Optical constants

Refractive index of N-LAF36 (SCHOTT)

N-LAF36: n,k 0.35–2.5 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.35–2.5 µm
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.35–2.5 µm
Refractive index n
1.79951
Extinction coefficient k
1.50234e-08
Permittivity ε1
3.23825
Permittivity ε2
5.40695e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00321289 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
6.22493e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
42.368
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0964419 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.85618
Group velocity dispersion
180.304 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-983.656 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-LAF36 (SCHOTT): N-LAF36
schott_n_laf36 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SCHOTT-optical", "N-LAF36", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(schott_n_laf36.range_nm)  # (350, 2500) nm
eps = schott_n_laf36.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=1.85744228λ2λ2−0.00982397191+0.294098729λ2λ2−0.0384309138+1.16615417λ2λ2−89.3984634

Valid from 0.35 to 2.5 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C21.85744228
C30.00982397191
C40.294098729
C50.0384309138
C61.16615417
C789.3984634

Comments and conditions

inquiry glass

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 8.72e-06 1.12e-08 -1.38e-11 7.81e-07 9.48e-10 0.212
nd
1.79952
Vd
42.37
glass code
800424.443
glass status
special
density
value: 4431
thermal expansion
value: 5.65e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 6.8e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0067
resistance
acid: 52.3; stain: 2.0; alkali: 1.0; climatic: 1.0; phosphate: 3.3

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 6.76e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 5.56e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 5.45e-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 419 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
N-LAF36 (SCHOTT), N-LAF36: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.351.8564292.190400e-06
0.3517291.8554452.041921e-06
0.3534661.8544751.892708e-06
0.3552121.8535191.742758e-06
0.3569671.8525771.592067e-06
0.358731.8516481.440632e-06
0.3605021.8507331.288449e-06
0.3622831.8498311.135515e-06
0.3640731.8489419.818243e-07
0.3651.8484879.022000e-07
0.3658711.8480648.639824e-07
0.3676791.8471997.847062e-07
0.3694951.8463467.050385e-07
0.371.8461126.828800e-07
0.371321.8455056.474220e-07
0.3731541.8446765.981527e-07
0.3749981.8438585.486400e-07
0.376851.8430514.988827e-07
0.3787121.8422554.488797e-07
0.381.8417124.142700e-07
0.3805821.841474.053799e-07
0.3824621.8406953.766763e-07
0.3843521.8399313.478308e-07
0.386251.8391773.188429e-07
0.3881581.8384332.897118e-07
0.391.8377272.615900e-07
0.3900761.8376982.609535e-07
0.3920021.8369742.447137e-07
0.3939391.8362592.283937e-07
0.3958851.8355532.119932e-07
0.397841.8348571.955116e-07
0.3998061.8341691.789486e-07
0.41.8341021.773100e-07
0.4017811.833491.676667e-07
0.4037651.832821.569175e-07
0.4051.832411.502300e-07
0.405761.8321591.482669e-07
0.4077641.8315061.430876e-07
0.4097781.8308621.378828e-07
0.4118031.8302251.326522e-07
0.4138371.8295971.273958e-07
0.4158811.8289761.221135e-07
0.4179351.8283631.168050e-07
0.421.8277581.114703e-07
0.421.8277581.114700e-07
0.4220751.8271611.081511e-07
0.424161.826571.048156e-07
0.4262551.8259881.014636e-07
0.428361.8254129.809499e-08
0.4304761.8248439.470979e-08
0.4326031.8242819.130787e-08
0.434741.8237268.788914e-08
0.4361.8234048.587300e-08
0.4368871.8231788.479541e-08
0.4390451.8226378.217437e-08
0.4412141.8221027.954039e-08
0.4433941.8215737.689339e-08
0.4455841.8210517.423332e-08
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0.4727261.8152444.890748e-08
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0.4797671.8139154.458290e-08
0.4821361.8134824.312711e-08
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0.4941631.811393.573958e-08
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0.5453441.8040911.767637e-08
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0.5785641.8004071.494045e-08
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2.287811.7563284.416459e-06
2.299111.7560954.545003e-06
2.310471.7558594.674182e-06
2.321881.7556214.803999e-06
2.3251.7555564.839500e-06
2.333351.7553815.304315e-06
2.344871.7551385.946060e-06
2.356461.7548936.590975e-06
2.36811.7546467.239076e-06
2.37981.7543967.890378e-06
2.391551.7541438.544898e-06
2.403371.7538889.202651e-06
2.415241.753639.863652e-06
2.427171.753371.052792e-05
2.439161.7531071.119547e-05
2.451211.7528411.186631e-05
2.463311.7525731.254047e-05
2.475481.7523011.321796e-05
2.487711.7520271.389880e-05
2.51.751751.458300e-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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