Optical constants

Refractive index of K-LaKn2 (SUMITA)

K-LaKn2: 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
1.6405
Extinction coefficient k
2.45299e-08
Permittivity ε1
2.69125
Permittivity ε2
8.04828e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00524595 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
3.81246e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
60.197
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0550259 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.67284
Group velocity dispersion
95.0491 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-518.543 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-LaKn2 (SUMITA): K-LaKn2
sumita_k_lakn2 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SUMITA-optical", "K-LaKn2", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(sumita_k_lakn2.range_nm)  # (360, 1550) nm
eps = sumita_k_lakn2.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Dispersion formula

Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µm
n2=2.6498456−0.013078949⁢λ2.0+0.014887079⁢λ−2.0+0.0003621869⁢λ−4.0−1.1506273×10-5⁢λ−6.0+6.1300945×10-7⁢λ−8.0

Valid from 0.36 to 1.55 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C12.6498456
C2-0.013078949
C32.0
C40.014887079
C5-2.0
C60.0003621869
C7-4.0
C8-1.1506273e-05
C9-6.0
C106.1300945e-07
C11-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: -2.24e-06 1.48e-08 -2.56e-10 3.66e-07 4.69e-10 0.182
nd
1.64050
Vd
60.1
glass code
641601
density
value: 3660
thermal expansion
value: 5.9e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 8e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0029
resistance
acid: 5.0; climatic: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = -6.39e-07 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = -1.02e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = -1.05e-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-LaKn2 (SUMITA), K-LaKn2: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.361.6677743.435200e-07
0.361321.6674413.238867e-07
0.3626441.6671113.041814e-07
0.3639731.6667832.844039e-07
0.3653081.6664592.645538e-07
0.3666471.6661372.446310e-07
0.3679911.6658182.246352e-07
0.369341.6655022.045661e-07
0.371.6653481.947400e-07
0.3706931.6651881.904526e-07
0.3720521.6648771.820511e-07
0.3734161.6645691.736187e-07
0.3747851.6642641.651554e-07
0.3761591.6639611.566611e-07
0.3775371.663661.481356e-07
0.3789211.6633631.395790e-07
0.381.6631331.329100e-07
0.380311.6630671.316195e-07
0.3817041.6627751.258234e-07
0.3831041.6624841.200060e-07
0.3845081.6621961.141673e-07
0.3859171.6619111.083072e-07
0.3873321.6616281.024256e-07
0.3887521.6613479.652247e-08
0.391.6611039.133300e-08
0.3901771.6610699.085503e-08
0.3916071.6607938.698967e-08
0.3930431.6605198.311014e-08
0.3944831.6602487.921639e-08
0.3959291.6599797.530836e-08
0.3973811.6597127.138601e-08
0.3988371.6594476.744929e-08
0.41.6592386.430700e-08
0.4002991.6591856.410059e-08
0.4017671.6589246.308864e-08
0.4032391.6586666.207298e-08
0.4047171.658416.105359e-08
0.4062011.6581566.003047e-08
0.407691.6579045.900360e-08
0.4091841.6576545.797296e-08
0.4106841.6574075.693855e-08
0.412191.6571615.590034e-08
0.4137011.6569175.485833e-08
0.4152171.6566765.381249e-08
0.4167391.6564365.276283e-08
0.4182671.6561985.170932e-08
0.41981.6559625.065194e-08
0.421.6559315.051400e-08
0.4213391.6557284.996221e-08
0.4228831.6554964.932566e-08
0.4244331.6552664.868677e-08
0.4259891.6550374.804555e-08
0.4275511.6548114.740197e-08
0.4291181.6545864.675603e-08
0.4306911.6543634.610773e-08
0.432271.6541424.545705e-08
0.4338541.6539224.480398e-08
0.4354451.6537054.414852e-08
0.4370411.6534894.349066e-08
0.4386431.6532754.283039e-08
0.441.6530954.227100e-08
0.4402511.6530624.220231e-08
0.4418641.6528514.176005e-08
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0.4516721.6516213.907224e-08
0.4533281.6514213.861851e-08
0.454991.6512243.816311e-08
0.4566571.6510273.770605e-08
0.4583311.6508323.724731e-08
0.461.650643.679000e-08
0.4600111.6506393.679091e-08
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0.463391.6502573.706103e-08
0.4650891.6500683.719683e-08
0.4667931.6498813.733314e-08
0.4685051.6496953.746994e-08
0.4702221.649513.760724e-08
0.4719461.6493273.774505e-08
0.4736751.6491453.788336e-08
0.4754121.6489653.802217e-08
0.4771541.6487863.816150e-08
0.4789041.6486083.830134e-08
0.481.6484983.838900e-08
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0.4824211.6482573.761067e-08
0.4841891.6480843.704214e-08
0.4859641.6479113.647152e-08
0.4877461.6477413.589882e-08
0.4895331.6475713.532401e-08
0.4913281.6474023.474710e-08
0.4931291.6472353.416807e-08
0.4949361.647073.358692e-08
0.4967511.6469053.300364e-08
0.4985721.6467423.241822e-08
0.51.6466153.195900e-08
0.5003991.6465793.191414e-08
0.5022331.6464183.170800e-08
0.5040741.6462593.150111e-08
0.5059221.64613.129346e-08
0.5077771.6459433.108505e-08
0.5096381.6457863.087588e-08
0.5115061.6456313.066594e-08
0.5133811.6454773.045523e-08
0.5152631.6453253.024374e-08
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0.5190471.6450222.981845e-08
0.520951.6448732.960463e-08
0.522861.6447242.939003e-08
0.5247761.6445772.917464e-08
0.52671.6444312.895846e-08
0.5286311.6442852.874149e-08
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0.6370791.6380681.770958e-08
0.6394151.6379651.731763e-08
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1.461861.6214012.328942e-08
1.467221.6213212.337480e-08
1.47261.6212422.346048e-08
1.4781.6211622.354648e-08
1.483421.6210812.363280e-08
1.488851.6212.371943e-08
1.494311.6209192.380638e-08
1.499791.6208382.389365e-08
1.51.6208352.389700e-08
1.505291.6207562.859693e-08
1.51081.6206743.350195e-08
1.516341.6205913.842496e-08
1.52191.6205084.336602e-08
1.527481.6204254.832518e-08
1.533081.6203415.330253e-08
1.53871.6202575.829812e-08
1.544341.6201726.331202e-08
1.551.6200876.834430e-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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