Optical constants

Refractive index of J-LASFH9A (HIKARI)

J-LASFH9A: n 0.365–2.058 µm

Data: formula 3 + tabulated k
Range: 0.365–2.058 µm
Temperature: 296 K
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength. Note: k data cover 280-290 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 365.015-2058.09 nm.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.90265
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 3.62006
Permittivity ε₂: 0

Absorption coefficient α: 0 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): — nm

Abbe number V_d: 35.771
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.12804 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.97788
Group velocity dispersion: 248.801 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -1357.34 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

# J-LASFH9A (HIKARI): J-LASFH9A
hikari_j_lasfh9a = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "HIKARI-optical", "J-LASFH9A", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(hikari_j_lasfh9a.range_nm)  # (365.015, 2058.09) nm
eps = hikari_j_lasfh9a.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_e84a034ce1ed/lightsmith"
hikari_j_lasfh9a = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(hikari_j_lasfh9a.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (hikari-j-lasfh9a/hikari).

# ... load hikari_j_lasfh9a as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=hikari_j_lasfh9a)],
    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"]).

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Dispersion formula

Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µm

n^{2} = 3.49725259 - 0.0137767486 λ^{2.0} - 0.000124635517 λ^{4.0} + 0.0410568814 λ^{- 2.0} + 0.000721039098 λ^{- 4.0} + 0.00013613414 λ^{- 6.0} - 1.24733129 \times 10^{-5} λ^{- 8.0} + 9.2497468 \times 10^{-7} λ^{- 10.0}

Valid from 0.365015 to 2.05809 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	3.49725259
C2	-0.0137767486
C3	2.0
C4	-0.000124635517
C5	4.0
C6	0.0410568814
C7	-2.0
C8	0.000721039098
C9	-4.0
C10	0.00013613414
C11	-6.0
C12	-1.24733129e-05
C13	-8.0
C14	9.2497468e-07
C15	-10.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature: 296 K

Properties

thermal dispersion: type: formula A, coefficients: 8.2131e-07 1.1982e-08 2.2062e-12 8.894e-07 1.0878e-09 0.23395
nd: 1.902650
Vd: 35.770703
density: value: 4910
thermal expansion: value: 6.2e-06, temperature range: 243 343
dPgF: -0.0028

Thermo-optic coefficient

Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 296.0 K): dn/dT = 2.32e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 9.06e-07 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 7.98e-07 K⁻¹ at 1550 nm

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

k data cover 280-290 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 365.015-2058.09 nm

References

NIKON Zemax catalog 2017-11 (obtained from http://www.nikon.com)
See also HIKARI glass data sheets

Cite

NIKON Zemax catalog 2017-11 (obtained from http://www.nikon.com); See also HIKARI 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 400 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

J-LASFH9A (HIKARI), J-LASFH9A: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.365015	1.970835	0
0.366601	1.969709	0
0.368193	1.968599	0
0.369793	1.967505	0
0.371399	1.966427	0
0.373013	1.965363	0
0.374633	1.964315	0
0.376261	1.963281	0
0.377895	1.962262	0
0.379537	1.961256	0
0.381186	1.960264	0
0.382842	1.959286	0
0.384505	1.95832	0
0.386175	1.957368	0
0.387853	1.956428	0
0.389538	1.955501	0
0.39123	1.954586	0
0.39293	1.953683	0
0.394637	1.952791	0
0.396351	1.951911	0
0.398073	1.951042	0
0.399802	1.950185	0
0.401539	1.949338	0
0.403283	1.948502	0
0.405035	1.947676	0
0.406795	1.946861	0
0.408562	1.946055	0
0.410337	1.94526	0
0.41212	1.944474	0
0.41391	1.943699	0
0.415708	1.942932	0
0.417514	1.942175	0
0.419328	1.941427	0
0.421149	1.940688	0
0.422979	1.939957	0
0.424817	1.939236	0
0.426662	1.938523	0
0.428516	1.937818	0
0.430377	1.937122	0
0.432247	1.936434	0
0.434125	1.935754	0
0.43601	1.935081	0
0.437905	1.934417	0
0.439807	1.93376	0
0.441718	1.933111	0
0.443637	1.932469	0
0.445564	1.931834	0
0.447499	1.931207	0
0.449443	1.930586	0
0.451396	1.929973	0
0.453357	1.929366	0
0.455326	1.928767	0
0.457304	1.928174	0
0.459291	1.927587	0
0.461286	1.927007	0
0.46329	1.926434	0
0.465303	1.925866	0
0.467324	1.925305	0
0.469354	1.92475	0
0.471393	1.924201	0
0.473441	1.923658	0
0.475498	1.923121	0
0.477564	1.92259	0
0.479638	1.922064	0
0.481722	1.921544	0
0.483815	1.92103	0
0.485917	1.920521	0
0.488027	1.920017	0
0.490148	1.919519	0
0.492277	1.919026	0
0.494415	1.918538	0
0.496563	1.918056	0
0.498721	1.917578	0
0.500887	1.917105	0
0.503063	1.916637	0
0.505248	1.916175	0
0.507443	1.915716	0
0.509648	1.915263	0
0.511862	1.914814	0
0.514086	1.91437	0
0.516319	1.913931	0
0.518562	1.913495	0
0.520815	1.913065	0
0.523077	1.912638	0
0.525349	1.912216	0
0.527632	1.911799	0
0.529924	1.911385	0
0.532226	1.910976	0
0.534538	1.91057	0
0.53686	1.910169	0
0.539193	1.909772	0
0.541535	1.909378	0
0.543887	1.908989	0
0.54625	1.908603	0
0.548623	1.908221	0
0.551007	1.907843	0
0.5534	1.907469	0
0.555804	1.907098	0
0.558219	1.906731	0
0.560644	1.906367	0
0.56308	1.906007	0
0.565526	1.905651	0
0.567982	1.905297	0
0.57045	1.904948	0
0.572928	1.904601	0
0.575417	1.904258	0
0.577917	1.903918	0
0.580427	1.903582	0
0.582949	1.903248	0
0.585481	1.902918	0
0.588025	1.902591	0
0.590579	1.902267	0
0.593145	1.901946	0
0.595722	1.901628	0
0.59831	1.901312	0
0.600909	1.901	0
0.603519	1.900691	0
0.606141	1.900385	0
0.608774	1.900081	0
0.611419	1.89978	0
0.614075	1.899482	0
0.616743	1.899187	0
0.619422	1.898894	0
0.622113	1.898604	0
0.624816	1.898317	0
0.62753	1.898032	0
0.630256	1.89775	0
0.632994	1.89747	0
0.635744	1.897193	0
0.638506	1.896918	0
0.64128	1.896646	0
0.644066	1.896376	0
0.646864	1.896109	0
0.649674	1.895844	0
0.652496	1.895581	0
0.655331	1.89532	0
0.658178	1.895062	0
0.661037	1.894806	0
0.663908	1.894553	0
0.666793	1.894301	0
0.669689	1.894052	0
0.672599	1.893804	0
0.675521	1.893559	0
0.678455	1.893316	0
0.681403	1.893075	0
0.684363	1.892836	0
0.687336	1.892599	0
0.690322	1.892364	0
0.693321	1.892132	0
0.696333	1.891901	0
0.699358	1.891671	0
0.702396	1.891444	0
0.705447	1.891219	0
0.708512	1.890995	0
0.71159	1.890774	0
0.714681	1.890554	0
0.717786	1.890336	0
0.720904	1.89012	0
0.724036	1.889905	0
0.727181	1.889692	0
0.73034	1.889481	0
0.733513	1.889272	0
0.7367	1.889064	0
0.7399	1.888858	0
0.743114	1.888654	0
0.746342	1.888451	0
0.749585	1.888249	0
0.752841	1.88805	0
0.756112	1.887852	0
0.759396	1.887655	0
0.762695	1.88746	0
0.766009	1.887266	0
0.769336	1.887074	0
0.772679	1.886883	0
0.776035	1.886694	0
0.779407	1.886506	0
0.782793	1.886319	0
0.786193	1.886134	0
0.789609	1.885951	0
0.793039	1.885768	0
0.796484	1.885587	0
0.799944	1.885407	0
0.803419	1.885229	0
0.806909	1.885052	0
0.810415	1.884876	0
0.813935	1.884701	0
0.817471	1.884528	0
0.821023	1.884355	0
0.824589	1.884184	0
0.828172	1.884014	0
0.831769	1.883846	0
0.835383	1.883678	0
0.839012	1.883512	0
0.842657	1.883347	0
0.846317	1.883182	0
0.849994	1.883019	0
0.853687	1.882857	0
0.857395	1.882697	0
0.86112	1.882537	0
0.864861	1.882378	0
0.868618	1.88222	0
0.872391	1.882063	0
0.876181	1.881907	0
0.879988	1.881753	0
0.883811	1.881599	0
0.88765	1.881446	0
0.891506	1.881294	0
0.895379	1.881143	0
0.899269	1.880993	0
0.903175	1.880843	0
0.907099	1.880695	0
0.91104	1.880548	0
0.914998	1.880401	0
0.918972	1.880255	0
0.922965	1.88011	0
0.926974	1.879966	0
0.931001	1.879823	0
0.935046	1.87968	0
0.939108	1.879539	0
0.943188	1.879398	0
0.947285	1.879258	0
0.9514	1.879118	0
0.955533	1.87898	0
0.959684	1.878842	0
0.963853	1.878704	0
0.968041	1.878568	0
0.972246	1.878432	0
0.97647	1.878297	0
0.980712	1.878162	0
0.984972	1.878028	0
0.989251	1.877895	0
0.993549	1.877763	0
0.997865	1.877631	0
1.0022	1.877499	0
1.00655	1.877369	0
1.01093	1.877239	0
1.01532	1.877109	0
1.01973	1.87698	0
1.02416	1.876851	0
1.02861	1.876724	0
1.03308	1.876596	0
1.03756	1.876469	0
1.04207	1.876343	0
1.0466	1.876217	0
1.05115	1.876092	0
1.05571	1.875967	0
1.0603	1.875843	0
1.0649	1.875719	0
1.06953	1.875595	0
1.07418	1.875472	0
1.07884	1.87535	0
1.08353	1.875227	0
1.08824	1.875106	0
1.09296	1.874984	0
1.09771	1.874863	0
1.10248	1.874743	0
1.10727	1.874623	0
1.11208	1.874503	0
1.11691	1.874383	0
1.12176	1.874264	0
1.12664	1.874145	0
1.13153	1.874027	0
1.13645	1.873908	0
1.14138	1.873791	0
1.14634	1.873673	0
1.15132	1.873556	0
1.15632	1.873439	0
1.16135	1.873322	0
1.16639	1.873205	0
1.17146	1.873089	0
1.17655	1.872973	0
1.18166	1.872857	0
1.18679	1.872741	0
1.19195	1.872626	0
1.19713	1.872511	0
1.20233	1.872396	0
1.20755	1.872281	0
1.2128	1.872166	0
1.21807	1.872052	0
1.22336	1.871937	0
1.22867	1.871823	0
1.23401	1.871709	0
1.23937	1.871595	0
1.24475	1.871481	0
1.25016	1.871367	0
1.25559	1.871253	0
1.26105	1.87114	0
1.26653	1.871026	0
1.27203	1.870913	0
1.27755	1.870799	0
1.2831	1.870686	0
1.28868	1.870573	0
1.29428	1.870459	0
1.2999	1.870346	0
1.30555	1.870233	0
1.31122	1.87012	0
1.31691	1.870006	0
1.32264	1.869893	0
1.32838	1.86978	0
1.33415	1.869666	0
1.33995	1.869553	0
1.34577	1.86944	0
1.35162	1.869326	0
1.35749	1.869212	0
1.36338	1.869099	0
1.36931	1.868985	0
1.37526	1.868871	0
1.38123	1.868757	0
1.38723	1.868643	0
1.39326	1.868529	0
1.39931	1.868414	0
1.40539	1.8683	0
1.41149	1.868185	0
1.41763	1.86807	0
1.42378	1.867955	0
1.42997	1.86784	0
1.43618	1.867725	0
1.44242	1.867609	0
1.44869	1.867493	0
1.45498	1.867377	0
1.4613	1.867261	0
1.46765	1.867144	0
1.47403	1.867028	0
1.48043	1.866911	0
1.48686	1.866793	0
1.49332	1.866676	0
1.49981	1.866558	0
1.50632	1.86644	0
1.51287	1.866321	0
1.51944	1.866202	0
1.52604	1.866083	0
1.53267	1.865964	0
1.53933	1.865844	0
1.54601	1.865724	0
1.55273	1.865603	0
1.55948	1.865482	0
1.56625	1.865361	0
1.57305	1.865239	0
1.57989	1.865117	0
1.58675	1.864994	0
1.59364	1.864871	0
1.60057	1.864748	0
1.60752	1.864624	0
1.6145	1.8645	0
1.62152	1.864375	0
1.62856	1.86425	0
1.63564	1.864124	0
1.64274	1.863998	0
1.64988	1.863871	0
1.65705	1.863743	0
1.66425	1.863615	0
1.67148	1.863487	0
1.67874	1.863358	0
1.68603	1.863228	0
1.69335	1.863098	0
1.70071	1.862968	0
1.7081	1.862836	0
1.71552	1.862704	0
1.72297	1.862572	0
1.73046	1.862438	0
1.73797	1.862305	0
1.74552	1.86217	0
1.75311	1.862035	0
1.76072	1.861899	0
1.76837	1.861762	0
1.77605	1.861625	0
1.78377	1.861487	0
1.79152	1.861348	0
1.7993	1.861209	0
1.80712	1.861069	0
1.81497	1.860928	0
1.82285	1.860786	0
1.83077	1.860643	0
1.83873	1.8605	0
1.84671	1.860356	0
1.85474	1.860211	0
1.86279	1.860065	0
1.87089	1.859918	0
1.87901	1.859771	0
1.88718	1.859622	0
1.89537	1.859473	0
1.90361	1.859323	0
1.91188	1.859171	0
1.92018	1.859019	0
1.92853	1.858866	0
1.9369	1.858712	0
1.94532	1.858557	0
1.95377	1.858401	0
1.96226	1.858244	0
1.97078	1.858086	0
1.97934	1.857927	0
1.98794	1.857767	0
1.99658	1.857606	0
2.00525	1.857444	0
2.01396	1.857281	0
2.02271	1.857116	0
2.0315	1.856951	0
2.04032	1.856784	0
2.04919	1.856616	0
2.05809	1.856447	0

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

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Reflectance R: —

Fresnel reflection calculator

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J-LASFH9A (HIKARI): all datasets

LaSF (Lanthanum dense flint)

J-LASFH9A n 0.365–2.058 µm default

About J-LASFH9A (HIKARI)

Hikari Glass Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company specializing in the manufacturing of high-quality optical glass and optical components, and is a subsidiary of Nikon Corporation. Known for its precision engineering and strict quality control, Hikari serves various industries including consumer electronics, scientific research, and industrial optics. The company offers a wide range of specialized optical materials, including various types of crown and flint glasses, which are used in applications demanding high levels of optical clarity and performance. Hikari's products often find use in lenses, prisms, and other optical elements where precision and reliability are critical. With the backing of Nikon's renowned expertise in optics and imaging, Hikari has become a respected name in the field of optics, serving both domestic and international markets. Their expertise in crafting custom solutions for complex optical requirements has made them a preferred choice for organizations in need of specialized glass materials. As a testament to their commitment to quality, Hikari Glass Co., Ltd. is often sought after for projects requiring the highest levels of optical performance and integrity.

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/specs/hikari/optical/J-LASFH9A.yml
ID: ds_e84a034ce1ed
API: /v1/datasets/ds_e84a034ce1ed

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