Optical constants

Refractive index of K-VC80(M) (SUMITA)

K-VC80(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
1.68983
Extinction coefficient k
9.36134e-09
Permittivity ε1
2.85553
Permittivity ε2
3.16382e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00200201 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
9.98996e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
52.88
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0671837 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.72931
Group velocity dispersion
119.623 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-652.606 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-VC80(M) (SUMITA): K-VC80(M)
sumita_k_vc80_m = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SUMITA-optical", "K-VC80(M)", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(sumita_k_vc80_m.range_nm)  # (360, 1550) nm
eps = sumita_k_vc80_m.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=2.800208−0.012536465⁢λ2.0+0.019904622⁢λ−2.0+0.00012816526⁢λ−4.0+4.6545827×10-5⁢λ−6.0−2.8784776×10-6⁢λ−8.0

Valid from 0.36 to 1.55 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C12.800208
C2-0.012536465
C32.0
C40.019904622
C5-2.0
C60.00012816526
C7-4.0
C84.6545827e-05
C9-6.0
C10-2.8784776e-06
C11-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 1.72e-06 1.69e-08 -1.41e-10 6.62e-07 9.46e-10 0.149
nd
1.68983
Vd
52.9
glass code
694531
density
value: 3810
thermal expansion
value: 6.4e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 9.4e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0062
resistance
acid: 4.0; climatic: 1.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 1.90e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 1.13e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 1.07e-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-VC80(M) (SUMITA), K-VC80(M): n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.361.7236532.048200e-07
0.361321.7232431.948687e-07
0.3626441.7228361.848810e-07
0.3639731.7224331.748566e-07
0.3653081.7220321.647955e-07
0.3666471.7216351.546976e-07
0.3679911.7212411.445626e-07
0.369341.720851.343904e-07
0.371.720661.294100e-07
0.3706931.7204621.259605e-07
0.3720521.7200771.192008e-07
0.3734161.7196961.124163e-07
0.3747851.7193171.056069e-07
0.3761591.7189419.877259e-08
0.3775371.7185689.191321e-08
0.3789211.7181998.502869e-08
0.381.7179137.966300e-08
0.380311.7178327.903823e-08
0.3817041.7174687.623210e-08
0.3831041.7171077.341569e-08
0.3845081.7167497.058895e-08
0.3859171.7163946.775185e-08
0.3873321.7160416.490436e-08
0.3887521.7156926.204642e-08
0.391.7153885.953400e-08
0.3901771.7153455.927480e-08
0.3916071.7150015.717864e-08
0.3930431.714665.507480e-08
0.3944831.7143225.296325e-08
0.3959291.7139865.084396e-08
0.3973811.7136544.871690e-08
0.3988371.7133244.658204e-08
0.41.7130634.487800e-08
0.4002991.7129964.470909e-08
0.4017671.7126714.388100e-08
0.4032391.7123494.304987e-08
0.4047171.712034.221569e-08
0.4062011.7117134.137846e-08
0.407691.7113984.053815e-08
0.4091841.7110863.969477e-08
0.4106841.7107773.884829e-08
0.412191.710473.799871e-08
0.4137011.7101663.714602e-08
0.4152171.7098643.629020e-08
0.4167391.7095653.543125e-08
0.4182671.7092683.456914e-08
0.41981.7089743.370388e-08
0.421.7089353.359100e-08
0.4213391.7086823.322504e-08
0.4228831.7083923.280286e-08
0.4244331.7081043.237913e-08
0.4259891.7078193.195385e-08
0.4275511.7075373.152701e-08
0.4291181.7072563.109861e-08
0.4306911.7069783.066863e-08
0.432271.7067023.023708e-08
0.4338541.7064292.980395e-08
0.4354451.7061572.936923e-08
0.4370411.7058882.893292e-08
0.4386431.7056212.849500e-08
0.441.7053972.812400e-08
0.4402511.7053562.795541e-08
0.4418641.7050932.686998e-08
0.4434841.7048332.578056e-08
0.445111.7045742.468716e-08
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0.4483791.7040632.248830e-08
0.4500231.7038112.138283e-08
0.4516721.703562.027330e-08
0.4533281.7033121.915971e-08
0.454991.7030661.804203e-08
0.4566571.7028211.692026e-08
0.4583311.7025791.579437e-08
0.461.702341.467200e-08
0.4600111.7023391.466801e-08
0.4616981.70211.407573e-08
0.463391.7018631.348128e-08
0.4650891.7016291.288466e-08
0.4667931.7013961.228584e-08
0.4685051.7011651.168483e-08
0.4702221.7009351.108162e-08
0.4719461.7007081.047619e-08
0.4736751.7004829.868549e-09
0.4754121.7002599.258678e-09
0.4771541.7000368.646572e-09
0.4789041.6998168.032222e-09
0.481.6996797.647100e-09
0.4806591.6995987.657598e-09
0.4824211.6993817.685666e-09
0.4841891.6991667.713836e-09
0.4859641.6989527.742109e-09
0.4877461.698747.770486e-09
0.4895331.698537.798967e-09
0.4913281.6983227.827553e-09
0.4931291.6981157.856243e-09
0.4949361.6979097.885038e-09
0.4967511.6977067.913939e-09
0.4985721.6975037.942946e-09
0.51.6973467.965700e-09
0.5003991.6973037.972060e-09
0.5022331.6971048.001284e-09
0.5040741.6969068.030614e-09
0.5059221.696718.060053e-09
0.5077771.6965168.089599e-09
0.5096381.6963238.119253e-09
0.5115061.6961318.149016e-09
0.5133811.6959418.178889e-09
0.5152631.6957538.208870e-09
0.5171521.6955668.238962e-09
0.5190471.695388.269164e-09
0.520951.6951958.299477e-09
0.522861.6950128.329900e-09
0.5247761.6948318.360436e-09
0.52671.6946518.391083e-09
0.5286311.6944728.421843e-09
0.5305681.6942948.452715e-09
0.5325131.6941188.483700e-09
0.5344651.6939438.514799e-09
0.5364241.693778.546013e-09
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0.6278231.6873741.000190e-08
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0.6347531.6869951.011223e-08
0.6370791.686871.014928e-08
0.6394151.6867461.018646e-08
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0.6441111.68651.026124e-08
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0.651.6861991.035500e-08
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0.6560031.68591.045069e-08
0.6584081.6857821.048902e-08
0.6608211.6856651.052749e-08
0.6632441.6855491.056610e-08
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0.6754891.6849781.076130e-08
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1.467221.6680822.337480e-08
1.47261.6680032.346048e-08
1.4781.6679222.354648e-08
1.483421.6678422.363280e-08
1.488851.6677612.371943e-08
1.494311.667682.380638e-08
1.499791.6675992.389365e-08
1.51.6675962.389700e-08
1.505291.6675182.773259e-08
1.51081.6674363.173557e-08
1.516341.6673543.575322e-08
1.52191.6672713.978560e-08
1.527481.6671884.383276e-08
1.533081.6671054.789476e-08
1.53871.6670215.197164e-08
1.544341.6669375.606347e-08
1.551.6668536.017030e-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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