Lu Refractive Index

Optical constants (n, k) of Lu, covering 0.00 – 2.15 μm wavelength range.

Range 0.000 – 2.147 μm
Data Points 2075

Optical Constants at Key Wavelengths

632.8 nm (He-Ne)
n = 2.2678
k = 3.5483
589.3 nm (Na-D)
n = 2.0258
k = 3.3864
532 nm
n = 1.8055
k = 3.1573
1550 nm (Telecom)
n = 3.1703
k = 5.6026

n, k Dispersion Curves

Data Table (Sampled)

Wavelength (μm)nk
0.00001.000000.00000
0.00001.000000.00000
0.00011.000000.00000
0.00010.999990.00000
0.00010.999990.00000
0.00010.999980.00000
0.00020.999970.00000
0.00020.999950.00001
0.00030.999910.00002
0.00040.999840.00005
0.00050.999760.00014
0.00070.999720.00028
0.00070.999760.00027
0.00080.999770.00024
0.00080.999760.00014
0.00120.999060.00030
0.00160.998360.00071
0.00220.997310.00163
0.00240.996930.00207
0.00250.996880.00213
0.00260.996710.00233
0.00300.996080.00326
0.00300.996030.00334
0.00310.995970.00342
0.00340.995560.00426
0.00350.995470.00424
0.00380.994790.00491
0.00550.992770.00933
0.00590.992530.01003
0.00610.992250.01001
0.00630.991750.01034
0.00650.991080.01070
0.00870.986730.01604
0.01340.973190.02745
0.02000.935740.05337
0.02220.918220.07166
0.02610.880600.12763
0.03491.047920.28865
0.04261.096820.21667
0.05450.980820.06456
0.47861.634052.98578
2.14673.677637.88561

Sampled data (2075 points total). Click "Download Full CSV" for complete data.

Notes

Density: 9.84 g/cm3. Film deposited at room temperature.

References

S. García-Cortés, L. Rodríguez-de Marcos, J. I. Larruquert, J. A. Aznárez, J. A. Méndez, L. Poletto, F. Frassetto, A. M. Malvezzi, A. Giglia, N. Mahne, S. Nannarone. Transmittance and optical constants of Lu films in the 3-1800 eV spectral range. J. Appl. Phys. 108, 063514 (2010) (Numerical data kindly provided by Juan Larruquert)

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