Optical constants

Refractive index of LAK9G15 (SCHOTT)

LAK9G15: n,k 0.38–2.5 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.38–2.5 µm
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength. Note: k data cover 390-2500 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 380-2500 nm.

At one wavelength

Range 0.38–2.5 µm
Refractive index n
1.69063
Extinction coefficient k
4.92731e-08
Permittivity ε1
2.85824
Permittivity ε2
1.66605e-07
Absorption coefficient α
0.0105375 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
1.89798e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
54.762
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0650747 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.72887
Group velocity dispersion
114.114 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-622.553 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

# LAK9G15 (SCHOTT): LAK9G15
schott_lak9g15 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SCHOTT-optical", "LAK9G15", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(schott_lak9g15.range_nm)  # (380, 2500) nm
eps = schott_lak9g15.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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

Lightsmith is open source (MIT): Mie, T-matrix, BEM, DDA, FDTD, RCWA, TMM, mode solvers and inverse design behind one spec, on CPU or GPU. GitHub.

Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (C in µm²) (formula 2), λ in µm
n2−1=1.28773667λ2λ2−0.0055754192+0.518244853λ2λ2−0.0223679524+26.1756109λ2λ2−1892.2533

Valid from 0.38 to 2.5 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C21.28773667
C30.0055754192
C40.518244853
C50.0223679524
C626.1756109
C71892.2533

Comments and conditions

inquiry glass

Properties

nd
1.69064
Vd
54.76
glass code
691548.353
glass status
special
density
value: 3525
thermal expansion
value: 6.34e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 7.56e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0055
resistance
acid: 53.0; stain: 2.0; alkali: 1.3; climatic: 1.0; phosphate: 4.3
Notes on the source data (kept exactly as published):
  • k data cover 390-2500 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 380-2500 nm

References

Cite

SCHOTT Zemax catalog 2017-01-20b (obtained from http://www.schott.com); See also SCHOTT 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 416 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
LAK9G15 (SCHOTT), LAK9G15: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.381.7177580
0.3817981.7172990
0.3836051.7168440
0.3854211.7163950
0.3872451.7159510
0.3890781.7155120
0.391.7152935.716900e-06
0.3909191.7150785.568171e-06
0.3927691.7146485.268735e-06
0.3946281.7142244.967882e-06
0.3964951.7138044.665605e-06
0.3983721.7133894.361897e-06
0.41.7130344.098400e-06
0.4002571.7129794.047234e-06
0.4021521.7125733.670575e-06
0.4040551.7121713.292134e-06
0.4051.7119743.104200e-06
0.4059671.7117743.002274e-06
0.4078881.7113822.799782e-06
0.4098191.7109942.596331e-06
0.4117581.710612.391917e-06
0.4137071.710232.186536e-06
0.4156651.7098541.980183e-06
0.4176321.7094831.772854e-06
0.4196091.7091151.564543e-06
0.421.7090431.523300e-06
0.4215951.7087521.449237e-06
0.423591.7083921.356560e-06
0.4255951.7080361.263446e-06
0.4276091.7076841.169890e-06
0.4296321.7073361.075892e-06
0.4316661.7069929.814490e-07
0.4337091.7066518.865590e-07
0.4357611.7063147.912199e-07
0.4361.7062757.801300e-07
0.4378241.705987.442980e-07
0.4398961.705657.035828e-07
0.4419771.7053246.626748e-07
0.4440691.7056.215733e-07
0.4461711.7046815.802772e-07
0.4482821.7043645.387857e-07
0.4504041.7040514.970978e-07
0.4525361.7037414.552126e-07
0.4546771.7034354.131292e-07
0.4568291.7031313.708466e-07
0.4589911.7028313.283639e-07
0.461.7026923.085400e-07
0.4611631.7025343.029256e-07
0.4633461.702242.923927e-07
0.4655391.7019482.818100e-07
0.4677421.701662.711772e-07
0.4699561.7013752.604940e-07
0.472181.7010932.497603e-07
0.4744141.7008132.389759e-07
0.476661.7005372.281403e-07
0.4789161.7002632.172535e-07
0.4811821.6999922.063152e-07
0.4834591.6997231.953251e-07
0.4857471.6994581.842830e-07
0.4880461.6991951.731886e-07
0.4903561.6989341.620417e-07
0.4926771.6986771.508421e-07
0.4950081.6984211.395895e-07
0.4973511.6981691.282836e-07
0.4997051.6979181.169242e-07
0.51.6978871.155000e-07
0.502071.6976711.131701e-07
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0.5068331.6971821.078082e-07
0.5092321.6969421.051082e-07
0.5116421.6967031.023954e-07
0.5140631.6964689.966978e-08
0.5164961.6962349.693125e-08
0.5189411.6960029.417976e-08
0.5213971.6957739.141525e-08
0.5238641.6955468.863766e-08
0.5263441.6953218.584692e-08
0.5288351.6950998.304297e-08
0.5313371.6948788.022575e-08
0.5338521.694667.739520e-08
0.5363781.6944437.455125e-08
0.5389171.6942297.169385e-08
0.5414681.6940176.882292e-08
0.544031.6938066.593840e-08
0.5461.6936466.372100e-08
0.5466051.6935986.348641e-08
0.5491921.6933916.248300e-08
0.5517911.6931876.147485e-08
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0.5570261.6927835.944419e-08
0.5596621.6925845.842165e-08
0.5623111.6923875.739427e-08
0.5649721.6921915.636203e-08
0.5676461.6919985.532491e-08
0.5703321.6918065.428287e-08
0.5730321.6916165.323590e-08
0.5757441.6914275.218398e-08
0.5784681.6912415.112708e-08
0.581.6911375.053300e-08
0.5812061.6910555.033306e-08
0.5839571.6908724.987707e-08
0.586721.690694.941893e-08
0.5894971.690514.895861e-08
0.5922871.6903314.849612e-08
0.595091.6901544.803143e-08
0.5979061.6899794.756455e-08
0.6007361.6898044.709546e-08
0.6035791.6896324.662415e-08
0.6064361.6894614.615061e-08
0.6093061.6892914.567483e-08
0.6121891.6891234.519679e-08
0.6150871.6889564.471650e-08
0.6179981.6887914.423393e-08
0.621.6886784.390200e-08
0.6209231.6886274.376957e-08
0.6238611.6884644.334774e-08
0.6268141.6883034.292390e-08
0.629781.6881434.249806e-08
0.6327611.6879854.207021e-08
0.6357551.6878274.164033e-08
0.6387641.6876714.120841e-08
0.6417871.6875174.077445e-08
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0.7154071.684273.064929e-08
0.7187921.6841413.048102e-08
0.7221941.6840133.031195e-08
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0.7290461.683762.997141e-08
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0.7715451.6823062.785922e-08
0.7751961.682192.767774e-08
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0.7825511.6819592.731221e-08
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0.7899761.6817312.694320e-08
0.7937141.6816182.675739e-08
0.7974711.6815062.657070e-08
0.8012451.6813942.638312e-08
0.8050371.6812832.619466e-08
0.8088471.6811732.600531e-08
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0.8165211.6809542.562390e-08
0.8203851.6808452.543185e-08
0.8242681.6807372.523888e-08
0.8281691.680632.504500e-08
0.8320881.6805222.485021e-08
0.8360261.6804162.465449e-08
0.8399831.680312.445784e-08
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0.8479531.68012.406176e-08
0.8519661.6799952.386231e-08
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0.8600491.6797872.346057e-08
0.8641191.6796842.325828e-08
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0.8723181.679482.285081e-08
0.8764461.6793782.264563e-08
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1.000321.6766621.648902e-08
1.005061.6765691.625373e-08
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1.038831.6759181.457523e-08
1.043741.6758261.433089e-08
1.048681.6757331.408538e-08
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1.058631.6755481.359089e-08
1.061.6755231.352300e-08
1.063641.6754561.391226e-08
1.068681.6753641.444996e-08
1.073741.6752721.499021e-08
1.078821.6751791.553301e-08
1.083921.6750871.607839e-08
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1.099391.6748111.773004e-08
1.104591.6747191.828581e-08
1.109821.6746261.884421e-08
1.115071.6745341.940525e-08
1.120351.6744421.996895e-08
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1.147111.673982.282771e-08
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2.441671.6511841.148208e-05
2.453231.6509371.209642e-05
2.464841.6506871.271367e-05
2.47651.6504351.333384e-05
2.488221.6501811.395695e-05
2.51.6499241.458300e-05

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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