Optical constants

Refractive index of M-TAC80 (HOYA)

M-TAC80: 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

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.72903
Extinction coefficient k: 4.67830e-09

Permittivity ε₁: 2.98954
Permittivity ε₂: 1.61778e-08

Absorption coefficient α: 0.0010005 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 1.99901e+10 nm

Abbe number V_d: 54.041
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0696074 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.76993
Group velocity dispersion: 122.985 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -670.947 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

# M-TAC80 (HOYA): M-TAC80
hoya_m_tac80 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "HOYA-optical", "M-TAC80", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(hoya_m_tac80.range_nm)  # (365.01, 1013.98) nm
eps = hoya_m_tac80.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_384b6253404f/lightsmith"
hoya_m_tac80 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(hoya_m_tac80.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (hoya-m-tac80/hoya).

# ... load hoya_m_tac80 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=hoya_m_tac80)],
    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} = 2.9351948 - 0.016193458 λ^{2.0} + 0.018392287 λ^{- 2.0} + 0.0010086167 λ^{- 4.0} - 8.7565474 \times 10^{-5} λ^{- 6.0} + 4.6921333 \times 10^{-6} λ^{- 8.0}

Valid from 0.36501 to 1.01398 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	2.9351948
C2	-0.016193458
C3	2.0
C4	0.018392287
C5	-2.0
C6	0.0010086167
C7	-4.0
C8	-8.7565474e-05
C9	-6.0
C10	4.6921333e-06
C11	-8.0

Comments and conditions

Glass for molded optics lens

Conditions

temperature: 293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion: type: formula A, coefficients: 4.67546e-06 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
nd: 1.72903
Vd: 54.04
glass code: 729540
glass status: standard
density: value: 4280
thermal expansion: value: 6.1e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 7.4e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF: -0.0063
resistance: acid: 4.0; stain: 2.0; climatic: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 2.68e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm

References

HOYA Zemax catalog 2017-04-01 (obtained from http://www.hoya-opticalworld.com)

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

CSV comma separated TXT tab separated YAML n, k Full database record original YAML All quantities CSV JSON metadata

M-TAC80 (HOYA), M-TAC80: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.36501	1.76232	3.319232e-07
0.365946	1.762027	3.163166e-07
0.366884	1.761735	3.006700e-07
0.367825	1.761446	2.849832e-07
0.368768	1.761159	2.692562e-07
0.369713	1.760874	2.534889e-07
0.37	1.760788	2.487100e-07
0.370661	1.76059	2.425197e-07
0.371612	1.760308	2.336243e-07
0.372565	1.760028	2.247061e-07
0.37352	1.75975	2.157650e-07
0.374477	1.759474	2.068010e-07
0.375438	1.759199	1.978140e-07
0.3764	1.758926	1.888040e-07
0.377365	1.758655	1.797708e-07
0.378333	1.758386	1.707146e-07
0.379303	1.758118	1.616350e-07
0.38	1.757927	1.551100e-07
0.380275	1.757852	1.536182e-07
0.38125	1.757588	1.483365e-07
0.382228	1.757325	1.430413e-07
0.383208	1.757064	1.377326e-07
0.38419	1.756805	1.324102e-07
0.385176	1.756547	1.270741e-07
0.386163	1.756291	1.217244e-07
0.387153	1.756036	1.163610e-07
0.388146	1.755783	1.109838e-07
0.389141	1.755531	1.055929e-07
0.39	1.755316	1.009400e-07
0.390139	1.755281	1.004766e-07
0.391139	1.755033	9.713732e-08
0.392142	1.754786	9.378944e-08
0.393147	1.75454	9.043298e-08
0.394155	1.754296	8.706792e-08
0.395166	1.754054	8.369423e-08
0.396179	1.753813	8.031189e-08
0.397195	1.753573	7.692087e-08
0.398213	1.753335	7.352116e-08
0.399234	1.753098	7.011274e-08
0.4	1.752922	6.755700e-08
0.400258	1.752863	6.716234e-08
0.401284	1.752629	6.559274e-08
0.402313	1.752397	6.401912e-08
0.403345	1.752165	6.244147e-08
0.404379	1.751936	6.085977e-08
0.405416	1.751707	5.927401e-08
0.406455	1.75148	5.768419e-08
0.407497	1.751254	5.609029e-08
0.408542	1.75103	5.449231e-08
0.40959	1.750807	5.289023e-08
0.41064	1.750585	5.128404e-08
0.411693	1.750365	4.967373e-08
0.412748	1.750146	4.805929e-08
0.413806	1.749928	4.644072e-08
0.414867	1.749711	4.481799e-08
0.415931	1.749496	4.319111e-08
0.416998	1.749281	4.156005e-08
0.418067	1.749069	3.992481e-08
0.419139	1.748857	3.828538e-08
0.42	1.748688	3.696800e-08
0.420213	1.748646	3.687367e-08
0.421291	1.748437	3.639724e-08
0.422371	1.748229	3.591959e-08
0.423454	1.748022	3.544071e-08
0.42454	1.747817	3.496060e-08
0.425628	1.747612	3.447926e-08
0.426719	1.747409	3.399669e-08
0.427813	1.747207	3.351288e-08
0.42891	1.747006	3.302783e-08
0.43001	1.746806	3.254154e-08
0.431113	1.746607	3.205400e-08
0.432218	1.746409	3.156521e-08
0.433326	1.746213	3.107517e-08
0.434437	1.746017	3.058387e-08
0.435551	1.745823	3.009131e-08
0.436668	1.74563	2.959749e-08
0.437787	1.745438	2.910240e-08
0.43891	1.745247	2.860604e-08
0.44	1.745063	2.812400e-08
0.440035	1.745057	2.810677e-08
0.441163	1.744868	2.755535e-08
0.442295	1.74468	2.700251e-08
0.443429	1.744493	2.644825e-08
0.444566	1.744308	2.589257e-08
0.445705	1.744123	2.533547e-08
0.446848	1.743939	2.477694e-08
0.447994	1.743756	2.421698e-08
0.449143	1.743575	2.365558e-08
0.450294	1.743394	2.309274e-08
0.451449	1.743215	2.252846e-08
0.452606	1.743036	2.196273e-08
0.453767	1.742858	2.139555e-08
0.45493	1.742682	2.082692e-08
0.456097	1.742506	2.025683e-08
0.457266	1.742331	1.968528e-08
0.458438	1.742157	1.911226e-08
0.459614	1.741984	1.853777e-08
0.46	1.741928	1.834900e-08
0.460792	1.741813	1.807676e-08
0.461974	1.741642	1.767075e-08
0.463158	1.741472	1.726371e-08
0.464346	1.741303	1.685561e-08
0.465536	1.741134	1.644648e-08
0.46673	1.740967	1.603629e-08
0.467927	1.740801	1.562505e-08
0.469126	1.740635	1.521276e-08
0.470329	1.740471	1.479940e-08
0.471535	1.740307	1.438499e-08
0.472744	1.740144	1.396952e-08
0.473956	1.739983	1.355298e-08
0.475171	1.739822	1.313538e-08
0.47639	1.739662	1.271670e-08
0.477611	1.739502	1.229695e-08
0.478836	1.739344	1.187612e-08
0.48	1.739194	1.147600e-08
0.480063	1.739186	1.145225e-08
0.481294	1.73903	1.099097e-08
0.482528	1.738874	1.052852e-08
0.483765	1.738719	1.006487e-08
0.485006	1.738565	9.600043e-09
0.486249	1.738411	9.134021e-09
0.487496	1.738259	8.666803e-09
0.488746	1.738107	8.198388e-09
0.489999	1.737956	7.728772e-09
0.491255	1.737806	7.257951e-09
0.492515	1.737657	6.785924e-09
0.493778	1.737508	6.312686e-09
0.495044	1.73736	5.838235e-09
0.496313	1.737213	5.362567e-09
0.497586	1.737067	4.885680e-09
0.498861	1.736922	4.407570e-09
0.5	1.736793	3.980900e-09
0.500141	1.736777	3.982019e-09
0.501423	1.736633	3.992229e-09
0.502709	1.73649	4.002465e-09
0.503997	1.736348	4.012728e-09
0.50529	1.736206	4.023016e-09
0.506585	1.736066	4.033332e-09
0.507884	1.735925	4.043673e-09
0.509186	1.735786	4.054041e-09
0.510492	1.735647	4.064436e-09
0.511801	1.73551	4.074857e-09
0.513113	1.735372	4.085305e-09
0.514429	1.735236	4.095780e-09
0.515748	1.7351	4.106282e-09
0.51707	1.734965	4.116810e-09
0.518396	1.734831	4.127366e-09
0.519725	1.734697	4.137949e-09
0.521057	1.734564	4.148559e-09
0.522393	1.734432	4.159196e-09
0.523733	1.7343	4.169860e-09
0.525076	1.734169	4.180552e-09
0.526422	1.734039	4.191271e-09
0.527772	1.73391	4.202017e-09
0.529125	1.733781	4.212791e-09
0.530481	1.733652	4.223593e-09
0.531842	1.733525	4.234422e-09
0.533205	1.733398	4.245280e-09
0.534572	1.733272	4.256165e-09
0.535943	1.733146	4.267077e-09
0.537317	1.733021	4.278018e-09
0.538695	1.732897	4.288987e-09
0.540076	1.732773	4.299984e-09
0.541461	1.73265	4.311010e-09
0.542849	1.732527	4.322063e-09
0.544241	1.732406	4.333145e-09
0.545636	1.732284	4.344255e-09
0.547035	1.732164	4.355394e-09
0.548438	1.732044	4.366562e-09
0.549844	1.731924	4.377758e-09
0.55	1.731911	4.379000e-09
0.551254	1.731806	4.388980e-09
0.552667	1.731687	4.400230e-09
0.554084	1.73157	4.411510e-09
0.555505	1.731453	4.422818e-09
0.556929	1.731336	4.434156e-09
0.558357	1.731221	4.445522e-09
0.559789	1.731105	4.456918e-09
0.561224	1.730991	4.468343e-09
0.562663	1.730877	4.479797e-09
0.564106	1.730763	4.491280e-09
0.565552	1.73065	4.502793e-09
0.567002	1.730538	4.514336e-09
0.568456	1.730426	4.525908e-09
0.569913	1.730314	4.537509e-09
0.571374	1.730204	4.549141e-09
0.572839	1.730094	4.560802e-09
0.574308	1.729984	4.572493e-09
0.575781	1.729875	4.584214e-09
0.577257	1.729766	4.595966e-09
0.578737	1.729658	4.607747e-09
0.580221	1.729551	4.619558e-09
0.581709	1.729443	4.631400e-09
0.5832	1.729337	4.643272e-09
0.584695	1.729231	4.655175e-09
0.586195	1.729126	4.667108e-09
0.587697	1.729021	4.679072e-09
0.589204	1.728916	4.691066e-09
0.590715	1.728812	4.703092e-09
0.59223	1.728709	4.715148e-09
0.593748	1.728606	4.727235e-09
0.59527	1.728503	4.739352e-09
0.596797	1.728401	4.751501e-09
0.598327	1.7283	4.763682e-09
0.599861	1.728199	4.775893e-09
0.6	1.72819	4.777000e-09
0.601399	1.728098	4.788138e-09
0.602941	1.727998	4.800416e-09
0.604487	1.727899	4.812724e-09
0.606037	1.7278	4.825064e-09
0.607591	1.727701	4.837436e-09
0.609148	1.727603	4.849840e-09
0.61071	1.727505	4.862275e-09
0.612276	1.727408	4.874742e-09
0.613846	1.727311	4.887241e-09
0.61542	1.727215	4.899773e-09
0.616998	1.727119	4.912336e-09
0.61858	1.727023	4.924932e-09
0.620166	1.726928	4.937560e-09
0.621756	1.726834	4.950220e-09
0.62335	1.72674	4.962913e-09
0.624948	1.726646	4.975638e-09
0.626551	1.726553	4.988396e-09
0.628157	1.72646	5.001186e-09
0.629768	1.726367	5.014010e-09
0.631382	1.726275	5.026866e-09
0.633001	1.726184	5.039755e-09
0.634624	1.726093	5.052677e-09
0.636251	1.726002	5.065633e-09
0.637883	1.725912	5.078621e-09
0.639518	1.725822	5.091643e-09
0.641158	1.725732	5.104699e-09
0.642802	1.725643	5.117788e-09
0.64445	1.725554	5.130910e-09
0.646102	1.725466	5.144066e-09
0.647759	1.725378	5.157256e-09
0.64942	1.72529	5.170479e-09
0.65	1.72526	5.175100e-09
0.651085	1.725203	5.183737e-09
0.652754	1.725116	5.197028e-09
0.654428	1.72503	5.210354e-09
0.656106	1.724944	5.223713e-09
0.657788	1.724858	5.237107e-09
0.659474	1.724773	5.250535e-09
0.661165	1.724688	5.263998e-09
0.662861	1.724603	5.277495e-09
0.66456	1.724519	5.291027e-09
0.666264	1.724435	5.304594e-09
0.667972	1.724352	5.318195e-09
0.669685	1.724269	5.331831e-09
0.671402	1.724186	5.345502e-09
0.673123	1.724104	5.359209e-09
0.674849	1.724021	5.372950e-09
0.67658	1.72394	5.386727e-09
0.678314	1.723858	5.400539e-09
0.680053	1.723777	5.414386e-09
0.681797	1.723697	5.428269e-09
0.683545	1.723616	5.442187e-09
0.685298	1.723536	5.456141e-09
0.687055	1.723456	5.470131e-09
0.688816	1.723377	5.484157e-09
0.690583	1.723298	5.498219e-09
0.692353	1.723219	5.512316e-09
0.694128	1.723141	5.526450e-09
0.695908	1.723063	5.540620e-09
0.697692	1.722985	5.554827e-09
0.699481	1.722908	5.569070e-09
0.7	1.722885	5.573200e-09
0.701275	1.72283	5.735745e-09
0.703073	1.722753	5.965024e-09
0.704875	1.722677	6.194892e-09
0.706683	1.722601	6.425348e-09
0.708495	1.722525	6.656396e-09
0.710311	1.722449	6.888036e-09
0.712132	1.722374	7.120270e-09
0.713958	1.722299	7.353100e-09
0.715789	1.722224	7.586526e-09
0.717624	1.722149	7.820551e-09
0.719464	1.722075	8.055176e-09
0.721309	1.722001	8.290402e-09
0.723158	1.721928	8.526232e-09
0.725012	1.721854	8.762666e-09
0.726871	1.721781	8.999707e-09
0.728735	1.721708	9.237355e-09
0.730603	1.721636	9.475612e-09
0.732477	1.721563	9.714481e-09
0.734355	1.721491	9.953962e-09
0.736237	1.72142	1.019406e-08
0.738125	1.721348	1.043477e-08
0.740018	1.721277	1.067610e-08
0.741915	1.721206	1.091804e-08
0.743817	1.721135	1.116061e-08
0.745724	1.721065	1.140380e-08
0.747636	1.720995	1.164761e-08
0.749553	1.720925	1.189205e-08
0.75	1.720908	1.194900e-08
0.751475	1.720855	1.166680e-08
0.753402	1.720786	1.129822e-08
0.755334	1.720716	1.092869e-08
0.75727	1.720647	1.055822e-08
0.759212	1.720579	1.018679e-08
0.761159	1.72051	9.814414e-09
0.76311	1.720442	9.441082e-09
0.765067	1.720374	9.066793e-09
0.767028	1.720306	8.691544e-09
0.768995	1.720238	8.315334e-09
0.770967	1.720171	7.938158e-09
0.772943	1.720104	7.560016e-09
0.774925	1.720037	7.180904e-09
0.776912	1.71997	6.800820e-09
0.778904	1.719904	6.419761e-09
0.78	1.719867	6.210100e-09
0.780901	1.719837	6.504525e-09
0.782903	1.719771	7.158735e-09
0.784911	1.719706	7.814623e-09
0.786923	1.71964	8.472193e-09
0.788941	1.719574	9.131448e-09
0.790964	1.719509	9.792394e-09
0.792992	1.719444	1.045503e-08
0.795025	1.719379	1.111937e-08
0.797063	1.719315	1.178542e-08
0.799107	1.71925	1.245317e-08
0.8	1.719222	1.274500e-08
0.801156	1.719186	1.327386e-08
0.80321	1.719122	1.421384e-08
0.805269	1.719058	1.515622e-08
0.807334	1.718995	1.610102e-08
0.809404	1.718931	1.704824e-08
0.811479	1.718868	1.799789e-08
0.81356	1.718805	1.894998e-08
0.815646	1.718742	1.990450e-08
0.817737	1.718679	2.086148e-08
0.819834	1.718616	2.182090e-08
0.821936	1.718554	2.278279e-08
0.824043	1.718492	2.374715e-08
0.826156	1.71843	2.471397e-08
0.828274	1.718368	2.568328e-08
0.83	1.718318	2.647300e-08
0.830398	1.718306	2.648569e-08
0.832527	1.718245	2.655361e-08
0.834662	1.718183	2.662170e-08
0.836802	1.718122	2.668997e-08
0.838947	1.718061	2.675841e-08
0.841098	1.718	2.682703e-08
0.843255	1.717939	2.689583e-08
0.845417	1.717879	2.696480e-08
0.847584	1.717818	2.703394e-08
0.849758	1.717758	2.710327e-08
0.85	1.717751	2.711100e-08
0.851936	1.717698	2.689440e-08
0.854121	1.717638	2.665006e-08
0.856311	1.717578	2.640509e-08
0.858506	1.717518	2.615950e-08
0.860707	1.717458	2.591328e-08
0.862914	1.717399	2.566642e-08
0.865127	1.71734	2.541893e-08
0.867345	1.717281	2.517081e-08
0.869569	1.717221	2.492205e-08
0.871798	1.717163	2.467265e-08
0.874033	1.717104	2.442262e-08
0.876274	1.717045	2.417194e-08
0.878521	1.716987	2.392062e-08
0.880774	1.716928	2.366865e-08
0.883032	1.71687	2.341604e-08
0.885296	1.716812	2.316278e-08
0.887566	1.716754	2.290888e-08
0.889842	1.716696	2.265432e-08
0.892123	1.716638	2.239911e-08
0.894411	1.71658	2.214324e-08
0.896704	1.716523	2.188672e-08
0.899003	1.716465	2.162954e-08
0.9	1.716441	2.151800e-08
0.901308	1.716408	2.154928e-08
0.903619	1.716351	2.160456e-08
0.905936	1.716294	2.165998e-08
0.908258	1.716237	2.171554e-08
0.910587	1.71618	2.177125e-08
0.912922	1.716123	2.182709e-08
0.915263	1.716066	2.188308e-08
0.917609	1.716009	2.193921e-08
0.919962	1.715953	2.199549e-08
0.922321	1.715896	2.205191e-08
0.924686	1.71584	2.210848e-08
0.927056	1.715784	2.216519e-08
0.929433	1.715728	2.222205e-08
0.931816	1.715672	2.227905e-08
0.934206	1.715616	2.233620e-08
0.936601	1.71556	2.239349e-08
0.939002	1.715504	2.245093e-08
0.94141	1.715448	2.250852e-08
0.943824	1.715392	2.256626e-08
0.946244	1.715337	2.262414e-08
0.94867	1.715281	2.268218e-08
0.95	1.715251	2.271400e-08
0.951102	1.715226	2.274034e-08
0.953541	1.71517	2.279862e-08
0.955985	1.715115	2.285705e-08
0.958437	1.71506	2.291563e-08
0.960894	1.715005	2.297437e-08
0.963358	1.71495	2.303325e-08
0.965828	1.714895	2.309228e-08
0.968304	1.71484	2.315147e-08
0.970787	1.714785	2.321080e-08
0.973276	1.71473	2.327029e-08
0.975771	1.714675	2.332993e-08
0.978273	1.71462	2.338973e-08
0.980781	1.714566	2.344967e-08
0.983296	1.714511	2.350978e-08
0.985817	1.714456	2.357003e-08
0.988345	1.714402	2.363044e-08
0.990879	1.714347	2.369100e-08
0.993419	1.714293	2.375172e-08
0.995967	1.714238	2.381260e-08
0.99852	1.714184	2.387363e-08
1	1.714153	2.390900e-08
1.00108	1.71413	2.375384e-08
1.00365	1.714075	2.338521e-08
1.00622	1.714021	2.301563e-08
1.0088	1.713967	2.264510e-08
1.01139	1.713913	2.227362e-08
1.01398	1.713859	2.190119e-08

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

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Fresnel reflection calculator

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M-TAC80 (HOYA): all datasets

TaC (Tantalum crown)

M-TAC80 n,k 0.365–1.014 µm default

About M-TAC80 (HOYA)

HOYA Corporation is a global technology company based in Japan, known for its diverse range of products in the fields of healthcare and optics. In the optical industry, HOYA is particularly recognized for its high-quality optical glass and lens technologies. The company produces a wide array of optical products, from eyeglass lenses with advanced coatings to specialized glass materials used in cameras, telescopes, and other precision optical instruments. HOYA's expertise extends to various types of optical glass, including low-dispersion and high-refractive-index materials, which find applications in situations requiring exceptional optical clarity and performance. Beyond its contributions to optics, HOYA has also ventured into medical technologies, making it a multi-faceted company with a broad impact. With a commitment to innovation and quality, HOYA has earned a reputation as a leader in its field, consistently delivering products that set industry standards for performance and reliability. Their expansive portfolio and technological prowess make them a go-to provider for both consumer and industrial optical solutions.

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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/specs/hoya/optical/M-TAC80.yml
ID: ds_384b6253404f
API: /v1/datasets/ds_384b6253404f

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