Optical constants

Refractive index of N-LASF43 (SCHOTT)

N-LASF43: 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
1.8061
Extinction coefficient k
1.61537e-08
Permittivity ε1
3.26198
Permittivity ε2
5.83502e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00345461 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
5.78936e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
40.61
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.101268 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.8656
Group velocity dispersion
190.411 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-1038.79 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-LASF43 (SCHOTT): N-LASF43
schott_n_lasf43 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SCHOTT-optical", "N-LASF43", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(schott_n_lasf43.range_nm)  # (350, 2500) nm
eps = schott_n_lasf43.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=1.93502827λ2λ2−0.0104001413+0.23662935λ2λ2−0.0447505292+1.26291344λ2λ2−87.437569

Valid from 0.35 to 2.5 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C21.93502827
C30.0104001413
C40.23662935
C50.0447505292
C61.26291344
C787.437569

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 4.77e-06 1.14e-08 -2.68e-12 6.62e-07 8.84e-10 0.234
nd
1.8061
Vd
40.61
glass code
806406.426
glass status
standard
density
value: 4260
thermal expansion
value: 5.49e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 6.66e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0052
resistance
acid: 51.3; stain: 1.0; alkali: 1.0; climatic: 1.0; phosphate: 2.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 4.17e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 3.14e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 3.06e-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-LASF43 (SCHOTT), N-LASF43: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.351.8669784.358300e-06
0.3517291.8658984.017185e-06
0.3534661.8648353.674384e-06
0.3552121.8637883.329891e-06
0.3569671.8627572.983696e-06
0.358731.8617432.635790e-06
0.3605021.8607442.286166e-06
0.3622831.859761.934815e-06
0.3640731.8587911.581728e-06
0.3651.8582961.398800e-06
0.3658711.8578361.333088e-06
0.3676791.8568961.196781e-06
0.3694951.855971.059799e-06
0.371.8557151.021700e-06
0.371321.8550579.657548e-07
0.3731541.8541588.880182e-07
0.3749981.8532718.098976e-07
0.376851.8523987.313911e-07
0.3787121.8515376.524968e-07
0.381.850955.978900e-07
0.3805821.8506885.858247e-07
0.3824621.8498515.468696e-07
0.3843521.8490275.077219e-07
0.386251.8482134.683810e-07
0.3881581.8474124.288456e-07
0.391.8466523.906800e-07
0.3900761.8466213.897557e-07
0.3920021.8458413.661745e-07
0.3939391.8450723.424769e-07
0.3958851.8443143.186622e-07
0.397841.8435652.947298e-07
0.3998061.8428272.706793e-07
0.41.8427552.683000e-07
0.4017811.8420992.527987e-07
0.4037651.8413812.355199e-07
0.4051.8409412.247700e-07
0.405761.8406722.212763e-07
0.4077641.8399732.120589e-07
0.4097781.8392832.027960e-07
0.4118031.8386021.934873e-07
0.4138371.837931.841327e-07
0.4158811.8372671.747318e-07
0.4179351.8366131.652846e-07
0.421.8359661.557906e-07
0.421.8359661.557900e-07
0.4220751.8353291.505945e-07
0.424161.8346991.453730e-07
0.4262551.8340781.401257e-07
0.428361.8334641.348525e-07
0.4304761.8328581.295533e-07
0.4326031.832261.242278e-07
0.434741.8316691.188761e-07
0.4361.8313261.157200e-07
0.4368871.8310861.142185e-07
0.4390451.830511.105663e-07
0.4412141.8299411.068961e-07
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0.4477851.8282779.577634e-08
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0.4750621.8221956.199767e-08
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0.4821361.8208065.584073e-08
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0.4966041.8181694.325041e-08
0.4990571.8177474.111559e-08
0.51.8175874.029500e-08
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0.5064891.8165093.757047e-08
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0.5426641.8112522.238277e-08
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0.5461.8108222.098200e-08
0.5480381.8105642.072478e-08
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2.299111.7596125.864785e-06
2.310471.7593526.032002e-06
2.321881.7590896.200046e-06
2.3251.7590176.246000e-06
2.333351.7588246.822135e-06
2.344871.7585567.617573e-06
2.356461.7582868.416941e-06
2.36811.7580129.220257e-06
2.37981.7577361.002754e-05
2.391551.7574571.083881e-05
2.403371.7571761.165409e-05
2.415241.7568911.247340e-05
2.427171.7566031.329676e-05
2.439161.7563121.412418e-05
2.451211.7560191.495569e-05
2.463311.7557221.579130e-05
2.475481.7554221.663105e-05
2.487711.7551191.747494e-05
2.51.7548131.832300e-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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