Optical constants

Refractive index of N-SF64 (SCHOTT)

N-SF64: n,k 0.37–2.5 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.37–2.5 µm
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.37–2.5 µm
Refractive index n
1.7059
Extinction coefficient k
3.13132e-08
Permittivity ε1
2.91011
Permittivity ε2
1.06835e-07
Absorption coefficient α
0.00669662 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
2.98658e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
30.232
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.117453 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.77492
Group velocity dispersion
236.319 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-1289.24 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-SF64 (SCHOTT): N-SF64
schott_n_sf64 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SCHOTT-optical", "N-SF64", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(schott_n_sf64.range_nm)  # (370, 2500) nm
eps = schott_n_sf64.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=1.59163762λ2λ2−0.0118623434+0.219908428λ2λ2−0.0594585499+1.46929315λ2λ2−133.310762

Valid from 0.37 to 2.5 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C21.59163762
C30.0118623434
C40.219908428
C50.0594585499
C61.46929315
C7133.310762

Comments and conditions

inquiry glass

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: -2.06e-06 9.78e-09 -1.67e-11 8.67e-07 1.23e-09 0.279
nd
1.70591
Vd
30.23
glass code
706302.299
glass status
special
density
value: 2989
thermal expansion
value: 8.48e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 9.78e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
0.0099
resistance
acid: 1.0; 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 = 3.48e-07 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = -8.27e-07 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = -9.07e-07 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 417 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
N-SF64 (SCHOTT), N-SF64: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.371.7691464.607400e-06
0.3717761.7678984.114420e-06
0.373561.7666743.619073e-06
0.3753531.7654723.121349e-06
0.3771551.7642912.621236e-06
0.3789651.7631322.118722e-06
0.381.7624821.831500e-06
0.3807841.7619941.759321e-06
0.3826121.7608761.591111e-06
0.3844481.7597771.422094e-06
0.3862941.7586971.252266e-06
0.3881481.7576361.081622e-06
0.391.7565999.111600e-07
0.3900111.7565939.107237e-07
0.3918831.7555688.356087e-07
0.3937641.7545597.601332e-07
0.3956541.7535686.842954e-07
0.3975531.7525936.080936e-07
0.3994611.7516335.315260e-07
0.41.7513665.099000e-07
0.4013781.750694.811772e-07
0.4033051.7497614.410320e-07
0.4051.748964.057100e-07
0.4052411.7488484.028635e-07
0.4071861.7479483.798623e-07
0.409141.7470633.567507e-07
0.4111041.7461923.335281e-07
0.4130771.7453343.101941e-07
0.415061.744492.867481e-07
0.4170521.7436582.631896e-07
0.4190541.7428392.395180e-07
0.421.7424582.283300e-07
0.4210651.7420332.233778e-07
0.4230861.7412382.139825e-07
0.4251171.7404562.045421e-07
0.4271581.7396851.950565e-07
0.4292081.7389251.855252e-07
0.4312681.7381761.759483e-07
0.4333381.7374391.663253e-07
0.4354181.7367121.566562e-07
0.4361.7365111.539500e-07
0.4375081.7359951.509539e-07
0.4396081.7352881.467811e-07
0.4417181.7345921.425883e-07
0.4438381.7339051.383754e-07
0.4459681.7332281.341422e-07
0.4481091.7325611.298887e-07
0.450261.7319031.256148e-07
0.4524211.7312531.213204e-07
0.4545921.7306131.170054e-07
0.4567741.7299821.126697e-07
0.4589671.7293591.083131e-07
0.461.7290691.062600e-07
0.461171.7287441.050041e-07
0.4633831.7281381.026275e-07
0.4656071.727541.002395e-07
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0.5273371.714414.444768e-08
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2.33791.6597023.442957e-06
2.349121.6594953.564855e-06
2.36041.6592863.687337e-06
2.371731.6590753.810408e-06
2.383111.6588633.934069e-06
2.394551.6586484.058324e-06
2.406041.6584324.183175e-06
2.417591.6582134.308625e-06
2.42921.6579934.434677e-06
2.440861.657774.561335e-06
2.452571.6575464.688600e-06
2.464341.6573194.816477e-06
2.476171.657094.944967e-06
2.488061.656865.074074e-06
2.51.6566275.203800e-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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