Optical constants

Refractive index of LAM7 (OHARA)

LAM7: n,k 0.3–2.4 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.3–2.4 µm
Temperature
298 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength. Note: k data cover 350-2400 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 300-2400 nm.

At one wavelength

Range 0.3–2.4 µm
Refractive index n
1.74949
Extinction coefficient k
9.36134e-09
Permittivity ε1
3.06072
Permittivity ε2
3.27552e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00200201 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
9.98996e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
35.278
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.107505 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.81266
Group velocity dispersion
211.779 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-1155.37 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

# LAM7 (OHARA): LAM7
ohara_lam7 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "OHARA-optical", "LAM7", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(ohara_lam7.range_nm)  # (300, 2400) nm
eps = ohara_lam7.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

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Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (C in µm²) (formula 2), λ in µm
n2−1=1.734192λ2λ2−0.01110755+0.2314896λ2λ2−0.05153277+1.517096λ2λ2−163.4134

Valid from 0.3 to 2.4 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C21.734192
C30.01110755
C40.2314896
C50.05153277
C61.517096
C7163.4134

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
298 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 4.1859e-06 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
nd
1.749497
Vd
35.278026
glass code
750353
glass status
preferred
density
value: 4550
thermal expansion
value: 8.4e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 9.4e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
0.0035
resistance
acid: 5.2; phosphate: 3.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 298.0 K): dn/dT = 2.45e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 2.39e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 2.38e-06 K⁻¹ at 1550 nm
Notes on the source data (kept exactly as published):
  • k data cover 350-2400 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 300-2400 nm

References

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 421 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
LAM7 (OHARA), LAM7: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.31.8759330
0.3015681.8731820
0.3031431.8705110
0.3047271.8679150
0.306321.8653920
0.307921.8629380
0.3095291.860550
0.3111471.8582240
0.3127721.855960
0.3144071.8537530
0.3160491.8516020
0.3177011.8495040
0.3193611.8474570
0.321031.845460
0.3227071.843510
0.3243931.8416050
0.3260881.8397450
0.3277921.8379270
0.3295051.8361490
0.3312271.8344110
0.3329581.8327110
0.3346971.8310470
0.3364461.8294190
0.3382041.8278250
0.3399711.8262650
0.3417481.8247360
0.3435341.8232390
0.3453291.8217720
0.3471331.8203340
0.3489471.8189240
0.351.8181215.682400e-06
0.350771.8175425.425867e-06
0.3526031.8161864.815434e-06
0.3544461.8148564.201811e-06
0.3562981.8135523.584981e-06
0.3581591.8122712.964929e-06
0.361.8110362.351900e-06
0.3600311.8110152.348019e-06
0.3619121.8097822.111095e-06
0.3638031.8085711.872933e-06
0.3657041.8073821.633526e-06
0.3676151.8062141.392869e-06
0.3695361.8050671.150953e-06
0.371.8047941.092500e-06
0.3714671.803941.020276e-06
0.3734081.8028339.247011e-07
0.3753591.8017458.286267e-07
0.377321.8006767.320504e-07
0.3792921.7996246.349694e-07
0.381.7992526.001000e-07
0.3812741.7985915.697303e-07
0.3832661.7975755.222291e-07
0.3852691.7965764.744798e-07
0.3872821.7955934.264810e-07
0.3893051.7946263.782314e-07
0.391.7942993.616700e-07
0.391341.7936753.437072e-07
0.3933841.792743.162879e-07
0.395441.791822.887253e-07
0.3975061.7909142.610187e-07
0.3995831.7900222.331674e-07
0.41.7898462.275800e-07
0.4016711.7891452.188027e-07
0.403771.7882812.077797e-07
0.405881.7874311.966990e-07
0.4080011.7865941.855605e-07
0.4101331.785771.743637e-07
0.4122761.7849581.631085e-07
0.414431.7841591.517944e-07
0.4165951.7833721.404213e-07
0.4187721.7825961.289887e-07
0.421.7821661.225400e-07
0.420961.7818321.205681e-07
0.423161.781081.160515e-07
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0.4298281.7788881.023597e-07
0.4320741.7781789.774793e-08
0.4343321.7774799.311211e-08
0.4366011.776798.845206e-08
0.4388821.7761118.376766e-08
0.441.7757838.147300e-08
0.4411761.7754417.993577e-08
0.4434811.7747817.692178e-08
0.4457981.774137.389203e-08
0.4481281.7734887.084645e-08
0.4504691.7728566.778496e-08
0.4528231.7722326.470748e-08
0.4551891.7716166.161391e-08
0.4575681.7710095.850418e-08
0.4599591.7704115.537819e-08
0.461.7704015.532400e-08
0.4623621.769825.332403e-08
0.4647781.7692385.127832e-08
0.4672061.7686644.922192e-08
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0.4770481.7664424.088833e-08
0.4795411.7659043.877764e-08
0.481.7658073.838900e-08
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0.4922011.7633232.957728e-08
0.4947731.7628262.771988e-08
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0.4999571.7618532.397591e-08
0.51.7618452.394500e-08
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0.5051961.7609042.236732e-08
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0.5406091.7552871.161380e-08
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0.7052061.7399511.123494e-08
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0.7314081.7384321.165233e-08
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0.7429341.7378131.183593e-08
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0.9999141.72872.390081e-08
11.7286982.390900e-08
1.005141.7285732.427812e-08
1.010391.7284462.465535e-08
1.015671.7283212.503456e-08
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1.026311.7280712.579892e-08
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2.301991.7090211.165514e-06
2.314021.7088421.189298e-06
2.326111.7086611.213206e-06
2.338271.7084781.237239e-06
2.350491.7082941.261397e-06
2.362771.7081081.285682e-06
2.375111.7079211.310093e-06
2.387521.7077311.334633e-06
2.41.707541.359300e-06

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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