The transmittance of BaF2 is relatively low at 200nm (0.60), but at 500nm it rises to 0.96-0.97 and stays at that level until 9μm, when it begins to fall (0.85 for 10μm and 0.42 for 12μm). The refractive index from 700nm to 5μm is about 1.46.
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