Hg Refractive Index

Optical constants (n, k) of Hg, covering 0.06 – 2.07 μm wavelength range.

Range 0.064 – 2.066 μm

Data Points 74

Optical Constants at Key Wavelengths

632.8 nm (He-Ne)

n = 1.9099

k = 5.1495

532 nm

n = 1.3833

k = 4.4061

1550 nm (Telecom)

n = 6.0873

k = 8.3124

n, k Dispersion Curves

Data Table (Sampled)

Wavelength (μm)	n	k
0.0636	1.20846	0.36385
0.0653	1.20004	0.36620
0.0670	1.19493	0.36722
0.0689	1.19073	0.36721
0.0708	1.18399	0.36584
0.0729	1.17740	0.36644
0.0751	1.16958	0.36731
0.0775	1.15865	0.36806
0.0800	1.14630	0.37416
0.0827	1.13509	0.38266
0.0855	1.12510	0.39352
0.0886	1.11530	0.40361
0.0918	1.10417	0.41615
0.0954	1.09246	0.42949
0.0992	1.07841	0.44505
0.1033	1.06391	0.46691
0.1078	1.05005	0.49093
0.1127	1.03950	0.52333
0.1148	1.03857	0.53631
0.1170	1.04130	0.55027
0.1192	1.04545	0.56148
0.1216	1.05405	0.56923
0.1240	1.06152	0.56711
0.1265	1.06094	0.55658
0.1291	1.04397	0.54072
0.1319	1.00864	0.54777
0.1348	0.98779	0.56844
0.1378	0.97457	0.58846
0.1409	0.96496	0.60676
0.1442	0.95609	0.62442
0.1476	0.95275	0.63815
0.1512	0.95194	0.64552
0.1550	0.94600	0.63900
0.1590	0.92904	0.62323
0.1631	0.89270	0.59650
0.1676	0.81658	0.57385
0.1722	0.71715	0.58405
0.1771	0.58506	0.61668
0.1797	0.50958	0.67614
0.1823	0.45880	0.75545
0.1850	0.43760	0.83582
0.1878	0.43614	0.89823
0.1907	0.42769	0.94927
0.1937	0.41230	1.00194
0.1968	0.39938	1.05826
0.2000	0.38978	1.11845
0.2066	0.38613	1.23211
0.2138	0.38584	1.34122
0.2214	0.38658	1.45377
0.2296	0.39348	1.56934
0.2384	0.40109	1.68667
0.2480	0.41398	1.80565
0.2583	0.43087	1.92864
0.2695	0.45157	2.05838
0.2818	0.47636	2.19475
0.2952	0.50656	2.34128
0.3100	0.54187	2.50152
0.3263	0.58934	2.66483
0.3444	0.64425	2.85991
0.3647	0.71303	3.07350
0.3875	0.79824	3.29351
0.4133	0.89800	3.53785
0.4428	1.02698	3.80193
0.4769	1.18600	4.08981
0.5166	1.38332	4.40608
0.5636	1.62088	4.75050
0.6199	1.90988	5.14953
0.6888	2.28417	5.58189
0.7749	2.74611	6.05402
0.8856	3.32380	6.55726
1.0332	4.05007	7.08259
1.2398	4.96140	7.64300
1.5498	6.08732	8.31237
2.0664	7.57453	9.19529

Sampled data (74 points total). Click "Download Full CSV" for complete data.

Notes

Liquid mercury at room temperature

References

T. Inagaki, E. T. Arakawa, and M. W. Williams. Optical properties of liquid mercury. Phys. Rev. B 23, 5246-5262 (1981)

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