Optical constants

Refractive index of LAH67 (OHARA)

LAH67: n 0.334–2.325 µm

Data: formula 3 + tabulated k
Range: 0.334–2.325 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: 1.79499
Extinction coefficient k: 0

Permittivity ε₁: 3.222
Permittivity ε₂: 0

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

Abbe number V_d: 45.294
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0899523 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.84785
Group velocity dispersion: 165.195 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -901.228 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

# LAH67 (OHARA): LAH67
ohara_lah67 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "OHARA-optical", "LAH67", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(ohara_lah67.range_nm)  # (334, 2325) nm
eps = ohara_lah67.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_953863f75f93/lightsmith"
ohara_lah67 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(ohara_lah67.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (ohara-lah67/ohara).

# ... load ohara_lah67 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=ohara_lah67)],
    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} = 3.1439609 - 0.015541721 λ^{2.0} + 0.026648169 λ^{- 2.0} + 0.00077813143 λ^{- 4.0} - 1.9462248 \times 10^{-5} λ^{- 6.0} + 2.4668548 \times 10^{-6} λ^{- 8.0}

Valid from 0.334 to 2.325 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	3.1439609
C2	-0.015541721
C3	2.0
C4	0.026648169
C5	-2.0
C6	0.00077813143
C7	-4.0
C8	-1.9462248e-05
C9	-6.0
C10	2.4668548e-06
C11	-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature: 298 K

Properties

nd: 1.794997
Vd: 45.293967
glass code: 795453
glass status: preferred

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 412 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

LAH67 (OHARA), LAH67: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.334	1.856217	0
0.335628	1.85521	0
0.337264	1.854217	0
0.338908	1.853239	0
0.340561	1.852276	0
0.342221	1.851326	0
0.343889	1.85039	0
0.345565	1.849467	0
0.34725	1.848558	0
0.348943	1.847661	0
0.35	1.84711	0
0.350644	1.846777	0
0.352353	1.845905	0
0.354071	1.845046	0
0.355797	1.844198	0
0.357531	1.843362	0
0.359274	1.842538	0
0.361026	1.841724	0
0.362786	1.840922	0
0.364554	1.840131	0
0.365	1.839933	0
0.366331	1.83935	0
0.368117	1.83858	0
0.369912	1.837819	0
0.37	1.837782	0
0.371715	1.837069	0
0.373527	1.836329	0
0.375348	1.835599	0
0.377177	1.834878	0
0.379016	1.834166	0
0.38	1.833791	0
0.380864	1.833464	0
0.38272	1.832771	0
0.384586	1.832086	0
0.386461	1.831411	0
0.388345	1.830744	0
0.39	1.830167	0
0.390238	1.830085	0
0.39214	1.829435	0
0.394052	1.828793	0
0.395973	1.828159	0
0.397903	1.827532	0
0.399843	1.826914	0
0.4	1.826864	0
0.401792	1.826303	0
0.403751	1.8257	0
0.405719	1.825104	0
0.407697	1.824516	0
0.409684	1.823934	0
0.411681	1.82336	0
0.413688	1.822793	0
0.415705	1.822232	0
0.417731	1.821679	0
0.419768	1.821131	0
0.42	1.82107	0
0.421814	1.820591	0
0.42387	1.820057	0
0.425937	1.819529	0
0.428013	1.819007	0
0.4301	1.818492	0
0.432196	1.817982	0
0.434303	1.817479	0
0.43642	1.816981	0
0.438548	1.81649	0
0.440686	1.816004	0
0.442834	1.815523	0
0.444993	1.815048	0
0.447162	1.814579	0
0.449342	1.814115	0
0.451532	1.813656	0
0.453733	1.813202	0
0.455945	1.812754	0
0.458168	1.81231	0
0.46	1.81195	0
0.460401	1.811872	0
0.462646	1.811439	0
0.464901	1.81101	0
0.467167	1.810586	0
0.469445	1.810167	0
0.471733	1.809753	0
0.474033	1.809343	0
0.476344	1.808938	0
0.478666	1.808537	0
0.480999	1.808141	0
0.483344	1.807748	0
0.4857	1.807361	0
0.488068	1.806977	0
0.490447	1.806598	0
0.492838	1.806222	0
0.49524	1.805851	0
0.497655	1.805484	0
0.5	1.805133	0
0.500081	1.805121	0
0.502518	1.804761	0
0.504968	1.804406	0
0.50743	1.804054	0
0.509903	1.803706	0
0.512389	1.803362	0
0.514887	1.803021	0
0.517397	1.802684	0
0.519919	1.80235	0
0.522454	1.80202	0
0.525001	1.801694	0
0.52756	1.801371	0
0.530132	1.801051	0
0.532716	1.800734	0
0.535313	1.800421	0
0.537922	1.800111	0
0.540545	1.799804	0
0.54318	1.7995	0
0.545828	1.7992	0
0.548488	1.798902	0
0.551162	1.798608	0
0.553849	1.798316	0
0.556549	1.798027	0
0.559262	1.797742	0
0.561988	1.797459	0
0.564728	1.797179	0
0.567481	1.796902	0
0.570247	1.796627	0
0.573027	1.796355	0
0.575821	1.796086	0
0.578628	1.79582	0
0.581448	1.795556	0
0.584283	1.795295	0
0.587131	1.795036	0
0.589993	1.79478	0
0.592869	1.794526	0
0.59576	1.794275	0
0.598664	1.794026	0
0.601582	1.793779	0
0.604515	1.793535	0
0.607462	1.793293	0
0.610423	1.793054	0
0.613399	1.792817	0
0.616389	1.792582	0
0.619394	1.792349	0
0.622413	1.792118	0
0.625447	1.79189	0
0.628496	1.791663	0
0.63156	1.791439	0
0.634639	1.791217	0
0.637733	1.790996	0
0.640841	1.790778	0
0.643965	1.790562	0
0.647105	1.790347	0
0.650259	1.790135	0
0.653429	1.789925	0
0.656614	1.789716	0
0.659815	1.789509	0
0.66	1.789497	0
0.663032	1.789304	0
0.666264	1.789101	0
0.669512	1.7889	0
0.672776	1.7887	0
0.676055	1.788502	0
0.679351	1.788306	0
0.682663	1.788111	0
0.685991	1.787919	0
0.689335	1.787727	0
0.692695	1.787538	0
0.696072	1.78735	0
0.699465	1.787163	0
0.702875	1.786978	0
0.706301	1.786795	0
0.709744	1.786613	0
0.713204	1.786432	0
0.716681	1.786253	0
0.720175	1.786076	0
0.723686	1.7859	0
0.727213	1.785725	0
0.730758	1.785552	0
0.734321	1.78538	0
0.7379	1.785209	0
0.741498	1.78504	0
0.745112	1.784872	0
0.748745	1.784705	0
0.752395	1.784539	0
0.756062	1.784375	0
0.759748	1.784212	0
0.763452	1.78405	0
0.767173	1.78389	0
0.770913	1.78373	0
0.774671	1.783572	0
0.778448	1.783415	0
0.782243	1.783259	0
0.786056	1.783104	0
0.789888	1.78295	0
0.793738	1.782797	0
0.797608	1.782645	0
0.801496	1.782494	0
0.805403	1.782345	0
0.809329	1.782196	0
0.813275	1.782048	0
0.817239	1.781901	0
0.821223	1.781755	0
0.825226	1.78161	0
0.829249	1.781466	0
0.833292	1.781323	0
0.837354	1.781181	0
0.841436	1.78104	0
0.845538	1.780899	0
0.84966	1.780759	0
0.853801	1.780621	0
0.857964	1.780483	0
0.862146	1.780345	0
0.866349	1.780209	0
0.870572	1.780073	0
0.874816	1.779938	0
0.879081	1.779804	0
0.883366	1.77967	0
0.887672	1.779537	0
0.892	1.779405	0
0.896348	1.779274	0
0.900717	1.779143	0
0.905108	1.779013	0
0.909521	1.778883	0
0.913954	1.778755	0
0.91841	1.778626	0
0.922887	1.778499	0
0.927386	1.778371	0
0.931907	1.778245	0
0.936449	1.778119	0
0.941015	1.777993	0
0.945602	1.777868	0
0.950211	1.777744	0
0.954844	1.77762	0
0.959498	1.777497	0
0.964176	1.777374	0
0.968876	1.777251	0
0.973599	1.777129	0
0.978345	1.777008	0
0.983114	1.776886	0
0.987907	1.776766	0
0.992723	1.776645	0
0.997562	1.776525	0
1.00243	1.776406	0
1.00731	1.776286	0
1.01222	1.776167	0
1.01716	1.776049	0
1.02212	1.775931	0
1.0271	1.775813	0
1.0321	1.775695	0
1.03714	1.775578	0
1.04219	1.775461	0
1.04727	1.775344	0
1.05238	1.775227	0
1.05751	1.775111	0
1.06	1.775055	0
1.06266	1.774995	0
1.06784	1.774879	0
1.07305	1.774763	0
1.07828	1.774648	0
1.08354	1.774532	0
1.08882	1.774417	0
1.09413	1.774302	0
1.09946	1.774188	0
1.10482	1.774073	0
1.11021	1.773958	0
1.11562	1.773844	0
1.12106	1.773729	0
1.12652	1.773615	0
1.13201	1.773501	0
1.13753	1.773387	0
1.14308	1.773273	0
1.14865	1.773159	0
1.15425	1.773045	0
1.15987	1.772931	0
1.16553	1.772817	0
1.17121	1.772703	0
1.17692	1.772589	0
1.18266	1.772475	0
1.18842	1.772361	0
1.19422	1.772247	0
1.20004	1.772132	0
1.20589	1.772018	0
1.21177	1.771904	0
1.21767	1.771789	0
1.22361	1.771675	0
1.22957	1.77156	0
1.23557	1.771445	0
1.24159	1.771331	0
1.24764	1.771215	0
1.25373	1.7711	0
1.25984	1.770985	0
1.26598	1.770869	0
1.27215	1.770753	0
1.27835	1.770637	0
1.28458	1.770521	0
1.29085	1.770405	0
1.29714	1.770288	0
1.30346	1.770171	0
1.30982	1.770054	0
1.3162	1.769936	0
1.32262	1.769819	0
1.32907	1.769701	0
1.33554	1.769582	0
1.34205	1.769463	0
1.3486	1.769344	0
1.35517	1.769225	0
1.36178	1.769105	0
1.36842	1.768985	0
1.37509	1.768865	0
1.38179	1.768744	0
1.38853	1.768622	0
1.39529	1.768501	0
1.4021	1.768378	0
1.40893	1.768256	0
1.4158	1.768133	0
1.4227	1.768009	0
1.42964	1.767885	0
1.43661	1.767761	0
1.44361	1.767636	0
1.45065	1.76751	0
1.45772	1.767384	0
1.46482	1.767258	0
1.47197	1.76713	0
1.47914	1.767003	0
1.48635	1.766874	0
1.4936	1.766746	0
1.50088	1.766616	0
1.5082	1.766486	0
1.51555	1.766355	0
1.52294	1.766224	0
1.529	1.766116	0
1.53036	1.766092	0
1.53782	1.765959	0
1.54532	1.765826	0
1.55285	1.765692	0
1.56042	1.765557	0
1.56803	1.765422	0
1.57567	1.765286	0
1.58335	1.765149	0
1.59107	1.765011	0
1.59883	1.764873	0
1.60662	1.764733	0
1.61445	1.764593	0
1.62232	1.764452	0
1.63023	1.764311	0
1.63818	1.764168	0
1.64616	1.764025	0
1.65419	1.763881	0
1.66225	1.763736	0
1.67036	1.76359	0
1.6785	1.763443	0
1.68668	1.763295	0
1.6949	1.763146	0
1.70317	1.762996	0
1.71147	1.762846	0
1.71981	1.762694	0
1.72819	1.762541	0
1.73662	1.762388	0
1.74509	1.762233	0
1.75359	1.762077	0
1.76214	1.76192	0
1.77073	1.761763	0
1.77936	1.761604	0
1.78804	1.761444	0
1.79675	1.761282	0
1.80551	1.76112	0
1.81431	1.760957	0
1.82316	1.760792	0
1.83205	1.760626	0
1.84098	1.760459	0
1.84995	1.760291	0
1.85897	1.760122	0
1.86803	1.759951	0
1.87714	1.759779	0
1.88629	1.759606	0
1.89548	1.759431	0
1.90472	1.759255	0
1.91401	1.759078	0
1.92334	1.7589	0
1.93272	1.75872	0
1.94214	1.758539	0
1.95161	1.758356	0
1.96112	1.758172	0
1.97068	1.757986	0
1.98029	1.7578	0
1.98994	1.757611	0
1.99964	1.757421	0
2.00939	1.75723	0
2.01918	1.757037	0
2.02903	1.756842	0
2.03892	1.756646	0
2.04886	1.756449	0
2.05885	1.756249	0
2.06888	1.756048	0
2.07897	1.755846	0
2.0891	1.755642	0
2.09929	1.755436	0
2.10952	1.755228	0
2.1198	1.755019	0
2.13014	1.754808	0
2.14052	1.754595	0
2.15096	1.754381	0
2.16144	1.754164	0
2.17198	1.753946	0
2.18257	1.753726	0
2.19321	1.753504	0
2.2039	1.75328	0
2.21464	1.753054	0
2.22544	1.752827	0
2.23629	1.752597	0
2.24719	1.752366	0
2.25814	1.752132	0
2.26915	1.751896	0
2.28021	1.751659	0
2.29133	1.751419	0
2.3025	1.751177	0
2.31372	1.750933	0
2.325	1.750687	0

Optical transmission calculator

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LAH67 (OHARA): all datasets

LAH (Lanthanum, high-index)

LAH67 n 0.334–2.325 µm default

About LAH67 (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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Provenance

Version: 1 (snapshot c5c2f18)
Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/specs/ohara/optical/LAH67.yml
ID: ds_953863f75f93
API: /v1/datasets/ds_953863f75f93

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