Optical constants

Refractive index of Surlyn A-1601

Smith and Loewenstein 1975: n,k 28.6–200 µm

Data
tabulated n + tabulated k
Range
28.57–200 µm
Points
61
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength. Note: k data cover 29411.8-200000 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 28571.4-200000 nm.

At one wavelength

Range 28.57–200 µm
Refractive index n
1.51471
Extinction coefficient k
0.0183251
Permittivity ε1
2.29402
Permittivity ε2
0.0555145
Absorption coefficient α
30.4603 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
656592 nm
Abbe number Vd
—
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
0.0001404 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.5041
Group velocity dispersion
— fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
— ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
0.0164 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

# Surlyn A-1601: Smith and Loewenstein 1975: n,k 28.6–200 µm
surlyna1601 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("other", "SurlynA1601", "Smith", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(surlyna1601.range_nm)  # (28571.4, 200000) nm
eps = surlyna1601.eps([75600])  # complex permittivity

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

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Comments and conditions

Ionomer resin manufactured by DuPont under the name Surlyn A-1601.

Notes on the source data (kept exactly as published):
  • k data cover 29411.8-200000 nm only; k = 0 elsewhere in the n range 28571.4-200000 nm

References

D. R. Smith and E. V. Loewenstein. Optical constants of far infrared materials. 3: plastics. Appl. Opt. 14, 1335-1341 (1975)

Cite

Donald R. Smith and Ernest V. Loewenstein. Optical constants of far infrared materials 3: plastics. Applied Optics, 14, 1335 (1975), doi:10.1364/ao.14.001335; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 61 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
Surlyn A-1601, Smith and Loewenstein 1975: n,k 28.6–200 µm: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
28.57141.49160
28.98551.49140
29.41181.49110.0112
29.85071.49090.0118
30.3031.49070.0123
30.76921.49080.0127
31.251.49090.0131
31.7461.4910.0134
32.25811.49110.0136
32.78691.4910.0136
33.33331.49070.0136
33.89831.49030.0136
34.48281.48970.0137
35.08771.4890.014
35.71431.48820.0146
36.36361.48750.0154
37.0371.48690.0165
37.73581.48650.0178
38.46151.48650.0194
39.21571.48690.0211
401.48780.023
40.81631.48930.0249
41.66671.49080.0264
42.55321.49230.0275
43.47831.49350.0284
44.44441.49460.0292
45.45451.49560.0297
46.51161.49680.0301
47.6191.49840.0304
48.78051.50030.0305
501.50250.0304
51.28211.50460.0299
52.63161.50660.0291
54.05411.50830.0283
55.55561.50950.0272
57.14291.51040.0261
58.82351.51120.025
60.60611.51190.024
62.51.51240.023
64.51611.51290.0221
66.66671.51320.0212
68.96551.51360.0204
71.42861.5140.0195
74.07411.51450.0187
76.92311.51490.018
801.51530.0172
83.33331.51570.0166
86.95651.51620.0159
90.90911.51670.0153
95.23811.51710.0148
1001.51770.0145
105.2631.51830.0141
111.1111.5190.0138
117.6471.51950.0137
1251.520.0135
133.3331.52030.0136
142.8571.52070.0136
153.8461.52050.014
166.6671.52020.0142
181.8181.51970.0148
2001.51920.016

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