Product Focus: Fused Silica Vs Fused Quartz
14th March 2023
Fused Silica and Fused Quartz are amongst some of the most popular optical materials. What are the similarities and benefits between the two?
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14th March 2023
Fused Silica and Fused Quartz are amongst some of the most popular optical materials. What are the similarities and benefits between the two?
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Sapphire windows and plates can be utilised in a wide range of optical components, we review the key benefits and differences between them.
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Optical lenses can be used for a variety of precision applications in the science, medical, imaging, defence and industrial sectors.
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Optical Components in Aerospace and Defence are made to the highest quality and strictest tolerances and are used in a range of applications.
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Supply chains disrupting OEMs can be traced back to several global factors that have culminated to cause widespread disruption.
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Optical Filters can be designed and manufactured to either limit the spectrum of light or allow it to transmit for specific applications.
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We dive into how optical components in motorsports are helping to fuel important technological advancements within performance and entertainment.
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Over the past decade it is possible to pick out many examples of how IR technology has advanced in its’ own right
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Glass dicing – or micro dicing – is used in the production of a wide range of optical components playing a key role in the optics sector.
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Laboratories need precision microscope slides and coverslips for a wide range of uses, ranging from optical microscopy to cytology.
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Schott filters are optical glass filters made from high quality, optically polished Schott coloured optical glass.
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Fused quartz is made by melting naturally occurring quartz crystals, one of the most abundant naturally occurring minerals on the planet.
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Technical glasses are used in highly specialised applications in the scientific, pharmaceutical and optoelectronics sectors.
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Here we discuss and conclude the most important factors that buyers should think about when purchasing optical components from an optics provider.
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This article is the first of two covering a range of factors that buyers of optical components should look for in an optics company.
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Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) is a naturally occurring optical substance with a unique range of propertie
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Sapphire Optical windows and plates are flat components which are placed in a range of devices and systems with the purpose of transmitting the specific wavelength of light required by the application in question
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Optical prisms are designed and manufactured with the aim of steering, bending, dispersing and shifting light in order to manipulate images.
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Optical lenses are designed and crafted with the aim of being able to focus or diverge light. Learn more about this product.
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In this second part of our two articles on these widely used optical components, we look at substrate options and review a range of specific custom options.
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