Index of Refraction for Sapphire

 

Index of refraction is also referred to as refractive index and refraction index.

No value is Ordinary ray in C-axis direction and Ne value is for Extraordinary ray perpendicular to C-axis. Birofrinqence (No-Ne) for sapphire is 0.008.


Microns No Ne
0.26520 1.83360  
0.280 1.824  
0.2967 1.815  
0.313 1.809  
0.337 1.80082 1.79206
0.3466 1.798  
0.351 1.79693 1.78825
0.355 1.79598 1.78732
0.36105 1.79450  
0.365 1.793  
0.4046 1.785  
0.43583 1.7812  
0.442 1.78038 1.77206
0.458 1.77843 1.77015
0.488 1.7753 1.76711
0.515 1.77304 1.76486
0.532 1.7717 1.76355
0.5460 1.770  
0.57906 1.76871  
0.59 1.76804 1.75996
0.633 1.7659 1.75787
0.644 1.765  
0.67 1.76433 1.75632
0.694 1.76341 1.75542
0.7065 1.763  
0.755 1.76141 1.75346
0.78 1.76068 1.75274
0.8 1.76013 1.7522
0.82 1.75961 1.75168
0.85212 1.75885  
0.8944 1.757  
0.98 1.75607 1.74819
1.0139 1.755  
1.064 1.75449 1.74663
1.12866 1.75339  
1.32 1.75009 1.74227
1.52952 1.74660  
1.55 1.74618 1.73838
1.6932 1.743  
1.81307 1.74144  
2.01 1.73748 1.72973
2.24929 1.73232 1.72432
2.703 1.719 1.711
2.94000 1.71317  
2.941 1.712 1.704
3.3026 1.702  
3.333 1.701 1.693
3.704 1.687 1.679
4 1.674 1.666
4.25530 1.66371  
4.348 1.658 1.65
4.762 1.636 1.628
5 1.623 1.615
5.263 1.607 1.599
5.57700 1.58638  

Informative Related Sapphire Web Sites:
 
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  • http://www.valleydesign.com/sappprop.htm Sapphire electric, thermal adn mechanical properties
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  • http://www.ultra-thin.com/sapphire.htm Sapphire ulta-thin, disks, wafer, windows and substrates
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  • http://www.optical-glass-filters.com Polished colored glass filters and laser protection windows and shields


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