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Material Name:

*Varies greatly – requires measurement

All n&k @ 632.8nm

Materialnk
Acrylic 1.490 0.000
Ag 0.135 3.985
Al 1.376 7.616
Al10Ga90As 3.802 0.154
Al20Ga80As 3.736 0.109
Al2O3 1.766 0.000
Al30Ga70N 2.179 0.000
Al32Ga68As 3.674 0.132
Al42Ga58As 3.623 0.037
Al49Ga51As 3.526 0.001
Al59Ga41As 3.443 0.000
Al70Ga30As 3.339 0.000
Al80Ga20As 3.261 0.000
Al90Ga10As 3.206 0.000
AlAs 3.131 0.000
AlCu 1.063 6.220
AlGaAs 3.810 0.035
AlN 2.165 0.000
AlON 1.791 0.000
AlSb 3.866 0.004
AR2600DUV 1.560 0.000
ArFS05 1.516 0.000
ArFS10A 1.560 0.000
Au 0.123 3.283
AZ1518 1.623 0.000
AZ6112 1.622 0.000
AZ6210B 1.628 0.000
AZ7209 1.620 0.000
AZ7510 1.619 0.000
AZ7700 1.628 0.000
AZEL2015 1.621 0.000
AZNOVA2071 1.611 0.000
AZOFPR-800 1.636 0.000
Azp4110 1.618 0.000
BARLi 1.675 0.000
BaTiO3 2.411 0.000
BK7 1.515 0.000
Black Diamond 1.455 0.000
BSG 1.515 0.000
CaF2 1.433 0.000
Carbon Amorphous 1.891 0.000
CDdye 1.680 1.214
CdS 2.384 0.517
CdTe 2.981 0.347
CIGS 2.000 0.086
Co 2.817 4.310
CoSi2 2.982 1.793
CoWP 2.143 3.577
Cr 3.136 3.312
CR39 1.498 0.000
Cu 0.239 3.416
Diamond 2.409 0.000
DLC 2.017 0.120
Fe2O3 2.918 0.029
GaAs 3.857 0.198
GaN 2.380 0.000
GaP 3.317 0.000
GaSb 5.165 1.161
Ge 5.485 0.726
HfO2 1.913 0.000
InAs 3.963 0.607
InGaAs 3.989 0.464
InGaAs24P76 3.640 0.278
InGaAs42P58 3.686 0.336
InGaAs55P45 3.773 0.382
InGaAs82P18 3.886 0.418
InP 3.536 0.308
InSb 4.255 1.802
ITO* 1.748 0.011
KCI 1.488 0.000
MgF2 1.383 0.000
MgO 1.735 0.000
Mo 3.700 3.548
Ni 1.958 3.718
NiP 2.418 2.988
Parylene 1.592 0.000
Parylene C 1.592 0.000
Parylene HT 1.555 0.000
Parylene N 1.662 0.000
PbS 4.334 1.455
PbSe 4.935 2.063
PEDOT* 1.538 0.010
PET 1.636 0.000
PMMA 1.490 0.000
Polycarb 1.581 0.000
Polyolef 1.523 0.000
Polystyr 1.587 0.000
Pt 2.327 4.148
PyrolyticNitride 2.021 0.000
PZT 2.397 0.002
Quartz 1.550 0.000
Rh 2.149 5.605
Rhodamine 1.921 0.004
RTC 1.509 0.000
Si 3.881 0.019
Si Amorphous 4.500 0.243
Si Polycrystaline 3.930 0.072
Si_Poly_Brugg 4.026 0.215
Si3N4 2.023 0.000
Si3N4 (Si Rich) 2.180 0.000
Si3N4 (thin) 2.002 0.000
SiC 2.635 0.000
SiO 1.965 0.011
SiO2 1.457 0.000
Sn 2.384 4.727
SP570 1.528 0.000
SPR2FX13 1.640 0.000
SPR2FX13JL 1.639 0.000
SPR2FX13JM 1.637 0.000
SPR3000 1.633 0.000
SPR3500 1.633 0.000
SPR500A 1.648 0.000
SPR700 1.641 0.000
SPR850 1.634 0.000
SPR900 1.641 0.000
SPR950 1.632 0.000
SPR955CM 1.630 0.000
Stainless Steel 2.757 3.792
Ta 1.724 2.075
Ta2O5 2.061 0.000
Thermal Oxide 1.457 0.000
Ti 2.154 2.924
TiN (Palik) 1.351 2.760
TiO2 2.874 0.000
TiSi2 2.700 2.939
UV2HSDUV 1.536 0.000
UV3DUV 1.540 0.000
UV5DUV 1.573 0.000
UV6DUV 1.568 0.000
W 3.637 2.917
ZnO 1.875 0.000
ZnS 2.355 0.005
ZrO2 2.200 0.000