Optical constants of CRYSTALS
Sapphire (Al2O3)
Refractive index[ i ]
n =
Extinction coefficient[ i ]
k =
Other optical constants
Relative permittivity (dielectric constants)[ i ] [ i ]
ϵ1 =
ϵ2 =
Chromatic dispersion[ i ]
dn/dλ =
µm
-1
GVD =
fs
2/mm
D =
ps/(nm km)
Dispersion formula
[ i ]
$$n^2-1=\frac{1.4313493λ^2}{λ^2-0.0726631^2}+\frac{0.65054713λ^2}{λ^2-0.1193242^2}+\frac{5.3414021λ^2}{λ^2-18.028251^2}$$Comments
Synthetic sapphire, Ordinary ray (o), 20 °C
Data
[Expressions for n]
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Additional information
n_is_absolute: false
λ_is_vacuum: false
temperature: 20 °C
direction: o
References
1) I. H. Malitson and M. J. Dodge. Refractive Index and Birefringence of Synthetic Sapphire, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 62, 1405 (1972)
2) M. J. Dodge, "Refractive Index" in Handbook of Laser Science and Technology, Volume IV, Optical Materials: Part 2, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1986, p. 30
* Ref. 1 is a talk abstract in a conference program; Ref. 2 provides Sellmeier equation