diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 37ae8ad..49caa70 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Features
 * Spherical, conical, and toroidal surface sag profiles
 * Circular, rectangular, and polygonal apertures
 * Support for mirrors and arbitrary multilayer coatings
+* Refractive glass materials with Sellmeier dispersion (e.g. N-BK7, F2)
 * Diffraction grating support
 
   * Constant, polynomial and holographic ruling spacing
@@ -54,10 +55,11 @@ Limitations
   system.
 * **Physical Optics**. Only geometric optics is supported right now, but adding
   a Fourier optics propagator is a longstanding goal of the project.
-* **Glass Optical Constants**. :mod:`optika` has a wide array of optical
+* **Glass Catalog**. :mod:`optika` has a wide array of optical
   constants from sources such as :cite:t:`Palik1997` and :cite:t:`Henke1993`,
-  but it does not yet have a database for different types of glass like Zemax
-  does.
+  and the :class:`~optika.materials.Glass` material provides Sellmeier dispersion
+  for a few common glasses (e.g. N-BK7, F2), but it does not yet have a
+  comprehensive glass database like Zemax does.
 
 Differences from Zemax
 ----------------------
diff --git a/optika/materials/__init__.py b/optika/materials/__init__.py
index 1c4171d..2fdc2bb 100644
--- a/optika/materials/__init__.py
+++ b/optika/materials/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     AbstractMirror,
     Mirror,
     MeasuredMirror,
+    Glass,
 )
 from ._multilayers import (
     multilayer_coefficients,
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
     "AbstractMirror",
     "Mirror",
     "MeasuredMirror",
+    "Glass",
     "multilayer_coefficients",
     "multilayer_efficiency",
     "layer_absorbance",
diff --git a/optika/materials/_materials.py b/optika/materials/_materials.py
index f65d325..2c3a38a 100644
--- a/optika/materials/_materials.py
+++ b/optika/materials/_materials.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import abc
 import dataclasses
+import numpy as np
 import astropy.units as u
 import named_arrays as na
 import optika
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
     "AbstractMirror",
     "Mirror",
     "MeasuredMirror",
+    "Glass",
 ]
 
 
@@ -301,3 +303,153 @@ def efficiency(
             xp=wavelength,
             fp=efficiency,
         )
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(eq=False, repr=False)
+class Glass(
+    AbstractMaterial,
+):
+    r"""
+    A transparent, refractive material whose index of refraction follows the
+    three-term Sellmeier dispersion equation,
+
+    .. math::
+
+        n^2(\lambda) = 1
+            + \frac{B_1 \lambda^2}{\lambda^2 - C_1}
+            + \frac{B_2 \lambda^2}{\lambda^2 - C_2}
+            + \frac{B_3 \lambda^2}{\lambda^2 - C_3},
+
+    where :math:`\lambda` is the vacuum wavelength of the light, and
+    :math:`B_i` (dimensionless) and :math:`C_i` (square length) are the
+    Sellmeier coefficients of the glass.
+
+    Unlike :class:`Vacuum` and :class:`Mirror`, this material changes the index
+    of refraction of a transmitted ray, so a curved surface made of it has
+    optical power and bends light according to Snell's law.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+
+    Plot the index of refraction of N-BK7 and F2 glass across the visible
+    spectrum.
+
+    .. jupyter-execute::
+
+        import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+        import astropy.units as u
+        import named_arrays as na
+        import optika
+
+        wavelength = na.linspace(380, 750, axis="wavelength", num=101) * u.nm
+
+        glasses = {
+            "N-BK7": optika.materials.Glass.n_bk7(),
+            "F2": optika.materials.Glass.f2(),
+        }
+
+        fig, ax = plt.subplots(constrained_layout=True)
+        for name, glass in glasses.items():
+            rays = optika.rays.RayVectorArray(wavelength=wavelength)
+            na.plt.plot(
+                wavelength,
+                glass.index_refraction(rays),
+                ax=ax,
+                label=name,
+            )
+        ax.set_xlabel(f"wavelength ({wavelength.unit:latex_inline})");
+        ax.set_ylabel("index of refraction");
+        ax.legend();
+    """
+
+    b1: float | na.AbstractScalar = 0
+    """The first dimensionless Sellmeier coefficient."""
+
+    b2: float | na.AbstractScalar = 0
+    """The second dimensionless Sellmeier coefficient."""
+
+    b3: float | na.AbstractScalar = 0
+    """The third dimensionless Sellmeier coefficient."""
+
+    c1: u.Quantity | na.AbstractScalar = 0 * u.um**2
+    """The first Sellmeier resonance (units of square length)."""
+
+    c2: u.Quantity | na.AbstractScalar = 0 * u.um**2
+    """The second Sellmeier resonance (units of square length)."""
+
+    c3: u.Quantity | na.AbstractScalar = 0 * u.um**2
+    """The third Sellmeier resonance (units of square length)."""
+
+    @classmethod
+    def n_bk7(cls) -> Glass:
+        """
+        SCHOTT N-BK7 borosilicate crown glass
+        (:math:`n_d \\approx 1.5168`, :math:`V_d \\approx 64.2`).
+        """
+        return cls(
+            b1=1.03961212,
+            b2=0.231792344,
+            b3=1.01046945,
+            c1=0.00600069867 * u.um**2,
+            c2=0.0200179144 * u.um**2,
+            c3=103.560653 * u.um**2,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def f2(cls) -> Glass:
+        """
+        SCHOTT F2 flint glass
+        (:math:`n_d \\approx 1.6200`, :math:`V_d \\approx 36.4`).
+        """
+        return cls(
+            b1=1.34533359,
+            b2=0.209073176,
+            b3=0.937357162,
+            c1=0.00997743871 * u.um**2,
+            c2=0.0470450767 * u.um**2,
+            c3=111.886764 * u.um**2,
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def shape(self) -> dict[str, int]:
+        return na.broadcast_shapes(
+            optika.shape(self.b1),
+            optika.shape(self.b2),
+            optika.shape(self.b3),
+            optika.shape(self.c1),
+            optika.shape(self.c2),
+            optika.shape(self.c3),
+        )
+
+    @property
+    def transformation(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    def index_refraction(
+        self,
+        rays: optika.rays.RayVectorArray,
+    ) -> na.ScalarLike:
+        w2 = np.square(rays.wavelength)
+        n2 = 1 + (
+            self.b1 * w2 / (w2 - self.c1)
+            + self.b2 * w2 / (w2 - self.c2)
+            + self.b3 * w2 / (w2 - self.c3)
+        )
+        return np.sqrt(n2)
+
+    def attenuation(
+        self,
+        rays: optika.rays.RayVectorArray,
+    ) -> na.ScalarLike:
+        return 0 / u.mm
+
+    def efficiency(
+        self,
+        rays: optika.rays.RayVectorArray,
+        normal: na.AbstractCartesian3dVectorArray,
+    ) -> na.ScalarLike:
+        return 1
+
+    @property
+    def is_mirror(self) -> bool:
+        return False
diff --git a/optika/materials/_tests/test_materials.py b/optika/materials/_tests/test_materials.py
index bd746fb..dd0241e 100644
--- a/optika/materials/_tests/test_materials.py
+++ b/optika/materials/_tests/test_materials.py
@@ -107,3 +107,44 @@ class TestMeasuredMirror(
     AbstractTestAbstractMirror,
 ):
     pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    argnames="a",
+    argvalues=[
+        optika.materials.Glass(),
+        optika.materials.Glass.n_bk7(),
+        optika.materials.Glass.f2(),
+    ],
+)
+class TestGlass(
+    AbstractTestAbstractMaterial,
+):
+    pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    argnames="glass,n_d",
+    argvalues=[
+        (optika.materials.Glass.n_bk7(), 1.5168),
+        (optika.materials.Glass.f2(), 1.6200),
+    ],
+)
+def test_glass_dispersion(
+    glass: optika.materials.Glass,
+    n_d: float,
+):
+    # index of refraction at the helium d Fraunhofer line should match the
+    # published value of the glass.
+    rays_d = optika.rays.RayVectorArray(wavelength=587.5618 * u.nm)
+    n = glass.index_refraction(rays_d)
+    assert np.isclose(float(n), n_d, atol=1e-3)
+
+    # the glass must be dispersive: a higher index toward the blue end of the
+    # spectrum (normal dispersion).
+    rays_F = optika.rays.RayVectorArray(wavelength=486.1327 * u.nm)
+    rays_C = optika.rays.RayVectorArray(wavelength=656.2725 * u.nm)
+    assert glass.index_refraction(rays_F) > glass.index_refraction(rays_C)
+
+    # a glass transmits rather than reflects.
+    assert not glass.is_mirror