Optical Materials and Applications

2 Optical Materials forUltraviolet, Visible,and Infrared

Toshihiro Arai (deceased) and Moriaki Wakaki

Contents

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Basic Matters

2.2.1 Refractive Index, Extinction Coefficient, and Dielectric Constant

2.2.2 Reflectance, Transmittance, and Absorption Constant

2.3 Materials for Possible Elements

2.3.1 Oxide Silicate Glass

2.3.2 Crystal and Amorphous (Fused) Silicate

2.3.3 Materials for Ultraviolet Region 89

2.3.4 Materials for Infrared Region (800 nm ~ 3500 nm)

2.3.4.1 Alkali Halide Crystals

2.3.4.2 Other Materials

2.4 Optical Anisotropic Materials

2.4.1 General Description

2.4.2 Polarizers and Polarizing Beam Splitters

2.4.3 Optical Anisotropy by External Disturbance

References

2.1 Introduction¹

Up to the nineteenth century, ...