Optical constants

Refractive index of N-LAK10 (SCHOTT)

N-LAK10: 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
1.72003
Extinction coefficient k
1.27615e-08
Permittivity ε1
2.95849
Permittivity ε2
4.39003e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00272917 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
7.32824e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
50.622
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0732149 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.76305
Group velocity dispersion
130.305 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-710.884 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-LAK10 (SCHOTT): N-LAK10
schott_n_lak10 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SCHOTT-optical", "N-LAK10", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(schott_n_lak10.range_nm)  # (350, 2500) nm
eps = schott_n_lak10.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=1.72878017λ2λ2−0.00886014635+0.169257825λ2λ2−0.0363416509+1.19386956λ2λ2−82.9009069

Valid from 0.35 to 2.5 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C21.72878017
C30.00886014635
C40.169257825
C50.0363416509
C61.19386956
C782.9009069

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 4.1e-06 1.23e-08 -7.85e-12 5.08e-07 5.76e-10 0.205
nd
1.72003
Vd
50.62
glass code
720506.369
glass status
standard
density
value: 3689
thermal expansion
value: 5.68e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 6.83e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0072
resistance
acid: 52.3; stain: 2.0; alkali: 1.0; climatic: 2.0; phosphate: 3.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 3.13e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 2.44e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 2.38e-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-LAK10 (SCHOTT), N-LAK10: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.351.7613782.273000e-06
0.3517291.7606872.098581e-06
0.3534661.7600061.923301e-06
0.3552121.7593331.747154e-06
0.3569671.758671.570138e-06
0.358731.7580161.392247e-06
0.3605021.757371.213478e-06
0.3622831.7567321.033825e-06
0.3640731.7561038.532848e-07
0.3651.7557827.597500e-07
0.3658711.7554827.221824e-07
0.3676791.754876.442545e-07
0.3694951.7542655.659416e-07
0.371.7540985.441600e-07
0.371321.7536685.140601e-07
0.3731541.7530784.722360e-07
0.3749981.7524964.302052e-07
0.376851.7519223.879668e-07
0.3787121.7513553.455198e-07
0.381.7509683.161400e-07
0.3805821.7507943.094794e-07
0.3824621.7502412.879742e-07
0.3843521.7496952.663628e-07
0.386251.7491562.446447e-07
0.3881581.7486232.228193e-07
0.391.7481182.017500e-07
0.3900761.7480972.012394e-07
0.3920021.7475771.882137e-07
0.3939391.7470641.751237e-07
0.3958851.7465571.619690e-07
0.397841.7460571.487493e-07
0.3998061.7455621.354643e-07
0.41.7455131.341500e-07
0.4017811.7450731.296738e-07
0.4037651.744591.246842e-07
0.4051.7442941.215800e-07
0.405761.7441131.196118e-07
0.4077641.7436421.144194e-07
0.4097781.7431761.092012e-07
0.4118031.7427161.039573e-07
0.4138371.7422629.868749e-08
0.4158811.7418129.339165e-08
0.4179351.7413688.806964e-08
0.421.7409298.272134e-08
0.421.7409298.272100e-08
0.4220751.7404967.877971e-08
0.424161.7400677.481870e-08
0.4262551.7396437.083813e-08
0.428361.7392256.683789e-08
0.4304761.7388116.281789e-08
0.4326031.7384025.877803e-08
0.434741.7379975.471822e-08
0.4361.7377625.232400e-08
0.4368871.7375975.164919e-08
0.4390451.7372025.000785e-08
0.4412141.7368114.835840e-08
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0.4990571.7283311.956423e-08
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2.321881.6789866.029430e-06
2.3251.6789126.075800e-06
2.333351.6787126.590882e-06
2.344871.6784357.302028e-06
2.356461.6781568.016686e-06
2.36811.6778738.734875e-06
2.37981.6775879.456612e-06
2.391551.6772991.018191e-05
2.403371.6770071.091080e-05
2.415241.6767121.164328e-05
2.427171.6764141.237939e-05
2.439161.6761121.311913e-05
2.451211.6758081.386252e-05
2.463311.67551.460959e-05
2.475481.6751881.536034e-05
2.487711.6748741.611481e-05
2.51.6745551.687300e-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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