Optical constants

Refractive index of K-ZnSF8 (SUMITA)

K-ZnSF8: 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
1.7143
Extinction coefficient k
2.67161e-08
Permittivity ε1
2.93881
Permittivity ε2
9.15985e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00571348 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
3.50050e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
38.852
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.0936398 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.76932
Group velocity dispersion
178.02 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-971.191 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-ZnSF8 (SUMITA): K-ZnSF8
sumita_k_znsf8 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "SUMITA-optical", "K-ZnSF8", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(sumita_k_znsf8.range_nm)  # (360, 1550) nm
eps = sumita_k_znsf8.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

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Dispersion formula

Polynomial (formula 3), λ in µm
n2=2.8600337−0.012073452⁢λ2.0+0.026131306⁢λ−2.0+0.00091303268⁢λ−4.0−3.0467767×10-5⁢λ−6.0+4.891802×10-6⁢λ−8.0

Valid from 0.36 to 1.55 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C12.8600337
C2-0.012073452
C32.0
C40.026131306
C5-2.0
C60.00091303268
C7-4.0
C8-3.0467767e-05
C9-6.0
C104.891802e-06
C11-8.0

Comments and conditions

Conditions

temperature
293 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 1.49e-05 1.99e-08 -2.6e-10 8.88e-07 7.78e-10 0.234
nd
1.71430
Vd
38.9
glass code
714389
density
value: 3720
thermal expansion
value: 4.9e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 6e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0047
resistance
acid: 4.0; climatic: 2.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 293.0 K): dn/dT = 9.83e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm, dn/dT = 8.47e-06 K⁻¹ at 1310 nm, dn/dT = 8.35e-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-ZnSF8 (SUMITA), K-ZnSF8: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.361.765731.046500e-06
0.361321.7650319.784656e-07
0.3626441.764349.101818e-07
0.3639731.7636588.416477e-07
0.3653081.7629837.728624e-07
0.3666471.7623167.038250e-07
0.3679911.7616576.345345e-07
0.369341.7610055.649900e-07
0.371.760695.309400e-07
0.3706931.7603615.150547e-07
0.3720521.7597244.839255e-07
0.3734161.7590944.526822e-07
0.3747851.7584724.213244e-07
0.3761591.7578563.898516e-07
0.3775371.7572473.582635e-07
0.3789211.7566453.265595e-07
0.381.7561823.018500e-07
0.380311.756052.984414e-07
0.3817041.7554612.831317e-07
0.3831041.7548782.677658e-07
0.3845081.7543022.523437e-07
0.3859171.7537322.368650e-07
0.3873321.7531682.213296e-07
0.3887521.7526112.057373e-07
0.391.7521271.920300e-07
0.3901771.7520591.908734e-07
0.3916071.7515131.815196e-07
0.3930431.7509731.721316e-07
0.3944831.7504381.627091e-07
0.3959291.749911.532521e-07
0.3973811.7493861.437605e-07
0.3988371.7488691.342340e-07
0.41.748461.266300e-07
0.4002991.7483561.260013e-07
0.4017671.7478491.229191e-07
0.4032391.7473471.198256e-07
0.4047171.746851.167207e-07
0.4062011.7463591.136045e-07
0.407691.7458721.104768e-07
0.4091841.745391.073377e-07
0.4106841.7449131.041870e-07
0.412191.7444411.010248e-07
0.4137011.7439749.785104e-08
0.4152171.7435119.466562e-08
0.4167391.7430539.146853e-08
0.4182671.7425998.825972e-08
0.41981.742158.503915e-08
0.421.7420928.461900e-08
0.4213391.7417058.345076e-08
0.4228831.7412658.210306e-08
0.4244331.7408298.075041e-08
0.4259891.7403977.939282e-08
0.4275511.7399697.803024e-08
0.4291181.7395467.666267e-08
0.4306911.7391277.529009e-08
0.432271.7387117.391247e-08
0.4338541.73837.252981e-08
0.4354451.7378927.114207e-08
0.4370411.7374896.974925e-08
0.4386431.7370896.835133e-08
0.441.7367546.716700e-08
0.4402511.7366936.701858e-08
0.4418641.7363016.606297e-08
0.4434841.7359126.510386e-08
0.445111.7355276.414124e-08
0.4467411.7351466.317509e-08
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0.4516721.7340226.025533e-08
0.4533281.7336555.927493e-08
0.454991.7332915.829094e-08
0.4566571.732935.730334e-08
0.4583311.7325735.631212e-08
0.461.7322215.532400e-08
0.4600111.7322185.531877e-08
0.4616981.7318675.454226e-08
0.463391.731525.376291e-08
0.4650891.7311755.298070e-08
0.4667931.7308335.219562e-08
0.4685051.7304955.140767e-08
0.4702221.7301595.061683e-08
0.4719461.7298274.982308e-08
0.4736751.7294974.902643e-08
0.4754121.7291714.822686e-08
0.4771541.7288474.742436e-08
0.4789041.7285264.661891e-08
0.481.7283274.611400e-08
0.4806591.7282084.617730e-08
0.4824211.7278934.634653e-08
0.4841891.727584.651638e-08
0.4859641.727274.668686e-08
0.4877461.7269634.685796e-08
0.4895331.7266594.702968e-08
0.4913281.7263574.720204e-08
0.4931291.7260584.737503e-08
0.4949361.7257614.754865e-08
0.4967511.7254674.772291e-08
0.4985721.7251764.789780e-08
0.51.724954.803500e-08
0.5003991.7248874.793217e-08
0.5022331.72464.745966e-08
0.5040741.7243164.698542e-08
0.5059221.7240354.650944e-08
0.5077771.7237554.603172e-08
0.5096381.7234784.555224e-08
0.5115061.7232044.507101e-08
0.5133811.7229314.458801e-08
0.5152631.7226614.410325e-08
0.5171521.7223944.361670e-08
0.5190471.7221284.312838e-08
0.520951.7218654.263826e-08
0.522861.7216044.214635e-08
0.5247761.7213454.165263e-08
0.52671.7210884.115710e-08
0.5286311.7208334.065976e-08
0.5305681.7205814.016059e-08
0.5325131.720333.965960e-08
0.5344651.7200823.915677e-08
0.5364241.7198353.865209e-08
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0.6301251.7107171.887688e-08
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0.6370791.71021.770958e-08
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0.651.7092821.554100e-08
0.651221.7091991.557016e-08
0.6536071.7090361.562722e-08
0.6560031.7088741.568448e-08
0.6584081.7087141.574195e-08
0.6608211.7085541.579963e-08
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1.461861.6872042.328942e-08
1.467221.687122.337480e-08
1.47261.6870372.346048e-08
1.4781.6869532.354648e-08
1.483421.6868692.363280e-08
1.488851.6867852.371943e-08
1.494311.68672.380638e-08
1.499791.6866152.389365e-08
1.51.6866122.389700e-08
1.505291.686532.998923e-08
1.51081.6864453.634731e-08
1.516341.686364.272870e-08
1.52191.6862744.913349e-08
1.527481.6861885.556175e-08
1.533081.6861026.201358e-08
1.53871.6860156.848905e-08
1.544341.6859287.498826e-08
1.551.6858418.151130e-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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