Optical constants

Refractive index of N-SF66 (SCHOTT)

N-SF66: n,k 0.39–2.5 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.39–2.5 µm
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.39–2.5 µm
Refractive index n
1.92285
Extinction coefficient k
1.08615e-07
Permittivity ε1
3.69736
Permittivity ε2
4.17702e-07
Absorption coefficient α
0.0232284 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
8.61015e+08 nm
Abbe number Vd
20.88
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.218927 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
2.05149
Group velocity dispersion
469.881 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-2563.45 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-SF66 (SCHOTT): N-SF66
schott_n_sf66 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SCHOTT-optical", "N-SF66", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(schott_n_sf66.range_nm)  # (390, 2500) nm
eps = schott_n_sf66.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=2.0245976λ2λ2−0.0147053225+0.470187196λ2λ2−0.0692998276+2.59970433λ2λ2−161.817601

Valid from 0.39 to 2.5 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C22.0245976
C30.0147053225
C40.470187196
C50.0692998276
C62.59970433
C7161.817601

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: -4.3e-06 1.15e-08 4.31e-11 9.62e-07 1.62e-09 0.322
nd
1.92286
Vd
20.88
glass code
923209.400
glass status
standard
density
value: 3996
thermal expansion
value: 5.9e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 6.83e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
0.0307
resistance
acid: 1.0; stain: 0.0; alkali: 1.0; climatic: 1.0; phosphate: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = -7.38e-07 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = -2.48e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = -2.58e-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 415 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
N-SF66 (SCHOTT), N-SF66: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.392.0254774.856400e-06
0.391822.023284.369835e-06
0.3936492.0211273.881000e-06
0.3954862.0190173.389883e-06
0.3973322.0169482.896473e-06
0.3991862.0149182.400761e-06
0.42.0140432.183300e-06
0.401052.0129282.079307e-06
0.4029212.0109751.893849e-06
0.4048022.0090591.707526e-06
0.4052.008861.687900e-06
0.4066912.0071781.602072e-06
0.4085892.0053321.505745e-06
0.4104962.003521.408968e-06
0.4124122.0017411.311739e-06
0.4143371.9999931.214057e-06
0.4162711.9982761.115918e-06
0.4182141.996591.017322e-06
0.421.9950729.266700e-07
0.4201661.9949339.237153e-07
0.4221271.9933048.887308e-07
0.4240971.9917048.535830e-07
0.4260761.9901318.182711e-07
0.4280651.9885847.827945e-07
0.4300631.9870647.471522e-07
0.432071.9855687.113436e-07
0.4340861.9840976.753679e-07
0.4361.982736.412300e-07
0.4361121.9826516.402915e-07
0.4381481.9812276.233006e-07
0.4401931.9798276.062304e-07
0.4422471.9784495.890806e-07
0.4443111.9770935.718507e-07
0.4463851.9757595.545404e-07
0.4484681.9744455.371493e-07
0.4505621.9731525.196771e-07
0.4526641.9718795.021232e-07
0.4547771.9706254.844875e-07
0.45691.969394.667695e-07
0.4590321.9681754.489687e-07
0.461.9676314.408900e-07
0.4611751.9669774.366514e-07
0.4633271.9657974.288844e-07
0.4654891.9646354.210812e-07
0.4676621.963494.132415e-07
0.4698451.9623624.053652e-07
0.4720381.9612513.974522e-07
0.4742411.9601553.895023e-07
0.4764541.9590753.815152e-07
0.4786781.9580113.734909e-07
0.4809121.9569623.654291e-07
0.4831571.9559283.573297e-07
0.4854121.9549083.491925e-07
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0.4899531.9529113.328040e-07
0.492241.9519343.245523e-07
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0.4968451.9500193.079333e-07
0.4991641.9490812.995655e-07
0.51.9487472.965500e-07
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0.5478841.9327121.611575e-07
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2.3251.8483963.302800e-06
2.331341.8482413.350332e-06
2.342221.8479753.431859e-06
2.353161.8477073.513766e-06
2.364141.8474373.596055e-06
2.375171.8471643.678728e-06
2.386261.846893.761787e-06
2.39741.8466133.845234e-06
2.408591.8463343.929070e-06
2.419831.8460524.013297e-06
2.431121.8457684.097918e-06
2.442471.8454824.182933e-06
2.453871.8451934.268346e-06
2.465321.8449024.354157e-06
2.476831.8446094.440368e-06
2.488391.8443124.526982e-06
2.51.8440144.614000e-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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