Optical constants

Refractive index of NBFD11 (HOYA)

NBFD11: 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: 1.78589
Extinction coefficient k: 4.67830e-09

Permittivity ε₁: 3.18942
Permittivity ε₂: 1.67099e-08

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

Abbe number V_d: 43.934
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0916909 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.83977
Group velocity dispersion: 167.559 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -914.121 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

# NBFD11 (HOYA): NBFD11
hoya_nbfd11 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "HOYA-optical", "NBFD11", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(hoya_nbfd11.range_nm)  # (365.01, 1013.98) nm
eps = hoya_nbfd11.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_0eff289cabbb/lightsmith"
hoya_nbfd11 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(hoya_nbfd11.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (hoya-nbfd11/hoya).

# ... load hoya_nbfd11 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=hoya_nbfd11)],
    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} = 3.1010267 - 0.010022108 λ^{2.0} + 0.032631687 λ^{- 2.0} - 0.00081029268 λ^{- 4.0} + 0.0001935011 λ^{- 6.0} - 8.0279799 \times 10^{-6} λ^{- 8.0}

Valid from 0.36501 to 1.01398 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	3.1010267
C2	-0.010022108
C3	2.0
C4	0.032631687
C5	-2.0
C6	-0.00081029268
C7	-4.0
C8	0.0001935011
C9	-6.0
C10	-8.0279799e-06
C11	-8.0

Comments and conditions

General glass Type

Conditions

temperature: 293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion: type: formula A, coefficients: 1.08807e-05 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
nd: 1.78590
Vd: 43.93
glass code: 786439
density: value: 4430
thermal expansion: value: 5.7e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 7.1e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF: -0.008
resistance: acid: 3.0; stain: 3.0; climatic: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 6.64e-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

NBFD11 (HOYA), NBFD11: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.36501	1.83175	3.302716e-07
0.365946	1.831334	3.149747e-07
0.366884	1.830921	2.996386e-07
0.367825	1.83051	2.842632e-07
0.368768	1.830102	2.688484e-07
0.369713	1.829697	2.533941e-07
0.37	1.829575	2.487100e-07
0.370661	1.829294	2.437868e-07
0.371612	1.828894	2.367123e-07
0.372565	1.828496	2.296197e-07
0.37352	1.828101	2.225089e-07
0.374477	1.827709	2.153798e-07
0.375438	1.827319	2.082325e-07
0.3764	1.826932	2.010668e-07
0.377365	1.826547	1.938828e-07
0.378333	1.826165	1.866803e-07
0.379303	1.825785	1.794594e-07
0.38	1.825514	1.742700e-07
0.380275	1.825408	1.726044e-07
0.38125	1.825033	1.667075e-07
0.382228	1.82466	1.607955e-07
0.383208	1.82429	1.548683e-07
0.38419	1.823922	1.489260e-07
0.385176	1.823557	1.429684e-07
0.386163	1.823194	1.369955e-07
0.387153	1.822834	1.310073e-07
0.388146	1.822475	1.250038e-07
0.389141	1.82212	1.189849e-07
0.39	1.821815	1.137900e-07
0.390139	1.821766	1.132386e-07
0.391139	1.821415	1.092650e-07
0.392142	1.821066	1.052812e-07
0.393147	1.820719	1.012872e-07
0.394155	1.820374	9.728296e-08
0.395166	1.820032	9.326845e-08
0.396179	1.819692	8.924364e-08
0.397195	1.819354	8.520851e-08
0.398213	1.819018	8.116304e-08
0.399234	1.818685	7.710719e-08
0.4	1.818436	7.406600e-08
0.400258	1.818353	7.371836e-08
0.401284	1.818024	7.233580e-08
0.402313	1.817697	7.094970e-08
0.403345	1.817372	6.956003e-08
0.404379	1.817049	6.816681e-08
0.405416	1.816728	6.677002e-08
0.406455	1.816409	6.536964e-08
0.407497	1.816092	6.396567e-08
0.408542	1.815777	6.255810e-08
0.40959	1.815465	6.114693e-08
0.41064	1.815154	5.973213e-08
0.411693	1.814845	5.831371e-08
0.412748	1.814538	5.689165e-08
0.413806	1.814234	5.546594e-08
0.414867	1.813931	5.403658e-08
0.415931	1.81363	5.260356e-08
0.416998	1.813331	5.116686e-08
0.418067	1.813033	4.972647e-08
0.419139	1.812738	4.828240e-08
0.42	1.812503	4.712200e-08
0.420213	1.812445	4.699474e-08
0.421291	1.812153	4.635195e-08
0.422371	1.811864	4.570752e-08
0.423454	1.811576	4.506143e-08
0.42454	1.81129	4.441369e-08
0.425628	1.811006	4.376429e-08
0.426719	1.810723	4.311322e-08
0.427813	1.810442	4.246048e-08
0.42891	1.810163	4.180607e-08
0.43001	1.809886	4.114999e-08
0.431113	1.809611	4.049221e-08
0.432218	1.809337	3.983276e-08
0.433326	1.809065	3.917161e-08
0.434437	1.808795	3.850877e-08
0.435551	1.808526	3.784422e-08
0.436668	1.808259	3.717798e-08
0.437787	1.807994	3.651002e-08
0.43891	1.80773	3.584036e-08
0.44	1.807477	3.519000e-08
0.440035	1.807468	3.516032e-08
0.441163	1.807208	3.421029e-08
0.442295	1.806949	3.325782e-08
0.443429	1.806692	3.230291e-08
0.444566	1.806437	3.134556e-08
0.445705	1.806183	3.038574e-08
0.446848	1.80593	2.942347e-08
0.447994	1.805679	2.845873e-08
0.449143	1.80543	2.749152e-08
0.450294	1.805182	2.652182e-08
0.451449	1.804936	2.554964e-08
0.452606	1.804691	2.457497e-08
0.453767	1.804447	2.359780e-08
0.45493	1.804206	2.261812e-08
0.456097	1.803965	2.163593e-08
0.457266	1.803726	2.065123e-08
0.458438	1.803489	1.966399e-08
0.459614	1.803253	1.867423e-08
0.46	1.803176	1.834900e-08
0.460792	1.803018	1.838057e-08
0.461974	1.802785	1.842765e-08
0.463158	1.802553	1.847485e-08
0.464346	1.802323	1.852217e-08
0.465536	1.802094	1.856962e-08
0.46673	1.801866	1.861718e-08
0.467927	1.80164	1.866487e-08
0.469126	1.801415	1.871268e-08
0.470329	1.801191	1.876061e-08
0.471535	1.800969	1.880867e-08
0.472744	1.800748	1.885685e-08
0.473956	1.800528	1.890515e-08
0.475171	1.80031	1.895358e-08
0.47639	1.800093	1.900213e-08
0.477611	1.799877	1.905080e-08
0.478836	1.799662	1.909960e-08
0.48	1.79946	1.914600e-08
0.480063	1.799449	1.909794e-08
0.481294	1.799237	1.816463e-08
0.482528	1.799026	1.722892e-08
0.483765	1.798817	1.629082e-08
0.485006	1.798608	1.535031e-08
0.486249	1.798401	1.440739e-08
0.487496	1.798195	1.346205e-08
0.488746	1.797991	1.251429e-08
0.489999	1.797787	1.156410e-08
0.491255	1.797585	1.061147e-08
0.492515	1.797383	9.656404e-09
0.493778	1.797183	8.698885e-09
0.495044	1.796985	7.738911e-09
0.496313	1.796787	6.776476e-09
0.497586	1.79659	5.811573e-09
0.498861	1.796395	4.844196e-09
0.5	1.796222	3.980900e-09
0.500141	1.7962	3.982019e-09
0.501423	1.796007	3.992229e-09
0.502709	1.795815	4.002465e-09
0.503997	1.795624	4.012728e-09
0.50529	1.795434	4.023016e-09
0.506585	1.795245	4.033332e-09
0.507884	1.795057	4.043673e-09
0.509186	1.79487	4.054041e-09
0.510492	1.794685	4.064436e-09
0.511801	1.7945	4.074857e-09
0.513113	1.794316	4.085305e-09
0.514429	1.794134	4.095780e-09
0.515748	1.793952	4.106282e-09
0.51707	1.793771	4.116810e-09
0.518396	1.793592	4.127366e-09
0.519725	1.793413	4.137949e-09
0.521057	1.793236	4.148559e-09
0.522393	1.793059	4.159196e-09
0.523733	1.792883	4.169860e-09
0.525076	1.792709	4.180552e-09
0.526422	1.792535	4.191271e-09
0.527772	1.792362	4.202017e-09
0.529125	1.792191	4.212791e-09
0.530481	1.79202	4.223593e-09
0.531842	1.79185	4.234422e-09
0.533205	1.791681	4.245280e-09
0.534572	1.791513	4.256165e-09
0.535943	1.791346	4.267077e-09
0.537317	1.791179	4.278018e-09
0.538695	1.791014	4.288987e-09
0.540076	1.79085	4.299984e-09
0.541461	1.790686	4.311010e-09
0.542849	1.790523	4.322063e-09
0.544241	1.790361	4.333145e-09
0.545636	1.7902	4.344255e-09
0.547035	1.79004	4.355394e-09
0.548438	1.789881	4.366562e-09
0.549844	1.789723	4.377758e-09
0.55	1.789705	4.379000e-09
0.551254	1.789565	4.388980e-09
0.552667	1.789409	4.400230e-09
0.554084	1.789253	4.411510e-09
0.555505	1.789098	4.422818e-09
0.556929	1.788943	4.434156e-09
0.558357	1.78879	4.445522e-09
0.559789	1.788637	4.456918e-09
0.561224	1.788486	4.468343e-09
0.562663	1.788335	4.479797e-09
0.564106	1.788184	4.491280e-09
0.565552	1.788035	4.502793e-09
0.567002	1.787886	4.514336e-09
0.568456	1.787739	4.525908e-09
0.569913	1.787591	4.537509e-09
0.571374	1.787445	4.549141e-09
0.572839	1.7873	4.560802e-09
0.574308	1.787155	4.572493e-09
0.575781	1.787011	4.584214e-09
0.577257	1.786867	4.595966e-09
0.578737	1.786725	4.607747e-09
0.580221	1.786583	4.619558e-09
0.581709	1.786442	4.631400e-09
0.5832	1.786301	4.643272e-09
0.584695	1.786162	4.655175e-09
0.586195	1.786023	4.667108e-09
0.587697	1.785884	4.679072e-09
0.589204	1.785747	4.691066e-09
0.590715	1.78561	4.703092e-09
0.59223	1.785474	4.715148e-09
0.593748	1.785338	4.727235e-09
0.59527	1.785204	4.739352e-09
0.596797	1.785069	4.751501e-09
0.598327	1.784936	4.763682e-09
0.599861	1.784803	4.775893e-09
0.6	1.784791	4.777000e-09
0.601399	1.784671	4.788138e-09
0.602941	1.78454	4.800416e-09
0.604487	1.784409	4.812724e-09
0.606037	1.784279	4.825064e-09
0.607591	1.784149	4.837436e-09
0.609148	1.78402	4.849840e-09
0.61071	1.783892	4.862275e-09
0.612276	1.783764	4.874742e-09
0.613846	1.783637	4.887241e-09
0.61542	1.783511	4.899773e-09
0.616998	1.783385	4.912336e-09
0.61858	1.78326	4.924932e-09
0.620166	1.783136	4.937560e-09
0.621756	1.783012	4.950220e-09
0.62335	1.782889	4.962913e-09
0.624948	1.782766	4.975638e-09
0.626551	1.782644	4.988396e-09
0.628157	1.782522	5.001186e-09
0.629768	1.782401	5.014010e-09
0.631382	1.782281	5.026866e-09
0.633001	1.782161	5.039755e-09
0.634624	1.782042	5.052677e-09
0.636251	1.781924	5.065633e-09
0.637883	1.781806	5.078621e-09
0.639518	1.781688	5.091643e-09
0.641158	1.781571	5.104699e-09
0.642802	1.781455	5.117788e-09
0.64445	1.781339	5.130910e-09
0.646102	1.781224	5.144066e-09
0.647759	1.781109	5.157256e-09
0.64942	1.780995	5.170479e-09
0.65	1.780955	5.175100e-09
0.651085	1.780881	5.183737e-09
0.652754	1.780768	5.197028e-09
0.654428	1.780656	5.210354e-09
0.656106	1.780544	5.223713e-09
0.657788	1.780432	5.237107e-09
0.659474	1.780321	5.250535e-09
0.661165	1.780211	5.263998e-09
0.662861	1.780101	5.277495e-09
0.66456	1.779991	5.291027e-09
0.666264	1.779882	5.304594e-09
0.667972	1.779774	5.318195e-09
0.669685	1.779666	5.331831e-09
0.671402	1.779559	5.345502e-09
0.673123	1.779452	5.359209e-09
0.674849	1.779345	5.372950e-09
0.67658	1.779239	5.386727e-09
0.678314	1.779134	5.400539e-09
0.680053	1.779029	5.414386e-09
0.681797	1.778924	5.428269e-09
0.683545	1.77882	5.442187e-09
0.685298	1.778717	5.456141e-09
0.687055	1.778613	5.470131e-09
0.688816	1.778511	5.484157e-09
0.690583	1.778409	5.498219e-09
0.692353	1.778307	5.512316e-09
0.694128	1.778206	5.526450e-09
0.695908	1.778105	5.540620e-09
0.697692	1.778004	5.554827e-09
0.699481	1.777904	5.569070e-09
0.7	1.777876	5.573200e-09
0.701275	1.777805	5.735745e-09
0.703073	1.777706	5.965024e-09
0.704875	1.777607	6.194892e-09
0.706683	1.777509	6.425348e-09
0.708495	1.777411	6.656396e-09
0.710311	1.777314	6.888036e-09
0.712132	1.777217	7.120270e-09
0.713958	1.777121	7.353100e-09
0.715789	1.777025	7.586526e-09
0.717624	1.776929	7.820551e-09
0.719464	1.776834	8.055176e-09
0.721309	1.776739	8.290402e-09
0.723158	1.776645	8.526232e-09
0.725012	1.776551	8.762666e-09
0.726871	1.776457	8.999707e-09
0.728735	1.776364	9.237355e-09
0.730603	1.776271	9.475612e-09
0.732477	1.776179	9.714481e-09
0.734355	1.776087	9.953962e-09
0.736237	1.775995	1.019406e-08
0.738125	1.775904	1.043477e-08
0.740018	1.775813	1.067610e-08
0.741915	1.775723	1.091804e-08
0.743817	1.775633	1.116061e-08
0.745724	1.775543	1.140380e-08
0.747636	1.775454	1.164761e-08
0.749553	1.775365	1.189205e-08
0.75	1.775344	1.194900e-08
0.751475	1.775276	1.166680e-08
0.753402	1.775188	1.129822e-08
0.755334	1.7751	1.092869e-08
0.75727	1.775013	1.055822e-08
0.759212	1.774926	1.018679e-08
0.761159	1.774839	9.814414e-09
0.76311	1.774753	9.441082e-09
0.765067	1.774667	9.066793e-09
0.767028	1.774581	8.691544e-09
0.768995	1.774496	8.315334e-09
0.770967	1.774411	7.938158e-09
0.772943	1.774326	7.560016e-09
0.774925	1.774242	7.180904e-09
0.776912	1.774158	6.800820e-09
0.778904	1.774074	6.419761e-09
0.78	1.774028	6.210100e-09
0.780901	1.773991	6.217277e-09
0.782903	1.773908	6.233225e-09
0.784911	1.773825	6.249213e-09
0.786923	1.773743	6.265243e-09
0.788941	1.773661	6.281313e-09
0.790964	1.773579	6.297425e-09
0.792992	1.773498	6.313578e-09
0.795025	1.773417	6.329772e-09
0.797063	1.773336	6.346008e-09
0.799107	1.773256	6.362286e-09
0.8	1.773221	6.369400e-09
0.801156	1.773176	6.378600e-09
0.80321	1.773096	6.394951e-09
0.805269	1.773016	6.411343e-09
0.807334	1.772937	6.427778e-09
0.809404	1.772858	6.444255e-09
0.811479	1.77278	6.460775e-09
0.81356	1.772702	6.477336e-09
0.815646	1.772624	6.493940e-09
0.817737	1.772546	6.510587e-09
0.819834	1.772469	6.527276e-09
0.821936	1.772391	6.544008e-09
0.824043	1.772315	6.560783e-09
0.826156	1.772238	6.577602e-09
0.828274	1.772162	6.594463e-09
0.83	1.7721	6.608200e-09
0.830398	1.772086	6.611369e-09
0.832527	1.77201	6.628327e-09
0.834662	1.771935	6.645329e-09
0.836802	1.77186	6.662375e-09
0.838947	1.771785	6.679464e-09
0.841098	1.77171	6.696597e-09
0.843255	1.771636	6.713774e-09
0.845417	1.771562	6.730995e-09
0.847584	1.771488	6.748260e-09
0.849758	1.771415	6.765569e-09
0.85	1.771407	6.767500e-09
0.851936	1.771342	6.782917e-09
0.854121	1.771269	6.800309e-09
0.856311	1.771196	6.817745e-09
0.858506	1.771124	6.835226e-09
0.860707	1.771051	6.852752e-09
0.862914	1.77098	6.870323e-09
0.865127	1.770908	6.887939e-09
0.867345	1.770836	6.905599e-09
0.869569	1.770765	6.923306e-09
0.871798	1.770694	6.941057e-09
0.874033	1.770624	6.958855e-09
0.876274	1.770553	6.976697e-09
0.878521	1.770483	6.994586e-09
0.880774	1.770413	7.012520e-09
0.883032	1.770343	7.030501e-09
0.885296	1.770274	7.048527e-09
0.887566	1.770204	7.066600e-09
0.889842	1.770135	7.084719e-09
0.892123	1.770067	7.102884e-09
0.894411	1.769998	7.121096e-09
0.896704	1.76993	7.139355e-09
0.899003	1.769861	7.157661e-09
0.9	1.769832	7.165600e-09
0.901308	1.769794	7.176011e-09
0.903619	1.769726	7.194406e-09
0.905936	1.769658	7.212848e-09
0.908258	1.769591	7.231337e-09
0.910587	1.769524	7.249874e-09
0.912922	1.769457	7.268458e-09
0.915263	1.769391	7.287090e-09
0.917609	1.769324	7.305770e-09
0.919962	1.769258	7.324498e-09
0.922321	1.769192	7.343273e-09
0.924686	1.769126	7.362097e-09
0.927056	1.769061	7.380969e-09
0.929433	1.768995	7.399890e-09
0.931816	1.76893	7.418859e-09
0.934206	1.768865	7.437876e-09
0.936601	1.7688	7.456943e-09
0.939002	1.768736	7.476058e-09
0.94141	1.768671	7.495222e-09
0.943824	1.768607	7.514436e-09
0.946244	1.768543	7.533698e-09
0.94867	1.768479	7.553010e-09
0.95	1.768444	7.563600e-09
0.951102	1.768415	7.572374e-09
0.953541	1.768352	7.591790e-09
0.955985	1.768289	7.611256e-09
0.958437	1.768226	7.630772e-09
0.960894	1.768163	7.650338e-09
0.963358	1.7681	7.669954e-09
0.965828	1.768037	7.689620e-09
0.968304	1.767975	7.709337e-09
0.970787	1.767913	7.729104e-09
0.973276	1.767851	7.748922e-09
0.975771	1.767789	7.768791e-09
0.978273	1.767727	7.788710e-09
0.980781	1.767666	7.808681e-09
0.983296	1.767604	7.828703e-09
0.985817	1.767543	7.848776e-09
0.988345	1.767482	7.868901e-09
0.990879	1.767421	7.889077e-09
0.993419	1.76736	7.909306e-09
0.995967	1.7673	7.929586e-09
0.99852	1.767239	7.949918e-09
1	1.767204	7.961700e-09
1.00108	1.767179	7.970302e-09
1.00365	1.767119	7.990738e-09
1.00622	1.767059	8.011227e-09
1.0088	1.766999	8.031768e-09
1.01139	1.766939	8.052362e-09
1.01398	1.76688	8.073009e-09

Optical transmission calculator

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Fresnel reflection calculator

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NBFD11 (HOYA): all datasets

NbFD (Dense niobium flint)

NBFD11 n,k 0.365–1.014 µm default

About NBFD11 (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/NBFD11.yml
ID: ds_0eff289cabbb
API: /v1/datasets/ds_0eff289cabbb

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