Optical constants

Refractive index of M-FCD500 (HOYA)

M-FCD500: n,k 0.365–1.014 µm

Data
formula 3 + tabulated k
Range
0.365–1.014 µm
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.365–1.014 µm
Refractive index n
1.55332
Extinction coefficient k
4.67830e-09
Permittivity ε1
2.4128
Permittivity ε2
1.45338e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.0010005 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
1.99901e+10 nm
Abbe number Vd
71.685
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0398964 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.57676
Group velocity dispersion
70.2049 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-383.005 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

# M-FCD500 (HOYA): M-FCD500
hoya_m_fcd500 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "HOYA-optical", "M-FCD500", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(hoya_m_fcd500.range_nm)  # (365.01, 1013.98) nm
eps = hoya_m_fcd500.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Dispersion formula

Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µm
n2=2.3841554−0.0078084423⁢λ2.0+0.0097130883⁢λ−2.0+0.00049959889⁢λ−4.0−4.7303224×10-5⁢λ−6.0+2.3205441×10-6⁢λ−8.0

Valid from 0.36501 to 1.01398 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C12.3841554
C2-0.0078084423
C32.0
C40.0097130883
C5-2.0
C60.00049959889
C7-4.0
C8-4.7303224e-05
C9-6.0
C102.3205441e-06
C11-8.0

Comments and conditions

Glass for molded optics lens

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: -1.78e-05 -4.97e-09 7.88e-11 4.91e-07 3.43e-10 4.41e-08
nd
1.55332
Vd
71.68
glass code
553717
glass status
standard
density
value: 3660
thermal expansion
value: 1.24e-05, temperature range: 243 343; value: 1.53e-05, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
0.0211
resistance
acid: 3.0; stain: 1.0; climatic: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = -7.52e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm

References

Cite

HOYA Zemax catalog 2017-04-01 (obtained from http://www.hoya-opticalworld.com); Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 421 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
M-FCD500 (HOYA), M-FCD500: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.365011.5721092.968615e-07
0.3659461.5719472.759419e-07
0.3668841.5717862.549687e-07
0.3678251.5716262.339417e-07
0.3687681.5714672.128608e-07
0.3697131.5713091.917258e-07
0.371.5712621.853200e-07
0.3706611.5711521.787433e-07
0.3716121.5709961.692927e-07
0.3725651.5708411.598179e-07
0.373521.5706871.503187e-07
0.3744771.5705341.407953e-07
0.3754381.5703821.312474e-07
0.37641.570231.216750e-07
0.3773651.570081.120780e-07
0.3783331.569931.024565e-07
0.3793031.5697819.281031e-08
0.381.5696758.587800e-08
0.3802751.5696338.471796e-08
0.381251.5694868.061101e-08
0.3822281.569347.649353e-08
0.3832081.5691957.236549e-08
0.384191.569056.822686e-08
0.3851761.5689076.407763e-08
0.3861631.5687645.991775e-08
0.3871531.5686225.574721e-08
0.3881461.5684815.156598e-08
0.3891411.5683414.737403e-08
0.391.5682214.375600e-08
0.3901391.5682014.345901e-08
0.3911391.5680634.131876e-08
0.3921421.5679253.917303e-08
0.3931471.5677883.702179e-08
0.3941551.5676513.486504e-08
0.3951661.5675163.270275e-08
0.3961791.5673813.053493e-08
0.3971951.5672472.836154e-08
0.3982131.5671142.618258e-08
0.3992341.5669812.399804e-08
0.41.5668822.236000e-08
0.4002581.5668492.233102e-08
0.4012841.5667182.221577e-08
0.4023131.5665882.210023e-08
0.4033451.5664592.198439e-08
0.4043791.566332.186825e-08
0.4054161.5662022.175182e-08
0.4064551.5660742.163509e-08
0.4074971.5659482.151806e-08
0.4085421.5658222.140072e-08
0.409591.5656962.128309e-08
0.410641.5655722.116516e-08
0.4116931.5654482.104692e-08
0.4127481.5653252.092838e-08
0.4138061.5652022.080954e-08
0.4148671.565082.069039e-08
0.4159311.5649592.057093e-08
0.4169981.5648392.045117e-08
0.4180671.5647192.033110e-08
0.4191391.56462.021073e-08
0.421.5645052.011400e-08
0.4202131.5644812.008666e-08
0.4212911.5643631.994859e-08
0.4223711.5642461.981017e-08
0.4234541.564131.967139e-08
0.424541.5640141.953225e-08
0.4256281.5638981.939276e-08
0.4267191.5637841.925291e-08
0.4278131.563671.911270e-08
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0.430011.5634431.883121e-08
0.4311131.5633311.868992e-08
0.4322181.563221.854827e-08
0.4333261.5631091.840625e-08
0.4344371.5629981.826387e-08
0.4355511.5628891.812113e-08
0.4366681.5627791.797802e-08
0.4377871.5626711.783454e-08
0.438911.5625631.769070e-08
0.441.5624591.755100e-08
0.4400351.5624551.754593e-08
0.4411631.5623481.738352e-08
0.4422951.5622421.722069e-08
0.4434291.5621361.705745e-08
0.4445661.5620311.689379e-08
0.4457051.5619271.672970e-08
0.4468481.5618231.656520e-08
0.4479941.5617191.640028e-08
0.4491431.5616161.623493e-08
0.4502941.5615141.606916e-08
0.4514491.5614121.590296e-08
0.4526061.5613111.573634e-08
0.4537671.561211.556929e-08
0.454931.561111.540181e-08
0.4560971.561011.523391e-08
0.4572661.5609111.506557e-08
0.4584381.5608121.489680e-08
0.4596141.5607141.472760e-08
0.461.5606821.467200e-08
0.4607921.5606171.439374e-08
0.4619741.560521.397876e-08
0.4631581.5604231.356272e-08
0.4643461.5603271.314561e-08
0.4655361.5602321.272743e-08
0.466731.5601371.230817e-08
0.4679271.5600421.188785e-08
0.4691261.5599481.146644e-08
0.4703291.5598541.104396e-08
0.4715351.5597611.062039e-08
0.4727441.5596691.019573e-08
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0.4751711.5594859.343151e-09
0.476391.5593948.915220e-09
0.4776111.5593048.486193e-09
0.4788361.5592138.056066e-09
0.481.5591287.647100e-09
0.4800631.5591247.635481e-09
0.4812941.5590357.409850e-09
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0.4837651.5588586.956853e-09
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0.5386951.5555344.288987e-09
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0.5414611.5553924.311010e-09
0.5428491.5553224.322063e-09
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0.5456361.5551834.344255e-09
0.5470351.5551144.355394e-09
0.5484381.5550464.366562e-09
0.5498441.5549774.377758e-09
0.551.554974.379000e-09
0.5512541.5549094.388980e-09
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0.5597891.5545084.456918e-09
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0.5626631.5543774.479797e-09
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0.5670021.5541834.514336e-09
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0.9608941.5453147.650338e-09
0.9633581.5452837.669954e-09
0.9658281.5452527.689620e-09
0.9683041.5452217.709337e-09
0.9707871.545197.729104e-09
0.9732761.5451597.748922e-09
0.9757711.5451287.768791e-09
0.9782731.5450977.788710e-09
0.9807811.5450677.808681e-09
0.9832961.5450367.828703e-09
0.9858171.5450057.848776e-09
0.9883451.5449757.868901e-09
0.9908791.5449447.889077e-09
0.9934191.5449147.909306e-09
0.9959671.5448837.929586e-09
0.998521.5448527.949918e-09
11.5448357.961700e-09
1.001081.5448227.970302e-09
1.003651.5447927.990738e-09
1.006221.5447618.011227e-09
1.00881.5447318.031768e-09
1.011391.54478.052362e-09
1.013981.544678.073009e-09

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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