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Optical constants of Air
Börzsönyi et al. 2008: n 0.4–1.0 µm

Wavelength: µm
 (0.4–1)  
 

Complex refractive index (n+ik)[ i ]


n   k   LogX   LogY   eV

Derived optical constants

Dispersion formula [ i ]

$$n^2-1=\frac{14926.44\text{×}10^{-8}λ^2}{λ^2-19.36\text{×}10^{-6}}+\frac{41807.57\text{×}10^{-8}λ^2}{λ^2-7.434\text{×}10^{-3}}$$

Conditions & Spec sheet

n_is_absolute: true
wavelength_is_vacuum: true
temperature: 273 K
pressure: 100000 Pa

Comments

273 K (0 °C), 1000 mbar.

References

A. Börzsönyi, Z. Heiner, M. P. Kalashnikov, A. P. Kovács, and K. Osvay, Dispersion measurement of inert gases and gas mixtures at 800 nm, Appl. Opt. 47, 4856-4863 (2008)

Data

[Expressions for n]   [CSV - comma separated]   [TXT - tab separated]   [Full database record]

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