Optical constants

Refractive index of S-TIM6 (OHARA)

S-TIM6: 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

Axis Log x Log y

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength. Note: k data cover 370-1000 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 300-2400 nm.

At one wavelength

Refractive index n: 1.63635
Extinction coefficient k: 3.28468e-08

Permittivity ε₁: 2.67766
Permittivity ε₂: 1.07498e-07

Absorption coefficient α: 0.0070246 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk): 2.84714e+09 nm

Abbe number V_d: 35.392
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ: -0.0909494 µm⁻¹

Group index n_g: 1.6898
Group velocity dispersion: 178.163 fs²/mm

Dispersion parameter D: -971.973 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

# S-TIM6 (OHARA): S-TIM6
ohara_s_tim6 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "OHARA-optical", "S-TIM6", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(ohara_s_tim6.range_nm)  # (300, 2400) nm
eps = ohara_s_tim6.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_252b69968702/lightsmith"
ohara_s_tim6 = ls.Tabulated.model_validate(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(url)))
print(ohara_s_tim6.source)  # citation and provenance travel with the data

Any dataset here, as the library's Tabulated material (ohara-s-tim6/ohara).

# ... load ohara_s_tim6 as above, then:
sim = ls.Simulation(
    particles=[ls.Particle(shape=ls.Sphere(radius_nm=50), material=ohara_s_tim6)],
    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_252b69968702/lightsmith?model=drude_lorentz"
ohara_s_tim6_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{1.41315067 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - 0.00995172814} + \frac{0.1914654 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - 0.0527932739} + \frac{1.68833255 λ^{2}}{λ^{2} - 168.804627}

Valid from 0.3 to 2.4 µm.

Coefficients as stored

C_i	Value
C1	0.0
C2	1.41315067
C3	0.00995172814
C4	0.1914654
C5	0.0527932739
C6	1.68833255
C7	168.804627

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature: 298 K

Properties

nd: 1.636358
Vd: 35.391923
glass code: 636354
glass status: preferred
density: value: 2790
thermal expansion: value: 8.3e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 1.02e-05, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF: 0.0056
resistance: acid: 1.0; phosphate: 1.0

Notes on the source data (kept exactly as published):

k data cover 370-1000 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 300-2400 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 415 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

S-TIM6 (OHARA), S-TIM6: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)	n	k
0.3	1.746732	0
0.301568	1.74422	0
0.303143	1.741786	0
0.304727	1.739426	0
0.30632	1.737137	0
0.30792	1.734915	0
0.309529	1.732757	0
0.311147	1.73066	0
0.312772	1.728622	0
0.314407	1.726639	0
0.316049	1.72471	0
0.317701	1.722831	0
0.319361	1.721002	0
0.32103	1.719219	0
0.322707	1.717482	0
0.324393	1.715788	0
0.326088	1.714135	0
0.327792	1.712522	0
0.329505	1.710947	0
0.331227	1.709409	0
0.332958	1.707907	0
0.334697	1.70644	0
0.336446	1.705005	0
0.338204	1.703602	0
0.339971	1.70223	0
0.341748	1.700888	0
0.343534	1.699574	0
0.345329	1.698289	0
0.347133	1.69703	0
0.348947	1.695798	0
0.35077	1.69459	0
0.352603	1.693407	0
0.354446	1.692248	0
0.356298	1.691112	0
0.358159	1.689998	0
0.360031	1.688905	0
0.361912	1.687834	0
0.363803	1.686783	0
0.365704	1.685752	0
0.367615	1.68474	0
0.369536	1.683747	0
0.37	1.68351	5.789000e-06
0.371467	1.682772	5.256282e-06
0.373408	1.681815	4.551330e-06
0.375359	1.680874	3.842693e-06
0.37732	1.679951	3.130355e-06
0.379292	1.679044	2.414294e-06
0.38	1.678724	2.157100e-06
0.381274	1.678153	2.006749e-06
0.383266	1.677278	1.771587e-06
0.385269	1.676417	1.535195e-06
0.387282	1.675572	1.297568e-06
0.389305	1.67474	1.058700e-06
0.39	1.674459	9.767100e-07
0.39134	1.673923	9.101809e-07
0.393384	1.67312	8.086279e-07
0.39544	1.672329	7.065442e-07
0.397506	1.671552	6.039272e-07
0.399583	1.670788	5.007739e-07
0.4	1.670636	4.800800e-07
0.401671	1.670036	4.587342e-07
0.40377	1.669296	4.319269e-07
0.40588	1.668568	4.049796e-07
0.408001	1.667851	3.778914e-07
0.410133	1.667146	3.506617e-07
0.412276	1.666452	3.232898e-07
0.41443	1.665769	2.957748e-07
0.416595	1.665096	2.681160e-07
0.418772	1.664434	2.403127e-07
0.42	1.664066	2.246300e-07
0.42096	1.663782	2.208823e-07
0.42316	1.66314	2.122983e-07
0.425371	1.662507	2.036694e-07
0.427594	1.661884	1.949955e-07
0.429828	1.661271	1.862762e-07
0.432074	1.660666	1.775114e-07
0.434332	1.660071	1.687007e-07
0.436601	1.659484	1.598441e-07
0.438882	1.658906	1.509411e-07
0.44	1.658626	1.465800e-07
0.441176	1.658336	1.449616e-07
0.443481	1.657774	1.417884e-07
0.445798	1.657221	1.385987e-07
0.448128	1.656675	1.353922e-07
0.450469	1.656137	1.321691e-07
0.452823	1.655607	1.289290e-07
0.455189	1.655085	1.256721e-07
0.457568	1.654569	1.223981e-07
0.459959	1.654061	1.191071e-07
0.46	1.654052	1.190500e-07
0.462362	1.65356	1.164114e-07
0.464778	1.653066	1.137124e-07
0.467206	1.652578	1.109993e-07
0.469648	1.652098	1.082720e-07
0.472102	1.651623	1.055305e-07
0.474569	1.651156	1.027747e-07
0.477048	1.650694	1.000045e-07
0.479541	1.650239	9.721975e-08
0.48	1.650156	9.670700e-08
0.482047	1.64979	9.420640e-08
0.484566	1.649347	9.112905e-08
0.487098	1.648909	8.803561e-08
0.489643	1.648478	8.492601e-08
0.492201	1.648052	8.180017e-08
0.494773	1.647632	7.865799e-08
0.497358	1.647217	7.549939e-08
0.499957	1.646808	7.232429e-08
0.5	1.646801	7.227200e-08
0.50257	1.646404	7.013785e-08
0.505196	1.646005	6.795681e-08
0.507835	1.645611	6.576438e-08
0.510489	1.645222	6.356049e-08
0.513156	1.644838	6.134509e-08
0.515838	1.644459	5.911811e-08
0.518533	1.644085	5.687949e-08
0.521243	1.643715	5.462918e-08
0.523966	1.643351	5.236710e-08
0.526704	1.64299	5.009321e-08
0.529456	1.642634	4.780744e-08
0.532223	1.642283	4.550972e-08
0.535004	1.641936	4.320000e-08
0.537799	1.641593	4.087820e-08
0.540609	1.641254	3.854428e-08
0.543434	1.640919	3.619816e-08
0.546274	1.640589	3.383978e-08
0.549128	1.640262	3.146908e-08
0.55	1.640164	3.074500e-08
0.551998	1.63994	3.085666e-08
0.554882	1.639621	3.101789e-08
0.557781	1.639306	3.117997e-08
0.560696	1.638995	3.134289e-08
0.563626	1.638687	3.150667e-08
0.566571	1.638383	3.167130e-08
0.569531	1.638083	3.183679e-08
0.572507	1.637786	3.200314e-08
0.575498	1.637492	3.217037e-08
0.578506	1.637202	3.233846e-08
0.581528	1.636916	3.250744e-08
0.584567	1.636632	3.267730e-08
0.587622	1.636352	3.284804e-08
0.590692	1.636075	3.301968e-08
0.593779	1.635802	3.319222e-08
0.596881	1.635531	3.336566e-08
0.6	1.635263	3.354000e-08
0.603135	1.634999	3.404206e-08
0.606287	1.634737	3.454675e-08
0.609455	1.634478	3.505407e-08
0.612639	1.634223	3.556404e-08
0.61584	1.63397	3.607668e-08
0.619058	1.633719	3.659200e-08
0.622293	1.633472	3.711001e-08
0.625545	1.633227	3.763072e-08
0.628813	1.632985	3.815416e-08
0.632099	1.632745	3.868033e-08
0.635402	1.632509	3.920925e-08
0.638722	1.632274	3.974094e-08
0.642059	1.632042	4.027540e-08
0.645414	1.631813	4.081265e-08
0.648787	1.631586	4.135272e-08
0.65	1.631505	4.154700e-08
0.652177	1.631361	4.119766e-08
0.655585	1.631139	4.065078e-08
0.65901	1.630919	4.010104e-08
0.662454	1.630702	3.954843e-08
0.665915	1.630486	3.899293e-08
0.669395	1.630273	3.843453e-08
0.672892	1.630062	3.787321e-08
0.676409	1.629854	3.730896e-08
0.679943	1.629647	3.674176e-08
0.683496	1.629443	3.617160e-08
0.687067	1.62924	3.559845e-08
0.690657	1.62904	3.502232e-08
0.694266	1.628841	3.444317e-08
0.697894	1.628645	3.386100e-08
0.7	1.628532	3.352300e-08
0.701541	1.62845	3.310470e-08
0.705206	1.628257	3.210932e-08
0.708891	1.628067	3.110875e-08
0.712595	1.627878	3.010294e-08
0.716319	1.627691	2.909189e-08
0.720062	1.627505	2.807554e-08
0.723824	1.627322	2.705389e-08
0.727606	1.62714	2.602690e-08
0.731408	1.62696	2.499455e-08
0.73523	1.626782	2.395679e-08
0.739072	1.626605	2.291362e-08
0.742934	1.62643	2.186500e-08
0.746816	1.626257	2.081089e-08
0.750718	1.626085	1.975128e-08
0.754641	1.625915	1.868613e-08
0.758584	1.625746	1.761542e-08
0.762547	1.625579	1.653911e-08
0.766532	1.625413	1.545718e-08
0.770537	1.625249	1.436959e-08
0.774564	1.625086	1.327632e-08
0.778611	1.624925	1.217734e-08
0.782679	1.624765	1.107261e-08
0.786769	1.624606	9.962118e-09
0.79088	1.624449	8.845819e-09
0.795012	1.624293	7.723687e-09
0.799167	1.624138	6.595691e-09
0.8	1.624108	6.369400e-09
0.803342	1.623985	6.396013e-09
0.80754	1.623833	6.429434e-09
0.81176	1.623682	6.463031e-09
0.816001	1.623533	6.496803e-09
0.820265	1.623385	6.530751e-09
0.824551	1.623237	6.564877e-09
0.82886	1.623091	6.599181e-09
0.833191	1.622947	6.633664e-09
0.837544	1.622803	6.668328e-09
0.841921	1.622661	6.703172e-09
0.84632	1.622519	6.738199e-09
0.850742	1.622379	6.773409e-09
0.855187	1.622239	6.808803e-09
0.859656	1.622101	6.844381e-09
0.864148	1.621964	6.880146e-09
0.868663	1.621828	6.916097e-09
0.873202	1.621692	6.952236e-09
0.877765	1.621558	6.988565e-09
0.882351	1.621425	7.025083e-09
0.886962	1.621292	7.061791e-09
0.891597	1.621161	7.098692e-09
0.896255	1.62103	7.135785e-09
0.9	1.620927	7.165600e-09
0.900939	1.620901	7.173072e-09
0.905646	1.620772	7.210549e-09
0.910378	1.620644	7.248222e-09
0.915135	1.620517	7.286092e-09
0.919917	1.62039	7.324160e-09
0.924724	1.620265	7.362427e-09
0.929556	1.62014	7.400894e-09
0.934413	1.620016	7.439561e-09
0.939295	1.619893	7.478431e-09
0.944204	1.61977	7.517504e-09
0.949137	1.619649	7.556781e-09
0.954097	1.619528	7.596264e-09
0.959082	1.619407	7.635952e-09
0.964093	1.619288	7.675848e-09
0.969131	1.619169	7.715953e-09
0.974195	1.61905	7.756267e-09
0.979285	1.618932	7.796791e-09
0.984402	1.618815	7.837528e-09
0.989546	1.618699	7.878477e-09
0.994717	1.618583	7.919640e-09
0.999914	1.618467	7.961019e-09
1	1.618466	7.961700e-09
1.00514	1.618353	0
1.01039	1.618238	0
1.01567	1.618125	0
1.02098	1.618011	0
1.02631	1.617899	0
1.03168	1.617787	0
1.03707	1.617675	0
1.04249	1.617564	0
1.04793	1.617453	0
1.05341	1.617342	0
1.05891	1.617232	0
1.06445	1.617123	0
1.07001	1.617014	0
1.0756	1.616905	0
1.08122	1.616796	0
1.08687	1.616688	0
1.09255	1.616581	0
1.09826	1.616473	0
1.104	1.616366	0
1.10976	1.616259	0
1.11556	1.616153	0
1.12139	1.616047	0
1.12725	1.615941	0
1.13314	1.615835	0
1.13906	1.61573	0
1.14501	1.615625	0
1.151	1.61552	0
1.15701	1.615415	0
1.16306	1.61531	0
1.16913	1.615206	0
1.17524	1.615102	0
1.18138	1.614997	0
1.18756	1.614893	0
1.19376	1.61479	0
1.2	1.614686	0
1.20627	1.614582	0
1.21257	1.614479	0
1.21891	1.614375	0
1.22528	1.614272	0
1.23168	1.614169	0
1.23812	1.614065	0
1.24459	1.613962	0
1.25109	1.613859	0
1.25763	1.613756	0
1.2642	1.613652	0
1.2708	1.613549	0
1.27744	1.613446	0
1.28412	1.613343	0
1.29083	1.613239	0
1.29757	1.613136	0
1.30435	1.613032	0
1.31117	1.612929	0
1.31802	1.612825	0
1.32491	1.612721	0
1.33183	1.612617	0
1.33879	1.612513	0
1.34578	1.612409	0
1.35282	1.612304	0
1.35989	1.6122	0
1.36699	1.612095	0
1.37413	1.61199	0
1.38131	1.611885	0
1.38853	1.611779	0
1.39579	1.611674	0
1.40308	1.611568	0
1.41041	1.611461	0
1.41778	1.611355	0
1.42519	1.611248	0
1.43264	1.611141	0
1.44012	1.611034	0
1.44765	1.610926	0
1.45521	1.610818	0
1.46282	1.61071	0
1.47046	1.610601	0
1.47814	1.610492	0
1.48587	1.610382	0
1.49363	1.610272	0
1.50144	1.610162	0
1.50928	1.610051	0
1.51717	1.60994	0
1.52509	1.609828	0
1.53306	1.609716	0
1.54107	1.609604	0
1.54913	1.60949	0
1.55722	1.609377	0
1.56536	1.609263	0
1.57354	1.609148	0
1.58176	1.609033	0
1.59002	1.608917	0
1.59833	1.608801	0
1.60668	1.608684	0
1.61508	1.608566	0
1.62352	1.608448	0
1.632	1.608329	0
1.64053	1.608209	0
1.6491	1.608089	0
1.65772	1.607969	0
1.66638	1.607847	0
1.67509	1.607725	0
1.68384	1.607602	0
1.69264	1.607478	0
1.70148	1.607354	0
1.71037	1.607229	0
1.71931	1.607103	0
1.7283	1.606976	0
1.73733	1.606848	0
1.7464	1.60672	0
1.75553	1.606591	0
1.7647	1.606461	0
1.77392	1.60633	0
1.78319	1.606198	0
1.79251	1.606065	0
1.80188	1.605931	0
1.81129	1.605797	0
1.82076	1.605661	0
1.83027	1.605525	0
1.83983	1.605387	0
1.84945	1.605249	0
1.85911	1.605109	0
1.86883	1.604969	0
1.87859	1.604827	0
1.88841	1.604684	0
1.89827	1.60454	0
1.90819	1.604395	0
1.91816	1.604249	0
1.92819	1.604102	0
1.93826	1.603954	0
1.94839	1.603804	0
1.95857	1.603654	0
1.9688	1.603502	0
1.97909	1.603348	0
1.98943	1.603194	0
1.99983	1.603038	0
2.01028	1.602881	0
2.02078	1.602723	0
2.03134	1.602563	0
2.04196	1.602402	0
2.05263	1.60224	0
2.06335	1.602076	0
2.07413	1.601911	0
2.08497	1.601744	0
2.09586	1.601576	0
2.10682	1.601407	0
2.11782	1.601236	0
2.12889	1.601063	0
2.14001	1.600889	0
2.1512	1.600713	0
2.16244	1.600536	0
2.17374	1.600357	0
2.1851	1.600176	0
2.19651	1.599994	0
2.20799	1.59981	0
2.21953	1.599624	0
2.23112	1.599437	0
2.24278	1.599248	0
2.2545	1.599057	0
2.26628	1.598864	0
2.27812	1.59867	0
2.29003	1.598473	0
2.30199	1.598275	0
2.31402	1.598075	0
2.32611	1.597873	0
2.33827	1.597669	0
2.35049	1.597463	0
2.36277	1.597254	0
2.37511	1.597044	0
2.38752	1.596832	0
2.4	1.596618	0

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence

Transmittance T: —
Reflectance R: —

Fresnel reflection calculator

R_p: —
R_s: —
R = (R_p+R_s)/2: —
Phase φ_p: —
Phase φ_s: —
Brewster angle θ_B: —
Critical angle θ_C: —

S-TIM6 (OHARA): all datasets

TIM (Titanate, medium-index)

S-TIM6 n,k 0.3–2.4 µm default

About S-TIM6 (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

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Source page: refractiveindex.info
Original file: database/data/specs/ohara/optical/S-TIM6.yml
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