Optical constants

Refractive index of K-VC179(M) (SUMITA)

K-VC179(M): 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
1.7944
Extinction coefficient k
3.12046e-08
Permittivity ε1
3.21988
Permittivity ε2
1.11987e-07
Absorption coefficient α
0.00667338 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
2.99698e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
41.846
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0969332 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.85136
Group velocity dispersion
182.126 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-993.595 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-VC179(M) (SUMITA): K-VC179(M)
sumita_k_vc179_m = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SUMITA-optical", "K-VC179(M)", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(sumita_k_vc179_m.range_nm)  # (360, 1550) nm
eps = sumita_k_vc179_m.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Dispersion formula

Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µm
n2=3.1342666−0.013761215⁢λ2.0+0.028817199⁢λ−2.0+0.00082006501⁢λ−4.0−5.3846865×10-6⁢λ−6.0+2.2272066×10-6⁢λ−8.0

Valid from 0.36 to 1.55 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C13.1342666
C2-0.013761215
C32.0
C40.028817199
C5-2.0
C60.00082006501
C7-4.0
C8-5.3846865e-06
C9-6.0
C102.2272066e-06
C11-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 5.81e-06 1.54e-08 -1.28e-10 7.89e-07 6.03e-10 0.215
nd
1.79441
Vd
41.9
glass code
799418
density
value: 4650
thermal expansion
value: 6.1e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 8e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0058
resistance
acid: 3.0; climatic: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 4.95e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 3.78e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 3.68e-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-VC179(M) (SUMITA), K-VC179(M): n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.361.846373.018400e-06
0.361321.8456882.815429e-06
0.3626441.8450142.611714e-06
0.3639731.8443462.407252e-06
0.3653081.8436852.202041e-06
0.3666471.8430321.996078e-06
0.3679911.8423851.789359e-06
0.369341.8417441.581883e-06
0.371.8414341.480300e-06
0.3706931.8411111.434416e-06
0.3720521.8404831.344500e-06
0.3734161.8398631.254254e-06
0.3747851.8392481.163678e-06
0.3761591.838641.072770e-06
0.3775371.8380389.815287e-07
0.3789211.8374428.899528e-07
0.381.8369838.185800e-07
0.380311.8368528.089674e-07
0.3817041.8362687.657930e-07
0.3831041.835697.224603e-07
0.3845081.8351186.789688e-07
0.3859171.8345516.353179e-07
0.3873321.833995.915070e-07
0.3887521.8334355.475355e-07
0.391.8329525.088800e-07
0.3901771.8328855.050164e-07
0.3916071.832344.737714e-07
0.3930431.8318014.424119e-07
0.3944831.8312674.109375e-07
0.3959291.8307383.793476e-07
0.3973811.8302143.476420e-07
0.3988371.8296963.158201e-07
0.41.8292872.904200e-07
0.4002991.8291822.884245e-07
0.4017671.8286742.786410e-07
0.4032391.828172.688216e-07
0.4047171.8276712.589662e-07
0.4062011.8271772.490747e-07
0.407691.8266872.391470e-07
0.4091841.8262022.291828e-07
0.4106841.8257222.191822e-07
0.412191.8252472.091448e-07
0.4137011.8247751.990707e-07
0.4152171.8243091.889597e-07
0.4167391.8238461.788116e-07
0.4182671.8233881.686263e-07
0.41981.8229341.584036e-07
0.421.8228761.570700e-07
0.4213391.8224851.512575e-07
0.4228831.8220391.445521e-07
0.4244331.8215981.378222e-07
0.4259891.8211611.310675e-07
0.4275511.8207281.242882e-07
0.4291181.8202981.174839e-07
0.4306911.8198731.106548e-07
0.432271.8194521.038005e-07
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1.445911.7662027.678432e-08
1.451211.7661127.706578e-08
1.456521.7660237.734828e-08
1.461861.7659347.763180e-08
1.467221.7658447.791637e-08
1.47261.7657547.820198e-08
1.4781.7656647.848864e-08
1.483421.7655737.877635e-08
1.488851.7654837.906511e-08
1.494311.7653927.935493e-08
1.499791.76537.964582e-08
1.51.7652977.965700e-08
1.505291.7652099.359313e-08
1.51081.7651171.081374e-07
1.516341.7650251.227350e-07
1.52191.7649331.373862e-07
1.527481.764841.520910e-07
1.533081.7647471.668497e-07
1.53871.7646541.816625e-07
1.544341.764561.965297e-07
1.551.7644662.114513e-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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