Optical constants

Refractive index of K-LaSKn1 (SUMITA)

K-LaSKn1: 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
1.755
Extinction coefficient k
9.36134e-09
Permittivity ε1
3.08002
Permittivity ε2
3.28583e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00200201 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
9.98996e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
52.36
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0743456 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.79868
Group velocity dispersion
131.637 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-718.148 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-LaSKn1 (SUMITA): K-LaSKn1
sumita_k_laskn1 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SUMITA-optical", "K-LaSKn1", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(sumita_k_laskn1.range_nm)  # (360, 1550) nm
eps = sumita_k_laskn1.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

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Dispersion formula

Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µm
n2=3.0176028−0.01512239⁢λ2.0+0.021959514⁢λ−2.0+0.00052144528⁢λ−4.0−1.8693935×10-5⁢λ−6.0+1.6369365×10-6⁢λ−8.0

Valid from 0.36 to 1.55 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C13.0176028
C2-0.01512239
C32.0
C40.021959514
C5-2.0
C60.00052144528
C7-4.0
C8-1.8693935e-05
C9-6.0
C101.6369365e-06
C11-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 9.54e-07 1.19e-08 -2.27e-10 5.55e-07 9.65e-10 0.153
nd
1.75500
Vd
52.4
glass code
755524
density
value: 4510
thermal expansion
value: 5.7e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 7e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.009
resistance
acid: 4.0; climatic: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 1.43e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 7.41e-07 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 6.83e-07 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-LaSKn1 (SUMITA), K-LaSKn1: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.361.792584.554900e-07
0.361321.7921114.328809e-07
0.3626441.7916464.101890e-07
0.3639731.7911863.874139e-07
0.3653081.790733.645552e-07
0.3666471.7902783.416128e-07
0.3679911.789833.185863e-07
0.369341.7893872.954754e-07
0.371.7891722.841600e-07
0.3706931.7889472.767620e-07
0.3720521.7885122.622648e-07
0.3734161.788082.477144e-07
0.3747851.7876532.331107e-07
0.3761591.7872292.184534e-07
0.3775371.786812.037424e-07
0.3789211.7863941.889775e-07
0.381.7860731.774700e-07
0.380311.7859821.754935e-07
0.3817041.7855731.666160e-07
0.3831041.7851681.577060e-07
0.3845081.7847671.487634e-07
0.3859171.7843691.397880e-07
0.3873321.7839751.307796e-07
0.3887521.7835851.217383e-07
0.391.7832451.137900e-07
0.3901771.7831981.130875e-07
0.3916071.7828141.074060e-07
0.3930431.7824331.017037e-07
0.3944831.7820569.598047e-08
0.3959291.7816839.023629e-08
0.3973811.7813128.447105e-08
0.3988371.7809457.868467e-08
0.41.7806557.406600e-08
0.4002991.7805817.346031e-08
0.4017671.780227.049077e-08
0.4032391.7798626.751035e-08
0.4047171.7795086.451900e-08
0.4062011.7791566.151669e-08
0.407691.7788085.850338e-08
0.4091841.7784625.547902e-08
0.4106841.7781195.244357e-08
0.412191.7777794.939699e-08
0.4137011.7774434.633925e-08
0.4152171.7771094.327030e-08
0.4167391.7767774.019010e-08
0.4182671.7764493.709861e-08
0.41981.7761233.399579e-08
0.421.7760813.359100e-08
0.4213391.7758013.322504e-08
0.4228831.775483.280286e-08
0.4244331.7751633.237913e-08
0.4259891.7748483.195385e-08
0.4275511.7745363.152701e-08
0.4291181.7742263.109861e-08
0.4306911.7739193.066863e-08
0.432271.7736153.023708e-08
0.4338541.7733132.980395e-08
0.4354451.7730132.936923e-08
0.4370411.7727162.893292e-08
0.4386431.7724222.849500e-08
0.441.7721752.812400e-08
0.4402511.772132.786338e-08
0.4418641.771842.618540e-08
0.4434841.7715522.450127e-08
0.445111.7712672.281097e-08
0.4467411.7709842.111447e-08
0.4483791.7707041.941175e-08
0.4500231.7704261.770280e-08
0.4516721.770151.598757e-08
0.4533281.7698761.426606e-08
0.454991.7696051.253824e-08
0.4566571.7693351.080409e-08
0.4583311.7690689.063579e-09
0.461.7688057.328500e-09
0.4600111.7688037.328681e-09
0.4616981.768547.355543e-09
0.463391.7682797.382503e-09
0.4650891.7680217.409561e-09
0.4667931.7677647.436719e-09
0.4685051.7675097.463977e-09
0.4702221.7672577.491334e-09
0.4719461.7670067.518792e-09
0.4736751.7667577.546351e-09
0.4754121.7665117.574010e-09
0.4771541.7662667.601771e-09
0.4789041.7660237.629634e-09
0.481.7658727.647100e-09
0.4806591.7657827.657598e-09
0.4824211.7655437.685666e-09
0.4841891.7653067.713836e-09
0.4859641.765077.742109e-09
0.4877461.7648377.770486e-09
0.4895331.7646057.798967e-09
0.4913281.7643757.827553e-09
0.4931291.7641477.856243e-09
0.4949361.7639217.885038e-09
0.4967511.7636967.913939e-09
0.4985721.7634737.942946e-09
0.51.76337.965700e-09
0.5003991.7632527.972060e-09
0.5022331.7630328.001284e-09
0.5040741.7628148.030614e-09
0.5059221.7625988.060053e-09
0.5077771.7623838.089599e-09
0.5096381.762178.119253e-09
0.5115061.7619598.149016e-09
0.5133811.7617498.178889e-09
0.5152631.7615418.208870e-09
0.5171521.7613358.238962e-09
0.5190471.761138.269164e-09
0.520951.7609268.299477e-09
0.522861.7607248.329900e-09
0.5247761.7605248.360436e-09
0.52671.7603258.391083e-09
0.5286311.7601278.421843e-09
0.5305681.7599318.452715e-09
0.5325131.7597368.483700e-09
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0.6301251.7521351.003854e-08
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0.6347531.7518561.011223e-08
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0.651.7509751.035500e-08
0.651221.7509071.037445e-08
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0.6560031.7506431.045069e-08
0.6584081.7505131.048902e-08
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0.6681151.7499991.064375e-08
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1.445911.7310715.455311e-08
1.451211.7309825.507042e-08
1.456521.7308925.558964e-08
1.461861.7308015.611075e-08
1.467221.7307115.663378e-08
1.47261.730625.715872e-08
1.4781.7305285.768559e-08
1.483421.7304375.821439e-08
1.488851.7303455.874513e-08
1.494311.7302525.927781e-08
1.499791.7301595.981245e-08
1.51.7301565.983300e-08
1.505291.7300666.589513e-08
1.51081.7299727.222181e-08
1.516341.7298797.857168e-08
1.52191.7297848.494483e-08
1.527481.7296899.134134e-08
1.533081.7295949.776129e-08
1.53871.7294991.042048e-07
1.544341.7294031.106719e-07
1.551.7293061.171627e-07

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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