Optical constants

Refractive index of ZF8 (CDGM)

ZF8: 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: 1.65446
Extinction coefficient k: 2.34385e-08

Permittivity ε₁: 2.73723
Permittivity ε₂: 7.75559e-08

Absorption coefficient α: 0.00501254 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 3.98999e+09 nm

Abbe number V_d: 33.651
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0984045 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.71228
Group velocity dispersion: 193.95 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -1058.1 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

# ZF8 (CDGM): ZF8
cdgm_zf8 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "CDGM-optical", "ZF8", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(cdgm_zf8.range_nm)  # (365, 706.5) nm
eps = cdgm_zf8.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_ad2655caeeec/lightsmith"
cdgm_zf8 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(cdgm_zf8.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (cdgm-zf8/cdgm).

# ... load cdgm_zf8 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=cdgm_zf8)],
    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} = 2.6567173 - 0.0091117044 λ^{2.0} + 0.025815197 λ^{- 2.0} + 0.0011203564 λ^{- 4.0} - 4.1066817 \times 10^{-5} λ^{- 6.0} + 6.9242011 \times 10^{-6} λ^{- 8.0}

Valid from 0.365 to 0.7065 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	2.6567173
C2	-0.0091117044
C3	2.0
C4	0.025815197
C5	-2.0
C6	0.0011203564
C7	-4.0
C8	-4.1066817e-05
C9	-6.0
C10	6.9242011e-06
C11	-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature: 293 K

Properties

nd: 1.654460
Vd: 33.651201
glass code: 654337
glass status: preferred
density: value: 3910
thermal expansion: value: 7.6e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 8.9e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF: -0.0001
resistance: climatic: 1.0

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

ZF8 (CDGM), ZF8: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.365	1.707926	7.219750e-07
0.365605	1.707581	6.954775e-07
0.36621	1.707238	6.689360e-07
0.366817	1.706896	6.423506e-07
0.367425	1.706557	6.157212e-07
0.368033	1.70622	5.890476e-07
0.368643	1.705885	5.623299e-07
0.369254	1.705551	5.355679e-07
0.369865	1.70522	5.087615e-07
0.37	1.705147	5.028600e-07
0.370478	1.70489	4.945344e-07
0.371092	1.704562	4.838458e-07
0.371707	1.704236	4.731395e-07
0.372322	1.703912	4.624154e-07
0.372939	1.703589	4.516736e-07
0.373557	1.703269	4.409140e-07
0.374176	1.70295	4.301365e-07
0.374796	1.702633	4.193412e-07
0.375416	1.702317	4.085281e-07
0.376038	1.702004	3.976970e-07
0.376661	1.701692	3.868479e-07
0.377285	1.701382	3.759809e-07
0.37791	1.701073	3.650959e-07
0.378536	1.700766	3.541929e-07
0.379163	1.700461	3.432718e-07
0.379791	1.700157	3.323326e-07
0.38	1.700057	3.287000e-07
0.380421	1.699856	3.237877e-07
0.381051	1.699555	3.164270e-07
0.381682	1.699257	3.090541e-07
0.382314	1.69896	3.016691e-07
0.382948	1.698664	2.942717e-07
0.383582	1.69837	2.868622e-07
0.384217	1.698078	2.794403e-07
0.384854	1.697787	2.720062e-07
0.385491	1.697498	2.645597e-07
0.38613	1.697211	2.571010e-07
0.38677	1.696924	2.496298e-07
0.38741	1.69664	2.421463e-07
0.388052	1.696357	2.346504e-07
0.388695	1.696075	2.271420e-07
0.389339	1.695795	2.196213e-07
0.389984	1.695516	2.120880e-07
0.39	1.695509	2.119000e-07
0.39063	1.695239	2.071553e-07
0.391277	1.694963	2.022813e-07
0.391925	1.694689	1.973992e-07
0.392574	1.694416	1.925090e-07
0.393225	1.694144	1.876108e-07
0.393876	1.693874	1.827044e-07
0.394529	1.693605	1.777899e-07
0.395182	1.693338	1.728672e-07
0.395837	1.693072	1.679364e-07
0.396493	1.692807	1.629974e-07
0.397149	1.692544	1.580503e-07
0.397807	1.692282	1.530949e-07
0.398466	1.692022	1.481313e-07
0.399126	1.691762	1.431595e-07
0.399788	1.691504	1.381795e-07
0.4	1.691422	1.365800e-07
0.40045	1.691248	1.353340e-07
0.401113	1.690992	1.334969e-07
0.401778	1.690738	1.316567e-07
0.402443	1.690485	1.298134e-07
0.40311	1.690234	1.279671e-07
0.403778	1.689984	1.261178e-07
0.404447	1.689735	1.242654e-07
0.405117	1.689487	1.224099e-07
0.405788	1.68924	1.205513e-07
0.40646	1.688995	1.186897e-07
0.407133	1.688751	1.168250e-07
0.407808	1.688508	1.149571e-07
0.408483	1.688266	1.130862e-07
0.40916	1.688026	1.112122e-07
0.409838	1.687786	1.093351e-07
0.410517	1.687548	1.074549e-07
0.411197	1.687311	1.055716e-07
0.411878	1.687075	1.036851e-07
0.41256	1.686841	1.017955e-07
0.413244	1.686607	9.990283e-08
0.413928	1.686375	9.800699e-08
0.414614	1.686143	9.610800e-08
0.415301	1.685913	9.420587e-08
0.415989	1.685684	9.230059e-08
0.416678	1.685456	9.039215e-08
0.417368	1.685229	8.848055e-08
0.41806	1.685004	8.656579e-08
0.418752	1.684779	8.464785e-08
0.419446	1.684555	8.272673e-08
0.42	1.684378	8.119200e-08
0.420141	1.684333	8.104320e-08
0.420837	1.684111	8.030698e-08
0.421534	1.683891	7.956954e-08
0.422232	1.683672	7.883087e-08
0.422932	1.683453	7.809099e-08
0.423632	1.683236	7.734987e-08
0.424334	1.68302	7.660753e-08
0.425037	1.682805	7.586396e-08
0.425741	1.68259	7.511916e-08
0.426446	1.682377	7.437313e-08
0.427153	1.682165	7.362585e-08
0.42786	1.681954	7.287735e-08
0.428569	1.681744	7.212760e-08
0.429279	1.681534	7.137660e-08
0.42999	1.681326	7.062437e-08
0.430703	1.681119	6.987089e-08
0.431416	1.680912	6.911616e-08
0.432131	1.680707	6.836018e-08
0.432847	1.680503	6.760294e-08
0.433564	1.680299	6.684446e-08
0.434282	1.680097	6.608471e-08
0.435001	1.679895	6.532371e-08
0.435722	1.679694	6.456145e-08
0.436444	1.679495	6.379792e-08
0.437167	1.679296	6.303313e-08
0.437891	1.679098	6.226708e-08
0.438616	1.678901	6.149975e-08
0.439343	1.678705	6.073115e-08
0.44	1.678528	6.003600e-08
0.440071	1.678509	5.999313e-08
0.4408	1.678315	5.955074e-08
0.44153	1.678122	5.910760e-08
0.442261	1.677929	5.866374e-08
0.442994	1.677737	5.821914e-08
0.443728	1.677546	5.777380e-08
0.444463	1.677356	5.732772e-08
0.445199	1.677167	5.688091e-08
0.445937	1.676979	5.643335e-08
0.446675	1.676791	5.598506e-08
0.447415	1.676605	5.553602e-08
0.448156	1.676419	5.508623e-08
0.448899	1.676234	5.463571e-08
0.449643	1.67605	5.418443e-08
0.450387	1.675867	5.373241e-08
0.451133	1.675684	5.327964e-08
0.451881	1.675503	5.282612e-08
0.452629	1.675322	5.237185e-08
0.453379	1.675142	5.191682e-08
0.45413	1.674962	5.146104e-08
0.454883	1.674784	5.100451e-08
0.455636	1.674606	5.054722e-08
0.456391	1.674429	5.008917e-08
0.457147	1.674253	4.963037e-08
0.457904	1.674078	4.917080e-08
0.458663	1.673903	4.871048e-08
0.459423	1.67373	4.824939e-08
0.46	1.673598	4.789900e-08
0.460184	1.673556	4.781166e-08
0.460946	1.673384	4.744917e-08
0.46171	1.673213	4.708608e-08
0.462474	1.673042	4.672240e-08
0.463241	1.672872	4.635810e-08
0.464008	1.672702	4.599321e-08
0.464777	1.672534	4.562771e-08
0.465547	1.672366	4.526160e-08
0.466318	1.672199	4.489489e-08
0.46709	1.672032	4.452757e-08
0.467864	1.671867	4.415965e-08
0.468639	1.671702	4.379111e-08
0.469415	1.671537	4.342196e-08
0.470193	1.671374	4.305220e-08
0.470972	1.671211	4.268183e-08
0.471752	1.671049	4.231085e-08
0.472534	1.670887	4.193925e-08
0.473316	1.670727	4.156703e-08
0.474101	1.670566	4.119420e-08
0.474886	1.670407	4.082075e-08
0.475673	1.670248	4.044669e-08
0.476461	1.67009	4.007200e-08
0.47725	1.669933	3.969669e-08
0.47804	1.669776	3.932076e-08
0.478832	1.66962	3.894421e-08
0.479626	1.669465	3.856703e-08
0.48	1.669391	3.838900e-08
0.48042	1.66931	3.825393e-08
0.481216	1.669156	3.799806e-08
0.482013	1.669002	3.774177e-08
0.482812	1.668849	3.748506e-08
0.483611	1.668697	3.722792e-08
0.484413	1.668546	3.697035e-08
0.485215	1.668395	3.671236e-08
0.486019	1.668244	3.645394e-08
0.486824	1.668095	3.619509e-08
0.48763	1.667946	3.593582e-08
0.488438	1.667797	3.567611e-08
0.489247	1.66765	3.541597e-08
0.490058	1.667502	3.515541e-08
0.49087	1.667356	3.489441e-08
0.491683	1.66721	3.463297e-08
0.492497	1.667064	3.437111e-08
0.493313	1.66692	3.410881e-08
0.49413	1.666776	3.384608e-08
0.494949	1.666632	3.358291e-08
0.495769	1.666489	3.331931e-08
0.49659	1.666347	3.305527e-08
0.497413	1.666205	3.279079e-08
0.498237	1.666064	3.252587e-08
0.499062	1.665923	3.226052e-08
0.499889	1.665783	3.199472e-08
0.5	1.665764	3.195900e-08
0.500717	1.665643	3.181531e-08
0.501546	1.665504	3.164909e-08
0.502377	1.665366	3.148259e-08
0.50321	1.665228	3.131581e-08
0.504043	1.665091	3.114875e-08
0.504878	1.664954	3.098142e-08
0.505714	1.664818	3.081382e-08
0.506552	1.664683	3.064593e-08
0.507391	1.664548	3.047777e-08
0.508232	1.664413	3.030932e-08
0.509074	1.664279	3.014060e-08
0.509917	1.664146	2.997160e-08
0.510762	1.664013	2.980232e-08
0.511608	1.663881	2.963276e-08
0.512456	1.663749	2.946292e-08
0.513304	1.663618	2.929279e-08
0.514155	1.663487	2.912239e-08
0.515006	1.663357	2.895170e-08
0.51586	1.663227	2.878073e-08
0.516714	1.663098	2.860948e-08
0.51757	1.662969	2.843794e-08
0.518428	1.662841	2.826612e-08
0.519286	1.662713	2.809401e-08
0.520147	1.662586	2.792162e-08
0.521008	1.66246	2.774894e-08
0.521871	1.662334	2.757598e-08
0.522736	1.662208	2.740273e-08
0.523602	1.662083	2.722919e-08
0.524469	1.661958	2.705537e-08
0.525338	1.661834	2.688126e-08
0.526208	1.66171	2.670686e-08
0.52708	1.661587	2.653217e-08
0.527953	1.661465	2.635719e-08
0.528828	1.661342	2.618192e-08
0.529704	1.661221	2.600636e-08
0.530581	1.661099	2.583051e-08
0.53146	1.660979	2.565437e-08
0.532341	1.660858	2.547794e-08
0.533222	1.660739	2.530121e-08
0.534106	1.660619	2.512420e-08
0.534991	1.6605	2.494689e-08
0.535877	1.660382	2.476928e-08
0.536765	1.660264	2.459138e-08
0.537654	1.660146	2.441319e-08
0.538544	1.660029	2.423470e-08
0.539437	1.659913	2.405591e-08
0.54033	1.659797	2.387683e-08
0.541225	1.659681	2.369746e-08
0.542122	1.659566	2.351778e-08
0.54302	1.659451	2.333781e-08
0.543919	1.659337	2.315754e-08
0.544821	1.659223	2.297697e-08
0.545723	1.659109	2.279610e-08
0.546627	1.658996	2.261494e-08
0.547533	1.658884	2.243347e-08
0.54844	1.658771	2.225170e-08
0.549348	1.65866	2.206963e-08
0.55	1.65858	2.193900e-08
0.550258	1.658548	2.194930e-08
0.55117	1.658438	2.198565e-08
0.552083	1.658327	2.202206e-08
0.552997	1.658217	2.205853e-08
0.553913	1.658107	2.209507e-08
0.554831	1.657998	2.213166e-08
0.55575	1.657889	2.216832e-08
0.556671	1.657781	2.220503e-08
0.557593	1.657673	2.224181e-08
0.558517	1.657566	2.227864e-08
0.559442	1.657458	2.231554e-08
0.560369	1.657352	2.235250e-08
0.561297	1.657245	2.238952e-08
0.562227	1.657139	2.242660e-08
0.563158	1.657034	2.246375e-08
0.564091	1.656929	2.250095e-08
0.565025	1.656824	2.253822e-08
0.565961	1.65672	2.257554e-08
0.566899	1.656616	2.261293e-08
0.567838	1.656512	2.265039e-08
0.568779	1.656409	2.268790e-08
0.569721	1.656306	2.272548e-08
0.570665	1.656204	2.276311e-08
0.57161	1.656102	2.280081e-08
0.572557	1.656	2.283858e-08
0.573506	1.655899	2.287640e-08
0.574456	1.655798	2.291429e-08
0.575407	1.655698	2.295224e-08
0.57636	1.655598	2.299026e-08
0.577315	1.655498	2.302833e-08
0.578272	1.655398	2.306647e-08
0.57923	1.655299	2.310468e-08
0.580189	1.655201	2.314294e-08
0.58115	1.655103	2.318127e-08
0.582113	1.655005	2.321966e-08
0.583077	1.654907	2.325812e-08
0.584043	1.65481	2.329664e-08
0.585011	1.654713	2.333523e-08
0.58598	1.654617	2.337387e-08
0.586951	1.65452	2.341259e-08
0.587923	1.654425	2.345136e-08
0.588897	1.654329	2.349020e-08
0.589872	1.654234	2.352911e-08
0.590849	1.654139	2.356808e-08
0.591828	1.654045	2.360711e-08
0.592809	1.653951	2.364621e-08
0.593791	1.653857	2.368537e-08
0.594774	1.653764	2.372460e-08
0.59576	1.653671	2.376390e-08
0.596747	1.653578	2.380325e-08
0.597735	1.653486	2.384268e-08
0.598725	1.653394	2.388217e-08
0.599717	1.653302	2.392172e-08
0.6	1.653276	2.393300e-08
0.600711	1.653211	2.396135e-08
0.601706	1.65312	2.400106e-08
0.602703	1.653029	2.404083e-08
0.603701	1.652939	2.408067e-08
0.604701	1.652849	2.412057e-08
0.605703	1.652759	2.416054e-08
0.606706	1.65267	2.420058e-08
0.607711	1.652581	2.424068e-08
0.608718	1.652492	2.428084e-08
0.609726	1.652404	2.432108e-08
0.610736	1.652316	2.436138e-08
0.611748	1.652228	2.440175e-08
0.612761	1.652141	2.444218e-08
0.613777	1.652053	2.448269e-08
0.614793	1.651967	2.452325e-08
0.615812	1.65188	2.456389e-08
0.616832	1.651794	2.460459e-08
0.617854	1.651708	2.464536e-08
0.618877	1.651622	2.468620e-08
0.619902	1.651537	2.472711e-08
0.620929	1.651452	2.476808e-08
0.621958	1.651367	2.480913e-08
0.622988	1.651283	2.485023e-08
0.62402	1.651199	2.489141e-08
0.625054	1.651115	2.493266e-08
0.62609	1.651032	2.497397e-08
0.627127	1.650948	2.501536e-08
0.628166	1.650866	2.505681e-08
0.629206	1.650783	2.509833e-08
0.630249	1.650701	2.513992e-08
0.631293	1.650619	2.518157e-08
0.632338	1.650537	2.522330e-08
0.633386	1.650455	2.526510e-08
0.634435	1.650374	2.530696e-08
0.635486	1.650293	2.534890e-08
0.636539	1.650213	2.539090e-08
0.637593	1.650132	2.543297e-08
0.63865	1.650052	2.547512e-08
0.639708	1.649973	2.551733e-08
0.640767	1.649893	2.555961e-08
0.641829	1.649814	2.560197e-08
0.642892	1.649735	2.564439e-08
0.643957	1.649656	2.568688e-08
0.645024	1.649578	2.572945e-08
0.646092	1.6495	2.577208e-08
0.647163	1.649422	2.581478e-08
0.648235	1.649344	2.585756e-08
0.649308	1.649267	2.590041e-08
0.65	1.649217	2.592800e-08
0.650384	1.64919	2.590033e-08
0.651461	1.649113	2.582271e-08
0.652541	1.649037	2.574497e-08
0.653622	1.64896	2.566710e-08
0.654704	1.648884	2.558909e-08
0.655789	1.648809	2.551096e-08
0.656875	1.648733	2.543270e-08
0.657964	1.648658	2.535431e-08
0.659053	1.648583	2.527579e-08
0.660145	1.648508	2.519714e-08
0.661239	1.648434	2.511835e-08
0.662334	1.648359	2.503944e-08
0.663431	1.648285	2.496040e-08
0.66453	1.648212	2.488123e-08
0.665631	1.648138	2.480192e-08
0.666734	1.648065	2.472249e-08
0.667838	1.647992	2.464292e-08
0.668945	1.647919	2.456322e-08
0.670053	1.647847	2.448339e-08
0.671163	1.647775	2.440342e-08
0.672275	1.647703	2.432333e-08
0.673388	1.647631	2.424310e-08
0.674504	1.64756	2.416274e-08
0.675621	1.647488	2.408224e-08
0.676741	1.647417	2.400161e-08
0.677862	1.647346	2.392085e-08
0.678985	1.647276	2.383995e-08
0.680109	1.647206	2.375892e-08
0.681236	1.647136	2.367776e-08
0.682364	1.647066	2.359646e-08
0.683495	1.646996	2.351503e-08
0.684627	1.646927	2.343346e-08
0.685761	1.646858	2.335176e-08
0.686897	1.646789	2.326992e-08
0.688035	1.64672	2.318795e-08
0.689175	1.646651	2.310584e-08
0.690317	1.646583	2.302359e-08
0.69146	1.646515	2.294121e-08
0.692606	1.646447	2.285869e-08
0.693753	1.64638	2.277603e-08
0.694902	1.646312	2.269324e-08
0.696053	1.646245	2.261031e-08
0.697206	1.646178	2.252725e-08
0.698361	1.646112	2.244404e-08
0.699518	1.646045	2.236070e-08
0.7	1.646018	2.232600e-08
0.700677	1.645979	2.230434e-08
0.701838	1.645913	2.226721e-08
0.703	1.645847	2.223001e-08
0.704165	1.645781	2.219276e-08
0.705332	1.645716	2.215544e-08
0.7065	1.645651	2.211807e-08

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

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Fresnel reflection calculator

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ZF8 (CDGM): all datasets

ZF (Dense flint)

ZF8 n,k 0.365–0.7065 µm default

About ZF8 (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/ZF8.yml
ID: ds_ad2655caeeec
API: /v1/datasets/ds_ad2655caeeec

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