Optical Materials
Optical materials include optical glass, glass-ceramics, optical crystals and optical plastics.
LaserOptec offers custom optics with a variety and widely optical materials.from UV, VIS to IR.
we could offer fast prototyping, small volume and high volume production, with repeatable performance and reliability.
Typical Materials: N-BK7, SF2, SF11, UV fused silica, Sapphire, Color glass, Magnesium Fluoride, Calcium Fluoride, Barium Fluoride, Zinc Selenide, Silicon and Germanium and more.
Various optical glass from CDGM, SCHOTT, OHARA, CORNING, etc.
Typical Crystals: ND:YLF, KTP, YVO4, Nd:YVO4, GdVO4, Nd:GdVO4, YAG, Nd:YAG, Cr:YAG, LBO, BBO, etc.
Size from Φ1mm up to Φ300mm, standard and custom sphere, windows and prism, etc.
Typical Optical Materials:
Optical Material | Type |
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Optical Glass | Crown glass, flint glass and other colorless optical glass |
Color Glass | Cut-off color glass, Selective absorption colored filter glass, Neutral filter glass, Color temperature insulating filter glass, etc. Read More |
UV Optical Material | UV Fused Silica, Calcium Fluoride (CaF2), Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2), etc. |
IR Optical Material | UV fused silica, Sapphire, Magnesium Fluoride, Calcium Fluoride, Barium Fluoride, Zinc Selenide, Silicon and Germanium, etc. |
Crystal Material | Calcite, YV04, Crystal Quartz, LiNbO3, a-BBO, etc |
Transmission spectrum of typical optical materials:
Wavelength Range | Substrate Material |
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350 nm - 2.0 μm | N-BK7, H-K9L |
185 nm - 2.1 μm | UV Fused Silica |
150 nm - 5.0 μm | Sapphire |
120 nm - 8.0 μm | Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2) |
180 nm - 8.0 μm | Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) |
3 - 5 μm | Barium Fluoride (BaF2) |
600 nm - 16 µm | Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) |
1.2 - 8.0 μm | Silicon (Si) |
2.0 - 16 μm | Germanium (Ge) |
Typical Laser Crystals:
Optical Crystals | Type |
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Laser Crystals | Nd:YLF, Ho:YLF, Pr:YLF, Tm:YLF, Nd:YAG, Cr4+YAG, Yb:YAG, Er:YAG, Nd:YVO4, Nd:GdVO4, Nd:KGW, Yb:KGW, ErCrYSGG, Ti:Al2O3, GSGG, YSGG, Bonding Crystals |
NLO Crystals | LBO, BBO, KTP, KTA, LiNbO3, MgO:LiNbO3, DKDP |
Magneto-optical Crystals | TGG |
Birefringent Crystals | YVO4, α-BBO |
AO & EO Crystals | LiNbO3, LiTO3 |