Optical constants

Refractive index of Pilkington-Optiwhite (NSG)

Treharne et al. 2011: n,k 0.3–1.5 µm

Data
tabulated nk
Range
0.3014–1.498 µm
Points
583
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

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At one wavelength

Range 0.3014–1.498 µm
Refractive index n
1.50559
Extinction coefficient k
2.77399e-07
Permittivity ε1
2.26681
Permittivity ε2
8.35299e-07
Absorption coefficient α
0.0593242 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
3.37130e+08 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0424249 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.53052
Group velocity dispersion
— fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
— 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

# Pilkington-Optiwhite (NSG): Treharne et al. 2011: n,k 0.3–1.5 µm
mat = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("glass", "Pilkington-Optiwhite", "Treharne", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(mat.range_nm)  # (301.418, 1497.94) nm
eps = mat.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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

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Comments and conditions

Variable-angle ellipsometer was used to take amplitude and phase change measurements. The refractive index and extinction coefficient was extracted for NSG Opti-White (low-Fe) glass from a multi-oscillator model fit to the ellipsometry data, as a function of wavelength, from 300 to 1500 nm

References

R. E. Treharne. RF magnetron sputtering of transparent conducting oxides and CdTe/CdS solar cells. PhD Thesis, University of Durham (2011) (Numerical data kindly provided by Dr. Robert Treharne)

Cite

R. E. Treharne. RF magnetron sputtering of transparent conducting oxides and CdTe/CdS solar cells. PhD Thesis, University of Durham (2011) (Numerical data kindly provided by Dr. Robert Treharne); Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

583 rows as published
Pilkington-Optiwhite (NSG), Treharne et al. 2011: n,k 0.3–1.5 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.301417541.53934756.55e-06
0.303013731.53886725.9e-06
0.304611.53839865.31e-06
0.306206241.53794094.77e-06
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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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