BC Wiki - Optical Windows

Category: diy

Material Selection

Crown Glass (Borosilicate, BK7)

• Thor Labs — N-BK7

Fused Silica (Quartz)

• Thor Labs — UV Fused Silica

Sapphire

• Thor Labs — Sapphire
• Newport — Sapphire

Zinc Selenide

• Thor Labs — Zinc Selenide
• Crystran — Zinc Selenide
• Edmund Optics — Zinc Selenide
• Almaz Optics — Zinc Selenide

Fluoride Salts

• Thor Labs — Calcium Fluoride
• Thor Labs — Magnesium Fluoride
• Thor Labs — Barium Fluoride

KRS-5 (Thallium Bromo-Iodide)

• Crystran — Thallium Bromide
• Crystran — KRS-5 MSDS

Suppliers

• Thor Labs
• International Crystal
• Alkor Technologies