| Custom Infrared Long and Short Wave Pass Filters | ||||||||||||||||
Andover can design and fabricate long pass and short pass filters to suit your particular requirements. Every phase of the process is performed in-house, including thin-film coating design, mechanical design, substrate fabrication and polishing, coating, inspection, and environmental testing. We can coat a variety of substrate materials, including Germanium, Sapphire, Silicon, Zinc Sulfide, and Zinc Selenide. Contact us for a quotation, whether it is for prototype quantities, or production quantities. For convenience and economy, we also offer a slection of standard IR long pass filters. |
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| General Specifications | |
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| Diameter Tolerance & Thickness: | As required |
| Minimum Clear Aperture: | 90% of O.D. |
| Substrate Material: | Germainum, Sapphire or Zinc Selenide |
| Flatness: | 2 waves at 632.8nm |
| Parallelism: | <10 arc minutes |
| Surface Quality: | 60/40 per MIL-C-48497A |
| Coating Quality: | 60/40 per MIL-C-48497A |
| 24-hour Humidity: | per MIL-C-48497A |
| Moderate Abrasion: | per MIL-C-48497A |
| Adhesion: | per MIL-C-48497A |
| Operating Temperature: | -62°C to +71°C |
| Slope: | <6% |
| Transmission (Ave): | >90% |
| Rejection (Ave): | <0.1% |
| Mechanical: | Not mounted in metal holders |