Optical constants

Refractive index of IRG 26 (SCHOTT)

IRG 26: n,k 0.85–12 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.85–12 µm
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength. Note: k data cover 1000-15500 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 850-12000 nm.

At one wavelength

Range 0.85–12 µm
Refractive index n
2.79974
Extinction coefficient k
1.02789e-06
Permittivity ε1
7.83855
Permittivity ε2
5.75566e-06
Absorption coefficient α
0.0404917 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
4.93928e+08 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.008333 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
2.82632
Group velocity dispersion
404.715 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-74.915 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
0.388665 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

# IRG 26 (SCHOTT): IRG 26
schott_irg26 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SCHOTT-infrared", "IRG26", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(schott_irg26.range_nm)  # (850, 12000) nm
eps = schott_irg26.eps([3190])  # 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=3.1934+3.5854λ2λ2−0.1852+2.2337λ2λ2−3398.08

Valid from 0.85 to 12.0 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C13.1934
C23.5854
C30.1852
C42.2337
C53398.08

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 2.63e-05 0 0 2.93e-05 0 3.15e-01
density
value: 4630
thermal expansion
value: 21.4e-06, temperature range: 293 373
specific heat
value: 360
thermal conductivity
value: 0.24
transformation temperature
value: 458
hardness
type: Knoop, value: 1.04e9
fracture toughness
value: 0.285e6
youngs modulus
value: 18.3e9

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 5.59e-05 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 4.86e-05 K⁻¹ at 1550 nm
Notes on the source data (kept exactly as published):
  • k data cover 1000-15500 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 850-12000 nm

References

Cite

SCHOTT Infrared Chalcogenide Glasses - IRG 26 Product flyer (Version April 2017); Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 422 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
IRG 26 (SCHOTT), IRG 26: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.853.002360
0.8556592.9987250
0.8613552.9951650
0.8670892.991680
0.8728622.9882660
0.8786722.9849210
0.8845222.9816450
0.890412.9784350
0.8963382.9752890
0.9023052.9722060
0.9083122.9691850
0.9143592.9662230
0.9204462.9633190
0.9265732.9604710
0.9327422.9576790
0.9389512.9549410
0.9452022.9522560
0.9514952.9496220
0.9578292.9470380
0.9642052.9445020
0.9706242.9420150
0.9770862.9395740
0.9835912.9371790
0.9901392.9348280
0.996732.932520
12.9313979.721800e-07
1.003372.9302559.691676e-07
1.010052.9280319.631888e-07
1.016772.9258489.571702e-07
1.023542.9237049.511115e-07
1.030352.9215999.450125e-07
1.037212.9195329.388730e-07
1.044122.9175029.326925e-07
1.051072.9155089.264709e-07
1.058062.913559.202078e-07
1.065112.9116269.139031e-07
1.07222.9097369.075564e-07
1.079342.9078799.011675e-07
1.086522.9060558.947360e-07
1.093762.9042628.882617e-07
1.101042.9025018.817443e-07
1.108372.900778.751835e-07
1.115742.8990688.685790e-07
1.123172.8973968.619306e-07
1.130652.8957528.552379e-07
1.138182.8941378.485006e-07
1.145752.8925498.417185e-07
1.153382.8909878.348913e-07
1.161062.8894528.280186e-07
1.168792.8879438.211001e-07
1.176572.8864598.141356e-07
1.18442.8849998.071248e-07
1.192292.8835648.000672e-07
1.200222.8821537.929627e-07
1.208222.8807657.858109e-07
1.216262.87947.786114e-07
1.224362.8780577.713641e-07
1.232512.8767367.640684e-07
1.240712.8754377.567243e-07
1.248972.8741597.493312e-07
1.257292.8729027.418889e-07
1.265662.8716657.343971e-07
1.274082.8704487.268554e-07
1.282562.869257.192634e-07
1.29112.8680727.116210e-07
1.29972.8669127.039276e-07
1.308352.8657716.961831e-07
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1.325832.8635436.805390e-07
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1.407412.8543476.075136e-07
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1.435712.8515595.821865e-07
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1.474322.8480365.476233e-07
1.484142.8471895.388382e-07
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11.84182.7726154.556486e-06
11.92062.7723624.877275e-06
122.7721065.200200e-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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