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Formula Glass Material

 

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Description


This feature creates a material whose dispersion (l vs. n) is defined by one of ten standard forms.

 

 

Navigation


This feature can be accessed in the following ways:

Menu > Create > New Material

Ctrl + Alt + T

Toolbar button:

Right mouse click on the Materials folder in the object tree and select "Create a New Material" from the list menu

 

 

Controls


Control

Inputs / Description

Defaults

Name

Name of the new material.

Material n

Description

Description of new Formula Glass.

 

Type

Choose type of Formula Glass. Options are:

ExtendedSchottAndLaurent

Cauchy

SellmeierGeneral

Sellmeier2

Sellmeier3

Hartmann

Herzberger

Conrady

HandbookOfOptics1

HandbookOfOptics2

ExtendedSchottAndLaurent2

 

 

See the application notes below for a description of each formula glass type.

Cauchy

Coeff

Coefficients associated with selected Formula Glass.

1,0,0

 

OK

Accept settings and close dialog box.

 

Cancel

Discard settings and close dialog box.

 

Help

Access this Help page.

 

 

 

Application Notes


The available Formula Glass types along with associated formulas are given in the Table below.

 

Formula Name

Formula

ExtendedSchottAndLaurent

  n2 = A0 + A1*l2 + A2*l4 + S16 Bi* l-2i

Cauchy

  n = A0 + A1*l-2 + A2*l-4

SellmeierGeneral

  n2 = 1 + S16 (Bi*l2) / (l2 - Ci)

Sellmeier2

  n2 - 1 = A + (B1*l2) / (l2 -C12) + B2 / (l2 - C22)

Sellmeier3

  n2 = A + (B*l2) / (l2 - C) + (D*l2) / (l2 - E)

Hartmann

  n = A0 + A1 / (A2 - l)1.2

Herzberger

  n = A + B*L + C*L2 + D*l2 + E*l4 + F*l6 ; L = (l2 - 0.028) -1

Conrady

  n = n0 + A / l + B / l3.5

HandbookOfOptics1

  n2 = A + B / (l2 - C) - D*l2

HandbookOfOptics2

  n2 = A + (B*l2) / (l2 - C) - D*l2

ExtendedSchottAndLaurent2

  n2 = S05Aj*l2j + S110 Bi* l-2i

 

 

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