Fused silica is an excellent material for achieving a high degree of purity and superior environmental durability. Schott advanced optics, with its deep technological expertise, is a valuable partner for its customers in developing products and customized solutions for applications in optics, lithography, astronomy, optoelectronics, augmented reality, life sciences, and research. Physical optical image formation, imaging in zemax. It has high stability and resistance to thermal shock over large temperature excursions, wide. Optical design software from zemax design imaging optics, lighting and illumination systems, and laser systems as the industryleading optical design software, opticstudio is used across a wide variety of industries, from aerospace and astronomy, to automotive, biomedical research, consumer electronics, machine vision, and more. Optical windows available in a wide variety of substrates, providing optimized performance where you require it in the uvvis or nir spectrum. The following is a list of optical materials that we have worked in the past.
Advanced optics schott ag hattenbergstrasse 10 55122 mainz germany phone. The lens has a focal length of 260 mm and a lowabsorption coating. How to add new materials and glasses in opticstudio zemax. Materials designed for their index and dispersion properties. One frequently used light source specification package is zemax optical and illumination design software, available from radiant zemax, llc. Consult schott glass entire fused silica catalogue on directindustry. Click on a material above or choose a schott or ohara part number, to see the spectral and the material properties. Hpfs standard grade, corning code 7980, is a high purity fused silica manufactured by flame hydrolysis. Our precision optical lenses are made from materials such as bk7, fused silica, ir grade calcium fluoride, and zinc selenide. Optical glass fused silica bk7 precision optical inc. Round windows can be purchased from stock uncoated 185 nm 2. Zemax optical simulation software ray optics simulation.
Optical designers can now access schott s line of irg products in major design software mainz germany, september 22, 2014 the international technology group schott with its advanced optics business unit, a global manufacturer of highquality optical components for the infrared ir industry, including its chalcogenide glass products, announced today that the newly renamed irg product. Properties of optical systems i 20121023 herbert gross winter term 2012. We provide machined components in bk7, borosilicate glass, fused silica, calcium flouride and other types of optical glass to a number of sectors and applications, most commonly for astronomy, metrology, pharmaceutical and diagnostics solutions. Introduction introduction, zemax interface, menues, file handling, preferences, editors, updates, windows. The amorphous synthetic fused silica sio 2 of high purity complete the application range of. Materials data fused silica fused quartz esco optics. Due to metallic impurities and oh content, optical grade fused quartz does not boast the range of transmission offered by uv and ir grade fused silica. Schott technical glasses offers pertinent information in concise form. It is used for the design and analysis of both imaging and illumination systems.
This makes them perfectly suited for a wide variety of demanding applications, including multiphoton imaging systems, and intracavity laser applications. Optical windows optical window manufacturer advanced. Uvgrade fused silica light pipesoptical rods request a quote common specifications material. The noncrystalline, colorless, silica glass combines a very low thermal expansion coefficient with excellent optical qualities and exceptional transmittance. Duvuv, vis and ir applications lithosil synthetic fused silica. How to add new materials and glasses in opticstudio.
Our fused silica mirrors are manufactured from corning 7980 or industrial grade fused silica, both of which provide a high degree of purity, exceptional environmental durability, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion. Zemax is a company that sells optical design software. Thermal lensing compensation objective for high power lasers. It also describes the math behind the model glass and demonstrates the. With a product portfolio of more than 120 optical glasses, special materials and components, we master the value chain. Uvgrade fused silica offers high transmission in the deep uv and exhibits virtually no laserinduced fluorescence as measured at 193 nm, making it an ideal ch. Get the updated 2014 ross lens catalog database for use with zemax. Our latest list of preferred schott optical glass includes approximately 120 glass types which are classified into glass groups based upon similar chemical composition and are illustrated in a n dv d diagram. Synthetic fused silica fused is an excellent choice of material for deep ultraviolet spectral range applications. Its excellent transmission bandwidth, spanning uv to the nir makes it appropriate for most applications. Fused silica is commonly used in applications from the ultraviolet uv through the nearinfrared nir and its low index of refraction, low coefficient of thermal expansion, and low inclusion content.
View the full list of glass types at edmund optics. Optical materials, bk7, fused silica, sapphire, caf2, mgf2. Uv fused silica optical windows newport corporation. Software packages simplify complex optical system design. Zemax optical design based tutorialchinese edition. With over 65 optical glass types readily available at manufacturing sites, eo enables quick prototyping. Find out factors and properties on how to select the right optical glass at. The companys newest product, zemax release 2, provides easy access to a number of useful design tools including a stock lens matching. Schott optical glasses are available in the form of raw glass, cut blanks, pressings as well as finished components. Optical design capability tailor made solutions using zemax optical design software. Optical material vendors and optical software will provide thermal index.
Uv fused silica windows feature low distortion, excellent parallelism, low bulk scattering, and fine surface quality. These uncoated uvgrade fused silica planoconvex lenses are available in sizes ranging from o2 mm to o75 mm. Ross optical has an inventory of over 800 sets of optical test plates that allows us to design, manufacture and deliver complete sets of optical components in a short period of time. Fused silica optical windows from zygos optics business segment are very highest precision windows, custom made for a variety of applications including reconnaissance, laser fusion research, flir sensing systems, schlieren applications, and high performance underwater and space applications. Thermal lensing compensation objective for high power lasers michael scaggs1, gil haas2 1 neoteric concepts.
How to add new materials and glasses in opticstudio myzemax. Advanced optics offers custom manufactured fused silica optical windows in a variety of shapes, dimensions and finishes. Advanced optics is a leading manufacturer of optical windows and has been crafting high quality, affordable optical windows for more than 50 years. This article explains how and when to use a model glass in opticstudio. Fused silica and fused quartz polished substrates, plates, windows and wafers are available from valley design. Whether there is any alternative open source optical simulation tool other than zemax. Borosilicate glass, once invented by the glass pioneer otto schott and today supplied by several glass companies worldwide, is the industrys gold standard to package pharmaceutical drugs. With a product portfolio of more than 120 optical glasses, special materials. The reference manual is now opened in the application which is associated with this type of document pdf. Schott irg line now available on zemax and code v for.
Opticstudio is its flagship product and a commonly used optical design program for microsoft windows. We pride ourselves on our products reaching you on time and to specification while our. Edmund optics uses cookies to optimize and enhance the features and content on our website. Fused silica is perfect optical material due to its good uv and ir transmission, low coefficient of thermal expansion. Optical design software zemax, optical product design. Publications news features products technologies media education careers webinars events. It contains general information for the determination and evaluation of important glass properties and also informs about specific chemical and physical characteristics and possible applications of the commercial technical glasses produced by schott. Cdgm, corning, hikari, hoya, ohara pilkington, schott, sumita, and others. Fused silica and fused quartz flat optics and windows. Although the default material catalogs in opticstudio are extensive, it is sometimes the case that a desired material is not available in the catalog. This glass has superior transmission in both the uv and ir spectra, a very low dielectric coefficient and excellent properties where flourescence or. In additional to excellent transmission in the uv to nir regions, fused silica windows exhibit more shock resistance, lower thermal expansion, higher laser damage threshold and better chemical homogeneity.
Advanced optics offers fused silica mirrors polished either. However, despite this shortcoming, fused quartz still offers superior thermal shock and chemical resistance, as. The renderers are not optical design software but very. Authored by mark nicholson, kristen norton abstract. You can access an abbediagram in pdf format as well as an overview of all of our glass types optical glass overview and optical glass overview zemax.
The abbe diagram, first introduced by schott in 1923, is a long established survey of the optical glass program. Although the default material catalogs in opticstudio are extensive, it is sometimes the case that a. Fused silica minimizes focus shift while providing high power density. Silicon is often used for thermal imaging and other weight sensitive applications so is ideal for these types of custom made lenses. Linos fthetaronar lenses made of fused silica qioptiq has developed a range of new fthetaronar scan lenses made of fused silica for high power laser material processing. White plate b270 schott tempax schott d 263 teco schott fused silica. Fused silica is formed by chemical combination of silicon and oxygen. Products optical lenses fused silica lenses optical lenses nbk7 lenses fused silica lenses caf2 lenses spheric lens achromatic lenses cylindraical lenses. Fused silica optics used in optics and photonics applications are available at edmund optics. Red optronics fabricates a variety of optical components with a wide range of optical materials. Researchers use zemax opticstudio to develop breakthrough. Uv fused silica lens custom optical lens manufacturer.
These are optical windows made of fused silica material. Our lightweight glass or acrylic optical domes can be built from your own drawings or custom designed in house by our experts using zemax optical design software. Knight optical supply custom dome and window solutions to underwater camera manufacturers globally. By continuing to use this website, you consent to our use of cookies.
Zemax llc has announced the opticstudio 15 optical and illumination design software, building upon previous versions with new physics capabilit. We offer spherical, aspheric, cylindrical, achromatic, objective, and meniscus optic lenses for applications like fiberoptic coupling. These simple fused silica planoconvex lenses have a convex spherical face and a plano face resulting in a positive focal length. Kg has introduced a fused silica lens for use in solar cell production. Precision optical offers a wide variety of optical glass types, each with its own unique set of optical, chemical and physical properties. Bk7, uv fused silica, caf2ir and uv, sapphire, quartz and mgf2. Galvoptics are specialist suppliers of optical lenses and filters including our custom built uv fused silica lens.