Index of Refraction Optical Materials / Nye Optical Products

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OC-431A-LVP
Nye Thixotropic

OC-440

OC-459
CUSTOM STANDARD CUSTOM
Optical Gels*

Nye Optical

OCF-446

OCF-452
CUSTOM STANDARD
Coupling Fluids*

Nye Curing

OCK-441

OCK-433

OCK-451
CUSTOM STANDARD
Optical Gels*
POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE)

CELLULOSE ACETATE BUTYRATE (CAB)

POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE (PMMA)

CYCLIC OLEFIN COPOLYMER (COC)

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE (PVC)

POLYETHERIMIDE (PEI)
POLYCARBONATE (PC)
POLYPROPYLENE (PP)

POLY SULFONE (PSU)

POLYSTYRENE (PS)
POLY ESTER (PET)

POLYIMIDE (PI)
Engineering Plastics*
Optical
Materials
Requiring
Optical

LOW EXPANSION BOROSILICATE (LEBG)

EXTRA DENSE CROWN GLASS (SSK)

BOROSILICATE CROWN GLASS (BK)
Coupling

BARIUM CROWN GLASS (BaK)

ZINC CROWN GLASS (ZK)

BARIUM FLINT (BaF)

FUSED SILICA (SiO 2 )

DENSE FLINT (SF)

SAPPHIRE (Al 2 O 3 )
HEAVY FLINT
Engineering Glasses*
DE IO NIZED WATER

SUL F URIC ACID

ISOPROPANOL
AIR , VACUUM

Common

DIAMOND
ZIRCONIA
MICA
SALT
ICE

Transparent
Materials

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*Note: For optimum light transmission across a gap in similar solid materials, select a coupling material with index of refraction = (index of refraction of mating solid materials.) For coupling across a gap between dissimilar materials,
select a coupling material with index = SQRT {(index of solid material #1) X (index of solid material #2)}. Index of Refraction values are as measured at 589 nm, at 25°C. Values may vary with manufacturers’ grades.