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Basic Properties of BK7 and N-BK7 Glass

 

BK7

N-BK7 (RoHS)
Transparency Range 360 - 2000 nm 360 - 2500 nm
Density 2.51 g/cm3 2.51 g/cm3
Thermo-Optic
Coefficients (dn/dT)
2.3 x 10-6 /oC 2.3 x 10-6 /oC
Optical Homogeneity Δn < 10-6/cm Δn < 10-6/cm
Knoop Hardness  610  610 
Thermal Conductivity 1.1 W/m/K 1.1 W/m/K
Thermal Expansion
Coefficients
 8 x 10-6/K

7.1 x 10-6/K

Sellmeier Equations
(λ in µm)

n2=1+1.03961λ2/(λ2- 0.0060007 )+0.23179λ2/(λ2-0.020018)+1.01047 λ2/(λ2-103.5600)   n2=1+1.03961λ2/(λ2- 0.0060007 )+0.23179λ2/(λ2-0.020018)+1.01047 λ2/(λ2-103.5607)
Wavelength (nm) Index of Refraction
400 1.5308 1.5308
532 1.5194 1.5194
588 1.5167 1.5167
632.8 1.5150 1.5150
800 1.5108 1.5108
1064 1.5066 1.5066


Transmission curve:
material-bk7.GIF (10870 bytes)


 

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