620929	1.735983	9.892138e-09
0.621958	1.73587	9.908516e-09
0.622988	1.735758	9.924920e-09
0.62402	1.735646	9.941352e-09
0.625054	1.735535	9.957811e-09
0.62609	1.735424	9.974298e-09
0.627127	1.735313	9.990812e-09
0.628166	1.735203	1.000735e-08
0.629206	1.735093	1.002392e-08
0.630249	1.734983	1.004052e-08
0.631293	1.734874	1.005714e-08
0.632338	1.734766	1.007379e-08
0.633386	1.734658	1.009047e-08
0.634435	1.73455	1.010718e-08
0.635486	1.734442	1.012391e-08
0.636539	1.734335	1.014067e-08
0.637593	1.734229	1.015746e-08
0.63865	1.734122	1.017428e-08
0.639708	1.734017	1.019112e-08
0.640767	1.733911	1.020800e-08
0.641829	1.733806	1.022490e-08
0.642892	1.733701	1.024183e-08
0.643957	1.733597	1.025878e-08
0.645024	1.733493	1.027577e-08
0.646092	1.73339	1.029278e-08
0.647163	1.733286	1.030982e-08
0.648235	1.733184	1.032689e-08
0.649308	1.733081	1.034399e-08
0.65	1.733015	1.035500e-08
0.650384	1.732979	1.036112e-08
0.651461	1.732877	1.037830e-08
0.652541	1.732776	1.039550e-08
0.653622	1.732675	1.041273e-08
0.654704	1.732574	1.042999e-08
0.655789	1.732474	1.044728e-08
0.656875	1.732374	1.046459e-08
0.657964	1.732275	1.048194e-08
0.659053	1.732176	1.049931e-08
0.660145	1.732077	1.051672e-08
0.661239	1.731978	1.053415e-08
0.662334	1.73188	1.055161e-08
0.663431	1.731783	1.056910e-08
0.66453	1.731685	1.058662e-08
0.665631	1.731588	1.060416e-08
0.666734	1.731491	1.062174e-08
0.667838	1.731395	1.063934e-08
0.668945	1.731299	1.065698e-08
0.670053	1.731203	1.067464e-08
0.671163	1.731108	1.069234e-08
0.672275	1.731013	1.071006e-08
0.673388	1.730918	1.072781e-08
0.674504	1.730824	1.074559e-08
0.675621	1.73073	1.076340e-08
0.676741	1.730636	1.078124e-08
0.677862	1.730543	1.079911e-08
0.678985	1.73045	1.081701e-08
0.680109	1.730357	1.083494e-08
0.681236	1.730265	1.085290e-08
0.682364	1.730173	1.087089e-08
0.683495	1.730081	1.088891e-08
0.684627	1.72999	1.090696e-08
0.685761	1.729899	1.092503e-08
0.686897	1.729808	1.094314e-08
0.688035	1.729718	1.096128e-08
0.689175	1.729628	1.097945e-08
0.690317	1.729538	1.099765e-08
0.69146	1.729448	1.101588e-08
0.692606	1.729359	1.103413e-08
0.693753	1.72927	1.105242e-08
0.694902	1.729182	1.107074e-08
0.696053	1.729093	1.108909e-08
0.697206	1.729006	1.110747e-08
0.698361	1.728918	1.112588e-08
0.699518	1.728831	1.114432e-08
0.7	1.728794	1.115200e-08
0.700677	1.728743	1.116279e-08
0.701838	1.728657	1.118128e-08
0.703	1.72857	1.119980e-08
0.704165	1.728484	1.121835e-08
0.705332	1.728398	1.123693e-08
0.7065	1.728313	1.125554e-08

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

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Fresnel reflection calculator

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ZF5 (CDGM): all datasets

ZF (Dense flint)

ZF5 n,k 0.365–0.7065 µm default

About ZF5 (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/ZF5.yml
ID: ds_f7ca3534316a
API: /v1/datasets/ds_f7ca3534316a

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