Optical constants

Refractive index of K-LaFK60 (SUMITA)

K-LaFK60: n,k 0.36–1.55 µm

Data
formula 3 + tabulated k
Range
0.36–1.55 µm
Temperature
293 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.36–1.55 µm
Refractive index n
1.63246
Extinction coefficient k
9.36134e-09
Permittivity ε1
2.66492
Permittivity ε2
3.05640e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00200201 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
9.98996e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
63.767
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0512573 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.66258
Group velocity dispersion
89.4706 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-488.109 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

# K-LaFK60 (SUMITA): K-LaFK60
sumita_k_lafk60 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SUMITA-optical", "K-LaFK60", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(sumita_k_lafk60.range_nm)  # (360, 1550) nm
eps = sumita_k_lafk60.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Dispersion formula

Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µm
n2=2.6248172−0.010251149⁢λ2.0+0.0143793⁢λ−2.0+0.00024017461⁢λ−4.0−1.041901×10-6⁢λ−6.0+1.0237991×10-7⁢λ−8.0

Valid from 0.36 to 1.55 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C12.6248172
C2-0.010251149
C32.0
C40.0143793
C5-2.0
C60.00024017461
C7-4.0
C8-1.041901e-06
C9-6.0
C101.0237991e-07
C11-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: -9.6e-06 1.03e-08 -7.48e-11 3.87e-07 1.56e-10 0.188
nd
1.63246
Vd
63.8
glass code
632638
density
value: 4290
thermal expansion
value: 9.3e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 1.14e-05, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
0.0041
resistance
acid: 5.0; climatic: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = -4.34e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = -4.68e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = -4.69e-06 K⁻¹ at 1550 nm

References

Cite

SUMITA Zemax catalog 2017-02-02 (obtained from http://www.sumita-opt.co.jp); See also SUMITA optical glass data book; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 416 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
K-LaFK60 (SUMITA), K-LaFK60: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.361.6578974.723300e-07
0.361321.6575884.596696e-07
0.3626441.6572814.469627e-07
0.3639731.6569764.342093e-07
0.3653081.6566754.214091e-07
0.3666471.6563754.085620e-07
0.3679911.6560793.956678e-07
0.369341.6557843.827263e-07
0.371.6556423.763900e-07
0.3706931.6554933.696057e-07
0.3720521.6552033.563110e-07
0.3734161.6549173.429676e-07
0.3747851.6546323.295752e-07
0.3761591.654353.161338e-07
0.3775371.654073.026431e-07
0.3789211.6537932.891030e-07
0.381.6535792.785500e-07
0.380311.6535182.755576e-07
0.3817041.6532452.621173e-07
0.3831041.6529752.486278e-07
0.3845081.6527072.350889e-07
0.3859171.6524412.215003e-07
0.3873321.6521772.078619e-07
0.3887521.6519151.941735e-07
0.391.6516881.821400e-07
0.3901771.6516561.809243e-07
0.3916071.6513991.710928e-07
0.3930431.6511441.612253e-07
0.3944831.6508911.513217e-07
0.3959291.650641.413817e-07
0.3973811.6503911.314053e-07
0.3988371.6501441.213923e-07
0.41.6499491.134000e-07
0.4002991.6498991.126115e-07
0.4017671.6496561.087457e-07
0.4032391.6494151.048657e-07
0.4047171.6491761.009716e-07
0.4062011.648949.706311e-08
0.407691.6487059.314033e-08
0.4091841.6484718.920317e-08
0.4106841.648248.525157e-08
0.412191.6480118.128549e-08
0.4137011.6477837.730488e-08
0.4152171.6475587.330967e-08
0.4167391.6473346.929981e-08
0.4182671.6471126.527526e-08
0.41981.6468926.123596e-08
0.421.6468636.070900e-08
0.4213391.6466735.876411e-08
0.4228831.6464575.652047e-08
0.4244331.6462425.426860e-08
0.4259891.6460285.200847e-08
0.4275511.6458174.974007e-08
0.4291181.6456074.746334e-08
0.4306911.6453994.517827e-08
0.432271.6451924.288483e-08
0.4338541.6449884.058297e-08
0.4354451.6447843.827268e-08
0.4370411.6445833.595392e-08
0.4386431.6443833.362667e-08
0.441.6442153.165500e-08
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0.461.6419221.834900e-08
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0.4685051.6410391.542642e-08
0.4702221.6408661.483625e-08
0.4719461.6406951.424392e-08
0.4736751.6405261.364941e-08
0.4754121.6403571.305273e-08
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0.481.6399211.147600e-08
0.4806591.6398591.136033e-08
0.4824211.6396961.105109e-08
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0.4859641.6393731.042920e-08
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0.4895331.6390559.802745e-09
0.4913281.6388989.487793e-09
0.4931291.6387429.171688e-09
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0.4967511.6384338.535996e-09
0.4985721.638288.216401e-09
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0.5003991.6381297.972060e-09
0.5022331.6379788.001284e-09
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0.5059221.6376818.060053e-09
0.5077771.6375348.089599e-09
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0.5190471.6366758.269164e-09
0.520951.6365358.299477e-09
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0.52671.6361228.391083e-09
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1.467221.6153895.663378e-08
1.47261.6153235.715872e-08
1.4781.6152575.768559e-08
1.483421.6151915.821439e-08
1.488851.6151255.874513e-08
1.494311.6150595.927781e-08
1.499791.6149925.981245e-08
1.51.6149895.983300e-08
1.505291.6149256.311624e-08
1.51081.6148576.654277e-08
1.516341.614796.998185e-08
1.52191.6147227.343354e-08
1.527481.6146547.689788e-08
1.533081.6145858.037492e-08
1.53871.6145168.386470e-08
1.544341.6144478.736728e-08
1.551.6143789.088270e-08

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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