mercury Refractive Index

Optical constants (n, k) of mercury, 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)nk
0.06361.208460.36385
0.06531.200040.36620
0.06701.194930.36722
0.06891.190730.36721
0.07081.183990.36584
0.07291.177400.36644
0.07511.169580.36731
0.07751.158650.36806
0.08001.146300.37416
0.08271.135090.38266
0.08551.125100.39352
0.08861.115300.40361
0.09181.104170.41615
0.09541.092460.42949
0.09921.078410.44505
0.10331.063910.46691
0.10781.050050.49093
0.11271.039500.52333
0.11481.038570.53631
0.11701.041300.55027
0.11921.045450.56148
0.12161.054050.56923
0.12401.061520.56711
0.12651.060940.55658
0.12911.043970.54072
0.13191.008640.54777
0.13480.987790.56844
0.13780.974570.58846
0.14090.964960.60676
0.14420.956090.62442
0.14760.952750.63815
0.15120.951940.64552
0.15500.946000.63900
0.15900.929040.62323
0.16310.892700.59650
0.16760.816580.57385
0.17220.717150.58405
0.17710.585060.61668
0.17970.509580.67614
0.18230.458800.75545
0.18500.437600.83582
0.18780.436140.89823
0.19070.427690.94927
0.19370.412301.00194
0.19680.399381.05826
0.20000.389781.11845
0.20660.386131.23211
0.21380.385841.34122
0.22140.386581.45377
0.22960.393481.56934
0.23840.401091.68667
0.24800.413981.80565
0.25830.430871.92864
0.26950.451572.05838
0.28180.476362.19475
0.29520.506562.34128
0.31000.541872.50152
0.32630.589342.66483
0.34440.644252.85991
0.36470.713033.07350
0.38750.798243.29351
0.41330.898003.53785
0.44281.026983.80193
0.47691.186004.08981
0.51661.383324.40608
0.56361.620884.75050
0.61991.909885.14953
0.68882.284175.58189
0.77492.746116.05402
0.88563.323806.55726
1.03324.050077.08259
1.23984.961407.64300
1.54986.087328.31237
2.06647.574539.19529

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

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