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Refractive index of fused quartz: Fits Parent topic
 
Table 2. Fits to spectral data on the real part, m', of the complex refractive index of fused quartz at room temperature. Please consult Fig. 3 regarding comments on "splicing" these approximations and on the selection of data that yields the polynomial fit coefficients.
 
Fit type → Sellmeier Fit type → Least squares, orthogonal polynomials
Reference → Malitson (1965)
 and Tan (1998)
 see Eq. 1
Reference → this work a
 see Eq. 2
this work a
 see Eq. 2
Spectral range, µm →  0.21 to 7.759b Spectral range, µm →  7.759 to 9.475  9.475 to 15.15
    r2 c  0.950d  0.946
Coefficient Value Coefficient Value Value
 a0  0.6961663  a0  -1.8224749757E+06  -6.6251631E+02
 b0  0.0684043  a1  +1.3094702327E+06  +2.9581519E+02
 a1  0.4079426  a2  -3.9141926081E+05  -5.1285823E+01
 b1  0.1162414  a3  +6.2303426938E+04  +4.3488010E+00
 a2  0.8974794  a4  -5.5696507762E+03  -1.8098430E-01
 b2  9.8961610  a5  +2.6513345017E+02  +2.9647200E-03
     a6  -5.2505938445E+00  
 
a - The polynomial fit coefficients have been truncated. They have to be used as stated in order to calculate m' to within 0.001 of the values obtained with the full-precision coefficients' values.
b - arbitrarily extrapolated from the application range of 6.70 µm validated by Tan (1998)
c - parameter r2 is a coefficient of correlation between the input and polynomial-approximated m'
d - by increasing the polynomial degree to 7, r2 is increased from 0.9504 to 0.9535.


CITATION:
Pilon L., Jonasz M. 2006. Complex refractive index of fused quartz: Real Part (www.tpdsci.com/Tpc/RIQtzFsdRe.php). In: Top. Part. Disp. Sci. (www.tpdsci.com).
HISTORY:
Published: 2006
Modified: 08-Aug-2006
Peer-reviewed: PENDING
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