W Refractive Index

Name: W Refractive Index (n, k)
Creator: Acuitik
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Keywords: W, refractive index, n, k, optical constants, thin film

Optical constants (n, k) of W, covering 0.04 – 2.17 μm wavelength range.

Range 0.044 – 2.169 μm

Data Points 361

Optical Constants at Key Wavelengths

632.8 nm (He-Ne)

n = 3.6090

k = 2.9070

589.3 nm (Na-D)

n = 3.5570

k = 2.8600

532 nm

n = 3.4970

k = 2.7190

1550 nm (Telecom)

n = 2.7020

k = 4.7140

n, k Dispersion Curves

Data Table (Sampled)

Wavelength (μm)	n	k
0.0443	0.65980	0.31480
0.0462	0.62900	0.37530
0.0497	0.50090	0.48500
0.0526	0.47920	0.63240
0.0563	0.49450	0.78790
0.0611	0.53770	0.98640
0.0658	0.67670	1.15600
0.0707	0.85380	1.20900
0.0757	0.97220	1.17300
0.0803	0.95770	1.12700
0.0848	0.89710	1.19000
0.0926	0.95680	1.37900
0.0999	1.08900	1.45500
0.1082	1.24500	1.46300
0.1160	1.28300	1.37600
0.1217	1.20900	1.34600
0.1294	1.04800	1.45000
0.1370	1.01500	1.59700
0.1464	0.96020	1.74800
0.1525	0.94990	1.83600
0.1619	0.92090	2.13300
0.1738	1.01800	2.48300
0.1946	1.36800	3.07400
0.2093	1.78100	3.49700
0.2208	2.39300	3.70200
0.2330	3.06300	3.45400
0.2456	3.34800	2.98500
0.2647	3.26700	2.46000
0.2979	3.00900	2.33500
0.3362	3.05900	2.60600
0.3688	3.40100	2.65200
0.4118	3.37800	2.41600
0.5111	3.43300	2.70000
0.6268	3.60900	2.90700
0.7173	3.89600	2.85000
0.8327	3.49200	2.80100
1.0560	2.94400	3.70300
1.2550	3.14700	4.37900
1.4650	3.05700	4.46400
1.6460	2.30900	5.08000
2.1690	1.32800	8.31700

Sampled data (361 points total). Click "Download Full CSV" for complete data.

References

J. H. Weaver, C. G. Olson, D. W. Lynch. Optical properties of crystalline tungsten. Phys. Rev. B 12, 1293-1297 (1975) (Data points extracted from a figure)

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