Mg Refractive Index

Optical constants (n, k) of Mg, covering 0.00 – 2.07 μm wavelength range.

Range 0.000 – 2.066 μm
Data Points 129

Optical Constants at Key Wavelengths

632.8 nm (He-Ne)
n = 0.3820
k = 5.7400
1550 nm (Telecom)
n = 8.2690
k = 15.5000

n, k Dispersion Curves

Data Table (Sampled)

Wavelength (μm)nk
0.00001.000000.00000
0.00011.001000.00000
0.00020.999900.00000
0.00081.000000.00005
0.00100.999900.00001
0.00150.999600.00004
0.00280.998400.00038
0.00410.996300.00125
0.00690.991100.00530
0.00860.987100.00885
0.00950.984600.01350
0.01080.984100.01770
0.01240.981500.02680
0.01390.986700.03370
0.01440.987000.03360
0.01550.987000.03600
0.01680.986000.04750
0.01821.005000.05030
0.02001.008000.04140
0.02141.009000.04080
0.02231.012000.04120
0.02301.014000.04010
0.02361.018000.03880
0.02431.021000.03580
0.02491.040000.04180
0.02521.040000.00492
0.02581.018000.00502
0.02950.989000.00736
0.03440.967000.01140
0.04130.939000.01690
0.05170.885000.03300
0.06890.798000.07310
0.08860.644000.11100
0.10780.404000.15800
0.12400.072300.49900
0.14590.085800.92600
0.16980.171001.23000
0.18510.199001.35000
0.20330.166001.49000
0.22140.112001.74000
0.41330.184003.66000
1.24002.9970012.80000
1.771011.2000010.20000
2.06606.056009.33000

Sampled data (129 points total). Click "Download Full CSV" for complete data.

References

1) H.-J. Hagemann, W. Gudat, and C. Kunz. Optical constants from the far infrared to the x-ray region: Mg, Al, Cu, Ag, Au, Bi, C, and Al2O3. J. Opt. Soc. Am. 65, 742-744 (1975)
2) H.-J. Hagemann, W. Gudat, and C. Kunz. DESY report SR-74/7 (1974)

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