Optical constants

Refractive index of BSM51Y (OHARA)

BSM51Y: n,k 0.29–2.4 µm

Data: formula 2 + tabulated k
Range: 0.29–2.4 µm
Temperature: 298 K
Licence: CC0-1.0

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.60311
Extinction coefficient k: 4.67830e-09

Permittivity ε₁: 2.56995
Permittivity ε₂: 1.49996e-08

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

Abbe number V_d: 60.651
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0514368 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.63333
Group velocity dispersion: 89.0223 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -485.664 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

# BSM51Y (OHARA): BSM51Y
ohara_bsm51y = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "OHARA-optical", "BSM51Y", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(ohara_bsm51y.range_nm)  # (290, 2400) nm
eps = ohara_bsm51y.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_d74c3aeba53e/lightsmith"
ohara_bsm51y = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(ohara_bsm51y.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (ohara-bsm51y/ohara).

# ... load ohara_bsm51y as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=ohara_bsm51y)],
    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"]).

import json, urllib.request
import lightsmith as ls

url = "https://materials.lightsmith.dev/v1/datasets/ds_d74c3aeba53e/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
ohara_bsm51y_dl = ls.DrudeLorentz.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))

A dispersive Drude–Lorentz model for time-domain solvers.

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Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (C in µm²) (formula 2), λ in µm

n^{2} - 1 = \frac{1.22393171 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - 0.00649521083} + \frac{0.306482383 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - 0.0208194161} + \frac{0.823950901 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - 79.5168951}

Valid from 0.29 to 2.4 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	0.0
C2	1.22393171
C3	0.00649521083
C4	0.306482383
C5	0.0208194161
C6	0.823950901
C7	79.5168951

Comments and conditions

Improved XMT at 365

Conditions

temperature: 298 K

Properties

thermal dispersion: type: formula A, coefficients: 2.03e-06 1.19e-08 -4.08e-11 4.45e-07 5.05e-10 0.166
nd: 1.603109
Vd: 60.651225
glass code: 603606
density: value: 3360
thermal expansion: value: 6.3e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 7.7e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF: -0.0026
resistance: acid: 51.2; climatic: 3.0; phosphate: 2.2

Thermo-optic coefficient

Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 298.0 K): dn/dT = 1.57e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 1.10e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 1.06e-06 K⁻¹ at 1550 nm

References

OHARA Zemax catalog 2017-11-30 (obtained from http://www.ohara-inc.co.jp)
See also OHARA glass data sheets

Cite

OHARA Zemax catalog 2017-11-30 (obtained from http://www.ohara-inc.co.jp); See also OHARA 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 429 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

BSM51Y (OHARA), BSM51Y: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.29	1.653122	8.092200e-06
0.29154	1.65234	7.253545e-06
0.293088	1.651569	6.410435e-06
0.294645	1.65081	5.562849e-06
0.29621	1.650061	4.710761e-06
0.297783	1.649323	3.854148e-06
0.299364	1.648595	2.992986e-06
0.3	1.648307	2.646700e-06
0.300954	1.647878	2.481548e-06
0.302552	1.647171	2.204838e-06
0.304159	1.646474	1.926658e-06
0.305774	1.645786	1.647002e-06
0.307398	1.645108	1.365859e-06
0.309031	1.64444	1.083224e-06
0.31	1.644049	9.153800e-07
0.310672	1.643781	8.757600e-07
0.312322	1.64313	7.784425e-07
0.31398	1.642489	6.806082e-07
0.315648	1.641857	5.822543e-07
0.317324	1.641233	4.833781e-07
0.319009	1.640618	3.839767e-07
0.32	1.640261	3.255300e-07
0.320703	1.640011	3.121095e-07
0.322406	1.639412	2.796084e-07
0.324119	1.638821	2.469347e-07
0.32584	1.638239	2.140875e-07
0.32757	1.637664	1.810659e-07
0.32931	1.637096	1.478689e-07
0.33	1.636874	1.347000e-07
0.331059	1.636536	1.271040e-07
0.332817	1.635984	1.144904e-07
0.334584	1.635439	1.018098e-07
0.336361	1.634901	8.906192e-08
0.338148	1.63437	7.624631e-08
0.339943	1.633846	6.336264e-08
0.34	1.63383	6.295600e-08
0.341749	1.633329	5.782706e-08
0.343564	1.632818	5.250375e-08
0.345388	1.632314	4.715218e-08
0.347222	1.631817	4.177218e-08
0.349066	1.631326	3.636361e-08
0.35	1.631081	3.362500e-08
0.35092	1.630841	3.238280e-08
0.352784	1.630363	2.986674e-08
0.354657	1.629891	2.733731e-08
0.356541	1.629424	2.479445e-08
0.358434	1.628964	2.223809e-08
0.36	1.628589	2.012400e-08
0.360338	1.628509	1.984298e-08
0.362251	1.62806	1.825027e-08
0.364175	1.627617	1.664910e-08
0.366109	1.627179	1.503942e-08
0.368053	1.626747	1.342120e-08
0.37	1.626322	1.180100e-08
0.370008	1.62632	1.179884e-08
0.371973	1.625899	1.126525e-08
0.373948	1.625482	1.072883e-08
0.375934	1.625071	1.018955e-08
0.377931	1.624665	9.647414e-09
0.379938	1.624264	9.102398e-09
0.38	1.624252	9.085500e-09
0.381955	1.623868	8.523844e-09
0.383984	1.623477	7.941238e-09
0.386023	1.62309	7.355538e-09
0.388073	1.622708	6.766727e-09
0.39	1.622355	6.213300e-09
0.390134	1.622331	6.215436e-09
0.392206	1.621958	6.248441e-09
0.394289	1.62159	6.281621e-09
0.396383	1.621227	6.314977e-09
0.398488	1.620867	6.348511e-09
0.4	1.620613	6.372600e-09
0.400604	1.620512	6.382222e-09
0.402731	1.620161	6.416113e-09
0.40487	1.619815	6.450183e-09
0.40702	1.619472	6.484435e-09
0.409182	1.619134	6.518868e-09
0.411355	1.618799	6.553484e-09
0.41354	1.618469	6.588284e-09
0.415736	1.618142	6.623269e-09
0.417944	1.61782	6.658440e-09
0.42	1.617524	6.691200e-09
0.420163	1.617501	6.693798e-09
0.422394	1.617186	6.729343e-09
0.424638	1.616874	6.765077e-09
0.426893	1.616566	6.801001e-09
0.42916	1.616262	6.837115e-09
0.431439	1.615961	6.873421e-09
0.43373	1.615664	6.909921e-09
0.436033	1.61537	6.946614e-09
0.438349	1.615079	6.983501e-09
0.44	1.614875	7.009800e-09
0.440677	1.614792	6.896485e-09
0.443017	1.614508	6.504792e-09
0.44537	1.614227	6.111018e-09
0.447735	1.61395	5.715154e-09
0.450113	1.613675	5.317187e-09
0.452503	1.613404	4.917107e-09
0.454906	1.613136	4.514903e-09
0.457322	1.612871	4.110562e-09
0.459751	1.612609	3.704074e-09
0.46	1.612582	3.662400e-09
0.462193	1.612349	3.679853e-09
0.464647	1.612093	3.699391e-09
0.467115	1.611839	3.719033e-09
0.469595	1.611589	3.738779e-09
0.472089	1.611341	3.758630e-09
0.474596	1.611096	3.778587e-09
0.477117	1.610853	3.798649e-09
0.479651	1.610613	3.818819e-09
0.48	1.610581	3.821600e-09
0.482198	1.610376	3.839106e-09
0.484759	1.610142	3.859502e-09
0.487333	1.60991	3.880007e-09
0.489921	1.60968	3.900621e-09
0.492523	1.609453	3.921344e-09
0.495138	1.609229	3.942178e-09
0.497768	1.609006	3.963122e-09
0.5	1.608821	3.980900e-09
0.500411	1.608787	3.984176e-09
0.503069	1.608569	4.005335e-09
0.505741	1.608354	4.026606e-09
0.508426	1.608142	4.047991e-09
0.511126	1.607931	4.069489e-09
0.513841	1.607723	4.091101e-09
0.51657	1.607517	4.112828e-09
0.519313	1.607313	4.134670e-09
0.522071	1.607111	4.156629e-09
0.524843	1.606911	4.178704e-09
0.527631	1.606714	4.200896e-09
0.530433	1.606518	4.223206e-09
0.53325	1.606325	4.245634e-09
0.536082	1.606133	4.268182e-09
0.538929	1.605944	4.290849e-09
0.541791	1.605756	4.313637e-09
0.544668	1.605571	4.336546e-09
0.54756	1.605387	4.359576e-09
0.55	1.605234	4.379000e-09
0.550468	1.605205	4.382728e-09
0.553392	1.605025	4.405998e-09
0.556331	1.604847	4.429391e-09
0.559285	1.60467	4.452909e-09
0.562255	1.604496	4.476551e-09
0.565241	1.604323	4.500319e-09
0.568243	1.604152	4.524214e-09
0.571261	1.603982	4.548235e-09
0.574294	1.603814	4.572384e-09
0.577344	1.603648	4.596661e-09
0.58041	1.603484	4.621067e-09
0.583493	1.603321	4.645602e-09
0.586591	1.603159	4.670268e-09
0.589707	1.602999	4.695065e-09
0.592838	1.602841	4.719994e-09
0.595987	1.602684	4.745054e-09
0.599152	1.602529	4.770248e-09
0.6	1.602488	4.777000e-09
0.602334	1.602375	4.795581e-09
0.605532	1.602223	4.821050e-09
0.608748	1.602072	4.846654e-09
0.611981	1.601923	4.872394e-09
0.615231	1.601774	4.898270e-09
0.618498	1.601628	4.924284e-09
0.621783	1.601482	4.950437e-09
0.625085	1.601338	4.976728e-09
0.628405	1.601196	5.003158e-09
0.631742	1.601054	5.029729e-09
0.635097	1.600914	5.056442e-09
0.63847	1.600775	5.083296e-09
0.64186	1.600637	5.110292e-09
0.645269	1.600501	5.137432e-09
0.648696	1.600366	5.164717e-09
0.65	1.600315	5.175100e-09
0.652141	1.600232	5.192146e-09
0.655604	1.600099	5.219720e-09
0.659086	1.599967	5.247442e-09
0.662586	1.599837	5.275310e-09
0.666105	1.599707	5.303326e-09
0.669642	1.599579	5.331492e-09
0.673198	1.599451	5.359806e-09
0.676774	1.599325	5.388271e-09
0.680368	1.5992	5.416888e-09
0.683981	1.599076	5.445656e-09
0.687613	1.598953	5.474577e-09
0.691265	1.598831	5.503652e-09
0.694936	1.59871	5.532881e-09
0.698627	1.59859	5.562265e-09
0.7	1.598545	5.573200e-09
0.702337	1.59847	5.591805e-09
0.706067	1.598352	5.621502e-09
0.709816	1.598235	5.651357e-09
0.713586	1.598118	5.681371e-09
0.717375	1.598003	5.711544e-09
0.721185	1.597888	5.741877e-09
0.725015	1.597775	5.772371e-09
0.728865	1.597662	5.803027e-09
0.732736	1.59755	5.833846e-09
0.736628	1.597438	5.864828e-09
0.74054	1.597328	5.895976e-09
0.744472	1.597218	5.927288e-09
0.748426	1.597109	5.958767e-09
0.752401	1.597001	5.990413e-09
0.756396	1.596894	6.022227e-09
0.760413	1.596788	6.054210e-09
0.764451	1.596682	6.086363e-09
0.768511	1.596577	6.118686e-09
0.772593	1.596472	6.151182e-09
0.776695	1.596368	6.183850e-09
0.78082	1.596265	6.216691e-09
0.784967	1.596163	6.249707e-09
0.789136	1.596061	6.282898e-09
0.793326	1.59596	6.316265e-09
0.79754	1.59586	6.349810e-09
0.8	1.595802	6.369400e-09
0.801775	1.59576	6.383532e-09
0.806033	1.595661	6.417434e-09
0.810313	1.595562	6.451516e-09
0.814617	1.595464	6.485779e-09
0.818943	1.595366	6.520223e-09
0.823292	1.595269	6.554851e-09
0.827664	1.595173	6.589663e-09
0.83206	1.595077	6.624659e-09
0.836478	1.594982	6.659841e-09
0.840921	1.594887	6.695211e-09
0.845387	1.594792	6.730768e-09
0.849876	1.594699	6.766513e-09
0.854389	1.594605	6.802449e-09
0.858927	1.594512	6.838576e-09
0.863488	1.59442	6.874894e-09
0.868074	1.594328	6.911405e-09
0.872684	1.594236	6.948110e-09
0.877319	1.594145	6.985010e-09
0.881978	1.594054	7.022106e-09
0.886662	1.593964	7.059399e-09
0.89137	1.593873	7.096890e-09
0.896104	1.593784	7.134581e-09
0.9	1.593711	7.165600e-09
0.900863	1.593695	7.310090e-09
0.905647	1.593606	8.111123e-09
0.910457	1.593517	8.916409e-09
0.915292	1.593429	9.725973e-09
0.920153	1.593341	1.053983e-08
0.925039	1.593253	1.135802e-08
0.929952	1.593166	1.218055e-08
0.93489	1.593079	1.300745e-08
0.939855	1.592992	1.383874e-08
0.944847	1.592905	1.467444e-08
0.949864	1.592819	1.551458e-08
0.954909	1.592733	1.635919e-08
0.95998	1.592647	1.720827e-08
0.965078	1.592561	1.806187e-08
0.970203	1.592476	1.892000e-08
0.975356	1.592391	1.978269e-08
0.980535	1.592306	2.064996e-08
0.985743	1.592221	2.152184e-08
0.990978	1.592136	2.239835e-08
0.99624	1.592052	2.327951e-08
1	1.591992	2.390900e-08
1.00153	1.591968	2.394561e-08
1.00685	1.591883	2.407278e-08
1.0122	1.591799	2.420063e-08
1.01757	1.591715	2.432915e-08
1.02298	1.591632	2.445836e-08
1.02841	1.591548	2.458826e-08
1.03387	1.591464	2.471884e-08
1.03936	1.591381	2.485012e-08
1.04488	1.591297	2.498210e-08
1.05043	1.591214	2.511477e-08
1.05601	1.59113	2.524815e-08
1.06162	1.591047	2.538224e-08
1.06725	1.590964	2.551704e-08
1.07292	1.59088	2.565256e-08
1.07862	1.590797	2.578880e-08
1.08435	1.590714	2.592576e-08
1.09011	1.590631	2.606345e-08
1.0959	1.590547	2.620187e-08
1.10172	1.590464	2.634102e-08
1.10757	1.590381	2.648091e-08
1.11345	1.590297	2.662155e-08
1.11936	1.590214	2.676293e-08
1.12531	1.59013	2.690507e-08
1.13128	1.590046	2.704796e-08
1.13729	1.589963	2.719160e-08
1.14333	1.589879	2.733601e-08
1.1494	1.589795	2.748119e-08
1.15551	1.589711	2.762714e-08
1.16164	1.589627	2.777386e-08
1.16781	1.589542	2.792137e-08
1.17401	1.589458	2.806965e-08
1.18025	1.589373	2.821873e-08
1.18652	1.589288	2.836859e-08
1.19282	1.589203	2.851925e-08
1.19915	1.589118	2.867071e-08
1.2	1.589106	2.869100e-08
1.20552	1.589032	3.254627e-08
1.21192	1.588947	3.701778e-08
1.21836	1.588861	4.151304e-08
1.22483	1.588775	4.603217e-08
1.23133	1.588688	5.057530e-08
1.23787	1.588602	5.514256e-08
1.24445	1.588515	5.973407e-08
1.25105	1.588428	6.434997e-08
1.2577	1.58834	6.899038e-08
1.26438	1.588253	7.365543e-08
1.27109	1.588164	7.834526e-08
1.27784	1.588076	8.305999e-08
1.28463	1.587987	8.779976e-08
1.29145	1.587898	9.256471e-08
1.29831	1.587809	9.735495e-08
1.3052	1.587719	1.021706e-07
1.31214	1.587629	1.070119e-07
1.3191	1.587538	1.118789e-07
1.32611	1.587447	1.167717e-07
1.33315	1.587356	1.216905e-07
1.34023	1.587264	1.266354e-07
1.34735	1.587172	1.316066e-07
1.3545	1.587079	1.366042e-07
1.3617	1.586986	1.416283e-07
1.36893	1.586892	1.466791e-07
1.3762	1.586798	1.517568e-07
1.38351	1.586704	1.568614e-07
1.39086	1.586609	1.619931e-07
1.39824	1.586513	1.671520e-07
1.4	1.58649	1.683800e-07
1.40567	1.586417	1.665066e-07
1.41313	1.58632	1.640391e-07
1.42064	1.586223	1.615584e-07
1.42818	1.586125	1.590646e-07
1.43577	1.586027	1.565575e-07
1.44339	1.585928	1.540371e-07
1.45106	1.585828	1.515033e-07
1.45876	1.585728	1.489561e-07
1.46651	1.585627	1.463953e-07
1.4743	1.585526	1.438210e-07
1.48213	1.585423	1.412329e-07
1.49	1.585321	1.386311e-07
1.49791	1.585217	1.360156e-07
1.50587	1.585113	1.333861e-07
1.51386	1.585008	1.307426e-07
1.5219	1.584902	1.280851e-07
1.52998	1.584796	1.254135e-07
1.53811	1.584689	1.227277e-07
1.54628	1.584581	1.200277e-07
1.55449	1.584472	1.173133e-07
1.56275	1.584363	1.145845e-07
1.57104	1.584253	1.118412e-07
1.57939	1.584141	1.090833e-07
1.58778	1.58403	1.063108e-07
1.59621	1.583917	1.035236e-07
1.6	1.583866	1.022700e-07
1.60468	1.583803	1.056272e-07
1.61321	1.583689	1.117344e-07
1.62177	1.583573	1.178741e-07
1.63039	1.583457	1.240464e-07
1.63904	1.583339	1.302514e-07
1.64775	1.583221	1.364894e-07
1.6565	1.583102	1.427605e-07
1.6653	1.582982	1.490650e-07
1.67414	1.582861	1.554029e-07
1.68303	1.582738	1.617745e-07
1.69197	1.582615	1.681799e-07
1.70095	1.582491	1.746193e-07
1.70999	1.582366	1.810929e-07
1.71907	1.582239	1.876009e-07
1.7282	1.582112	1.941435e-07
1.73738	1.581983	2.007208e-07
1.7466	1.581853	2.073331e-07
1.75588	1.581722	2.139804e-07
1.7652	1.58159	2.206631e-07
1.77458	1.581457	2.273812e-07
1.784	1.581323	2.341351e-07
1.79348	1.581187	2.409248e-07
1.8	1.581093	2.456000e-07
1.803	1.58105	2.499282e-07
1.81258	1.580912	2.637388e-07
1.8222	1.580772	2.776228e-07
1.83188	1.580632	2.915806e-07
1.84161	1.58049	3.056124e-07
1.85139	1.580346	3.197188e-07
1.86122	1.580201	3.339001e-07
1.8711	1.580055	3.481567e-07
1.88104	1.579907	3.624890e-07
1.89103	1.579758	3.768974e-07
1.90107	1.579608	3.913824e-07
1.91117	1.579456	4.059443e-07
1.92132	1.579303	4.205835e-07
1.93152	1.579148	4.353004e-07
1.94178	1.578991	4.500955e-07
1.95209	1.578833	4.649692e-07
1.96246	1.578673	4.799219e-07
1.97288	1.578512	4.949539e-07
1.98336	1.578349	5.100658e-07
1.99389	1.578185	5.252580e-07
2	1.578089	5.340700e-07
2.00448	1.578019	5.678026e-07
2.01512	1.577851	6.479671e-07
2.02583	1.577681	7.285572e-07
2.03658	1.57751	8.095754e-07
2.0474	1.577336	8.910238e-07
2.05827	1.577161	9.729048e-07
2.0692	1.576985	1.055221e-06
2.08019	1.576806	1.137974e-06
2.09124	1.576625	1.221166e-06
2.10235	1.576443	1.304800e-06
2.11351	1.576258	1.388879e-06
2.12473	1.576072	1.473403e-06
2.13602	1.575884	1.558377e-06
2.14736	1.575693	1.643802e-06
2.15877	1.5755	1.729681e-06
2.17023	1.575306	1.816016e-06
2.18176	1.575109	1.902809e-06
2.19334	1.57491	1.990063e-06
2.2	1.574795	2.040200e-06
2.20499	1.574709	2.107697e-06
2.2167	1.574506	2.266080e-06
2.22847	1.5743	2.425304e-06
2.24031	1.574092	2.585373e-06
2.2522	1.573882	2.746293e-06
2.26417	1.57367	2.908067e-06
2.27619	1.573455	3.070700e-06
2.28828	1.573237	3.234197e-06
2.30043	1.573017	3.398562e-06
2.31265	1.572795	3.563800e-06
2.32493	1.57257	3.729916e-06
2.33728	1.572343	3.896914e-06
2.34969	1.572113	4.064798e-06
2.36217	1.57188	4.233574e-06
2.37471	1.571645	4.403247e-06
2.38732	1.571407	4.573821e-06
2.4	1.571166	4.745300e-06

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

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Fresnel reflection calculator

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BSM51Y (OHARA): all datasets

BSM (Borosilicate, medium-index)

BSM51Y n,k 0.29–2.4 µm default

About BSM51Y (OHARA)

Ohara Group is an international group of companies with headquarters in Japan and subsidiaries in Japan (Ohara, Inc.), United States (Ohara Corporation), and Germany (Ohara, GmbH). Ohara is known for its specialization in high-quality optical glass, ceramics, and other advanced materials. With a history spanning over a century, Ohara has been at the forefront of optical innovations, producing a wide range of specialized glass types including low-dispersion and high-refractive-index materials. These are used in various demanding applications like telescopes, microscopes, and high-performance camera lenses. The company's commitment to research and development has led to groundbreaking products such as low thermal expansion glass-ceramics and other specialty materials used in semiconductor manufacturing and space telescopes. With stringent quality control procedures, Ohara ensures that its optical glass meets the highest standards of clarity, consistency, and performance. Their materials are widely regarded for their exceptional quality and are often used in scientific research, aerospace, and other fields where precision and reliability are paramount. Ohara's reputation for technical excellence and innovation makes it a key player in the global optics and materials science industries, providing cutting-edge solutions for a range of complex applications.

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