Optical constants

Refractive index of N-BASF64 (SCHOTT)

N-BASF64: n,k 0.365–2.5 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.365–2.5 µm
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.365–2.5 µm
Refractive index n
1.704
Extinction coefficient k
9.79089e-08
Permittivity ε1
2.9036
Permittivity ε2
3.33673e-07
Absorption coefficient α
0.0209387 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
9.55168e+08 nm
Abbe number Vd
39.384
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0909297 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.75743
Group velocity dispersion
173.537 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-946.735 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

# N-BASF64 (SCHOTT): N-BASF64
schott_n_basf64 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SCHOTT-optical", "N-BASF64", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(schott_n_basf64.range_nm)  # (365, 2500) nm
eps = schott_n_basf64.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=1.65554268λ2λ2−0.0104485644+0.17131977λ2λ2−0.0499394756+1.33664448λ2λ2−118.961472

Valid from 0.365 to 2.5 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C21.65554268
C30.0104485644
C40.17131977
C50.0499394756
C61.33664448
C7118.961472

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 1.6e-06 1.02e-08 -2.68e-11 7.87e-07 9.65e-10 0.229
nd
1.704
Vd
39.38
glass code
704394.320
glass status
standard
density
value: 3200
thermal expansion
value: 7.3e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 8.7e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0006
resistance
acid: 3.2; stain: 0.0; alkali: 1.2; climatic: 1.0; phosphate: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 2.15e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 1.12e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 1.04e-06 K⁻¹ at 1550 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 418 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
N-BASF64 (SCHOTT), N-BASF64: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.3651.7518511.759200e-06
0.3667641.750981.551632e-06
0.3685371.7501231.343060e-06
0.371.7494291.171000e-06
0.3703191.749281.152721e-06
0.3721091.7484491.050126e-06
0.3739081.7476319.470347e-07
0.3757151.7468258.434452e-07
0.3775321.7460327.393549e-07
0.3793571.745256.347614e-07
0.381.7449785.978900e-07
0.381191.744485.692280e-07
0.3830331.7437215.248630e-07
0.3848851.7429734.802837e-07
0.3867451.7422364.354888e-07
0.3886151.741513.904773e-07
0.391.7409813.571300e-07
0.3904941.7407943.519753e-07
0.3923811.7400893.322586e-07
0.3942781.7393933.124465e-07
0.3961841.7387072.925386e-07
0.3980991.7380312.725346e-07
0.41.7373732.526800e-07
0.4000241.7373652.525484e-07
0.4019571.7367072.417543e-07
0.40391.7360592.309079e-07
0.4051.7356972.247700e-07
0.4058531.7354192.217070e-07
0.4078151.7347892.146611e-07
0.4097861.7341662.075811e-07
0.4117671.7335522.004669e-07
0.4137581.7329471.933183e-07
0.4157581.7323491.861351e-07
0.4177681.731761.789172e-07
0.4197871.7311781.716645e-07
0.421.7311171.709000e-07
0.4218161.7306041.680982e-07
0.4238561.7300371.649529e-07
0.4259041.7294781.617924e-07
0.4279631.7289261.586166e-07
0.4300321.7283821.554255e-07
0.4321111.7278441.522189e-07
0.43421.7273131.489968e-07
0.4361.7268631.462200e-07
0.4362991.7267891.459196e-07
0.4384081.7262711.437991e-07
0.4405271.725761.416683e-07
0.4426571.7252561.395273e-07
0.4447971.7247581.373758e-07
0.4469471.7242661.352140e-07
0.4491071.723781.330417e-07
0.4512781.72331.308590e-07
0.453461.7228261.286656e-07
0.4556521.7223581.264617e-07
0.4578551.7218961.242471e-07
0.461.7214531.220900e-07
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0.5190161.7116149.462025e-08
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0.5472911.70818.943070e-08
0.5499371.7078019.001399e-08
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2.325541.6637322.974354e-06
2.336791.6635243.192157e-06
2.348081.6633133.411013e-06
2.359431.6631013.630927e-06
2.370841.6628873.851904e-06
2.38231.6626714.073949e-06
2.393821.6624534.297067e-06
2.405391.6622324.521264e-06
2.417021.662014.746545e-06
2.42871.6617854.972915e-06
2.440441.6615585.200379e-06
2.452241.6613295.428943e-06
2.464091.6610985.658611e-06
2.4761.6608645.889390e-06
2.487971.6606286.121285e-06
2.51.660396.354300e-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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