Acousto-Optics
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Materials
Our expertise in optical materials begins with the selection of the correct material to meet the requirements of customers.
We grow much of our own crystalline material and employ rigorous sourcing procedures for those crystals externally procured. We routinely work with a wide variety of optical glass types
The level of vertical integration of our manufacturing processes allows us to provide dependable design advice, and improves the quality of our finished products through unified standards and reduced component handling between manufacturing steps.
We work with a variety of glasses and crystals for wavelengths from the UV through IR.
| Material | Component / application |
|---|---|
| Beta-barium oxide (BBO) | Pockels cells |
| Cadmium selenide (CdSe) | Infrared waveplates |
| Cadmium sulfide (CdS) | Infrared waveplates |
| Calcite (CaCO3) | Polarizers |
| Calcium fluoride (CaF₂) | Lenses, windows, mirrors |
| Chalcogenides: GASIR®, AMTIR | Wide bandwidth windows and lenses, prisms |
| CVD SILICON CARBIDE™ (silicon carbide) | Mirrors |
| Deuterated dihydrogen potassium phosphate (KD*P) | Ultra high energy research lasers |
| Dihydrogen potassium phosphate (KDP) | Pockels cells |
| Filter glasses | Optical filters |
| Fused silica | Acousto-optic devices, high power laser optics, low expansion substrates |
| Gallium arsenide (GaAs) | Infrared windows and lenses |
| Germanium (Ge) | Infrared windows and lenses, domes, prisms, acousto-optic devices |
| Glasses: flint, crown, fused silica | Prisms, lenses, and flats |
| Lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) | Acousto-optic devices, waveplates/retardation plates and depolarizers |
| Lithium triborate (LiB₃O₅) | Frequency doubling |
| Low CTE glass: ZERODUR® , CLEARCERAM® -Z | Mirrors for metrology, ring laser gyro blocks, stable optical mounts, metrology reference blocks |
| Magnesium fluoride (MgF₂) | Achromatic waveplates, polarizers, waveplates |
| Multi-Spectral Zinc Sulphide: CLEARTRAN | Infrared lenses |
| Phosphate glasses (P₂O₅) | Laser rods |
| Quartz: synthetic SiO₂ | Acousto-optic devices, waveplates, rotators |
| Sapphire: Al₂O₃ | Very hard windows and waveplates |
| Silicon (Si): polycrystalline, mono-crystalline, standard optical grade, floatzone | Infrared windows and lenses, domes, prisms |
| Silicon carbide (SiC) | Optical flats |
| Spinel: MgAl₂O₄, Co:MgAl₂O₄ | Passive Q-switches |
| Tellurium dioxide (TeO₂) | Acousto-optic devices |
| YAG: Y₃Al₅O₁₂ | Laser rods |
| Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) | Infrared lenses, domes, prisms |
| Zinc Sulfide (ZnS) | Infrared lenses, domes, prisms |
| Material | Component / application |
|---|---|
| PMMA (Acrylic) | Polymer Optics |
| Polystyrene (Styrene) | Polymer Optics |
| Polycarbonate (Lexan®/Makrolon®) | Polymer Optics |
| COP (Zeonex®/Zeonor®) | Polymer Optics |
| Polyester (OKP1 / OKP4) | Polymer Optics |
Footnotes
GASIR® is a registered trademark of Umicore
CVD SILICON CARBIDE™ is a registered trademark of the Dow Chemical Corporation
ZERODUR® is a registered trademark of Schott AG CLEARCERAM®-Z is a registered trademark of Ohara Corporation
CLEARTRAN™ is a registered trademark of the Dow Chemical Corporation.
