Meller Optics, Inc.
Providence, RI 02940
Jun 04, 2004 Custom fabricated windows, used as viewports, protective covers, and front surface optics, are suitable for use in hostile environments. Moh 9 surface hardness provides optimal abrasion resistance, and construction is impervious to water, acids, alkalis, and harsh chemicals to 1,000ºC. Available in sizes from ¼–10 in. dia, with thicknesses from ½ mm to 1 in., windows can be fabricated with flatness held to 0.5 fringes of HeNe and parallelism from 20–2 arc/sec.

Edmund Optics
Barrington, NJ 08007
May 26, 2004 Tech Spec Series consists of 7 shortpass filters with cutoff wavelengths of 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, and 700 nm. All are 3 mm thick with 25 mm diameter and 80% clear aperture. Surface quality is 20-10, with wavefront distortion of 1/10 wave. Made from UV-grade fused silica, filters offer average transmission of 85% and blocking optical density of 2.0. They are suited for fluorescence applications, separating spectral orders, and as part of custom bandpass filters.

Global Lighting Technologies Inc.
Brecksville, OH 44141
May 26, 2004 MicroLens(TM) molded light guides provide backlight that saves extra step of adding overlay and adhesive to illuminate logo on products. They enable full control of size, shape, depth, pitch, density, and angle of rotation. Utilizing white, green, red, or blue LEDs, uniformly illuminated logos can be designed with any text or image for applications including notebook computers, consumer electronics, appliances, and automotive dashboards and exteriors.

Meller Optics, Inc.
Providence, RI 02940
Mar 31, 2004 Custom fabricated sapphire windows, available in sizes up to 18 in. in dia. x ¼ in. thick, feature transmitted wavefront to ¼ wave, parallelism to 2 arc-sec, and 70:1 aspect ratio. Manufactured to end-user specifications, products have Moh 9 surface hardness for optimal abrasion resistance. Features include surface finishes to 60-40 scratch-dig as well as resistance to water, acids, alkalis, and harsh chemicals to 350°C.

Edmund Optics
Barrington, NJ 08007
Feb 06, 2004 Rotatable Filter Wheel allows users to accurately switch between up to six 1 in. filters. Thin, lightweight assembly has detents in 30° increments, allowing users to click wheel into 12 different positions. Wheel is designed so that 2 wheel assemblies can be positioned face-to-face on breadboard with less than 20 mm separation. Separate C-Mount adapter allows filter wheel to mate with C-Mount components.

Newport Corp.
Irvine, CA 92606
Feb 05, 2004 Windows offer surface flatness specification of 1/20 waves, scratch and dig of 10-5, and parallelism of <30 arc sec. Windows are available in BK-7 glass and UV-grade fused silica. Standard diameters range from ½–2 in., with thickness of 0.24 or 0.39 in. Windows are suitable for R&D laboratories for intracavity laser applications, holography, and multi-photon imaging. OEM applications include diffraction-limited, laser-based microscopy.

Optra Inc.
Topsfield, MA 01983
Feb 02, 2004 Plastic Injection-Molded Retroreflector Arrays are molded in 100 mm modular cells, which are assembled into larger arrays. They are intended for use with open-path Fourier transform infrared spectrometers.

ZC & R
Torrance, CA 90501
Jan 28, 2004 Operating in IR spectral region from 8.0–12.0 µm, IR-BBAR-8-12 thorium-free, infrared coating can be tailored for substrate materials such as Germanium, Zinc Selenide, Zinc Sulfide, Water Clear Zinc Sulfide, and others. It is suited for military and commercial applications.

Newport Corp.
Irvine, CA 92606
Nov 07, 2003 Modular Series 910A is offered with 9 focusing objectives and 11 pinhole apertures. Optics are antireflection-coated for use over 400–700 nm range. Units feature 5-axis alignment, xy translation of pinhole, and true gimabling of entire assembly. Adjustments are made with high-resolution screws, and independent locks hold adjustment mechanism to maintain alignment. Filters are suited for applications that require visible laser beam free of spatial inhomogeneities.

Meller Optics, Inc.
Providence, RI 02940
Nov 06, 2003 Optical dome protects from sand, water, and harsh chemicals. Featuring 2000 Knoop hardness, scratch-resistant dome exhibits <25 µm wall thickness variation, <1 fringe/in. surface accuracy measured at 633 nm, and surface finishes to 20-10 scratch-dig per MIL-PRF-13830. Dome can transmit from UV to IR, providing 85% transmission when uncoated and 99% transmission with anti-reflective coatings on 2 sides. Sizes up to 6 in. dia can be fabricated.

Docter Optics Inc.
Mesa, AZ 85210
Sep 09, 2003 Precision lenses, mirrors, prisms, and reflectors, molded from crown (n_d = 1.5230) and borosilicate (n_d = 1.4719) glass materials, are available in sizes from 2–210 mm. Offered with single and multi-layer AR, dichroic, IR and metallic aluminum coatings, lenses include rod and blank-molded aspheric, bubble, cylindrical, fly's eye array, fresnel, integrator plate and wedge, piano, prismatic, relay and spherical types; while prisms include dispersing, dove, folding, penta, and edge types.

Edmund Optics
Barrington, NJ 08007
Aug 11, 2003 Hollow, penta prisms employ 2 coated, mirrored surfaces oriented at 45° to redirect incoming light 90° without inverting or reversing image. Products are available with visible (Enhanced Aluminum) or IR (Protected Gold) coatings. Beam deviations of 30, 10, or 5 arc seconds are available in 12.7 and 25.4 mm clear apertures. Accuracy of existing wavefront varies from 0.25-1 wave (depending on the model chosen), and mirrors are mounted in integratable package.

Lumitex, Inc.
Strongsville, OH 44136
Jun 19, 2003 Optical-grade, acrylic-plastic, rod-shaped light guides are offered in machined, extruded, or molded versions. Lengths range from 1–36 in., with diameters from 0.100–1.000 in. Units consume 20–25 mA and offer 20,000–100,000 hr to half life. They include LED light source and wiring harness for plug-and-play operation. Applications include illumination, backlighting, or accent lighting for audio/visual products, handheld remote controls, and portable test equipment.

Global Lighting Technologies Inc.
Brecksville, OH 44141
Jun 03, 2003 Color cell-phone backlight assembly provides luminance of >3000 cd/m² for 1.5 in. diagonal screen, utilizing only 2 white LEDs at 15 mA. PDA backlight assembly utilizes 4 white LEDs and provides brightness of >2000 cd/m² to 2.5 in. diagonal screen. MicroLens(TM) technology allows LEDs to be molded directly into light guide. CCFL light guide utilizes L-shaped CCFL to provide luminance of 6500-7000 cd/m² for 7 in. diagonal screen, with full VGA color. Bulb current is only 6 mA.

Zeiss, Carl, Inc.
Thornwood, NY 10594-1920
Jun 03, 2003 Circular Differential Interference Contrast (C-DIC) prism uses circularly polarized light in contrast to conventional DIC to solve insufficient contrast problems observed in classical brightfield and darkfield microscopy. It allows fine surface structures to be observed with high contrast and resolution simultaneously, independent of orientation. Product is inserted into compensator mount of microscope and is used with 2 sliders. No stage or object rotation is required.

Bridgestone Engineered Products Co.
Nashville, TN 37214 0993
Apr 09, 2003 Luxaura™ Light Guide is an acrylic rod that creates solid-state light source when attached to LEDs that provide light and color. It does not have any gas, glass, or filament. Co-extruded 3-part structure is composed of outer clad, acrylic polymer core, and reflector strip that radiates light from guide. Clear, UV-resistant solid-core rod can be easily shaped, once heated, to fit many designs. Luxaura™ comes in 6.5, 10, and 14 mm dia and lengths up to 6 ft.

Edmund Optics
Barrington, NJ 08007
Mar 25, 2003 Tech Spec(TM) UV Fused Silica Right Angle Prisms in standard tolerance offers ±5 arc-min angle tolerance and ½ wave surface accuracy. High-tolerance version offers ±40 arc-sec angle tolerance and 1/10 wave surface accuracy. Tech Spec(TM) Precision UV Fused Silica Optical Windows range from 10-25 mm dia and come with or without VIS 0° Anti-Reflection coating. Tech Spec(TM) UV Fused Silica ND Filters offer optical densities from 0.3-3.0, and are spectrally flat from 200-700 nm.

Acton Research Corp.
Acton, MA 01720
Feb 14, 2003 No. 3000-SI Al+SiO2 optical coating is optimized for maximum UV reflectance with greater than 89% reflectance from 250–300 nm, and broadband reflectance of 200–700 nm. Coating survives mil-spec adhesion and temp/humidity cycling and is more durable than conventional UV Al+MgF2 coatings. It is suited for N2 laser use and for analytical applications that require stability and UV-VIS reflectance. Coating can be cleaned using recommended solvents and procedures.

Meller Optics, Inc.
Providence, RI 02940
Dec 12, 2002 Custom optics include balls, plano convex and plano concave lenses and windows, rectangles, squares, and cones. Design characteristics include steps, wedges, precision holes, and radical curves. Optics exhibit Moh 9 hardness, diameter tolerances to ±0.001 in., and thickness tolerances to ±0.0005 in. With surface finishes to 10–5 scratch-dig, products have better than 2 arc-sec. in./in. parallelism. Units transmit UV to IR with up to 99% transmission.

Electronic Materials, Inc.
Breckenridge, CO 80424 8817
Oct 22, 2002 Silica-filled OPTOCAST 3421 single component adhesive is UV/heat cureable. It exhibits low shrinkage on cure (0.4%, linear) and is ionically clean (max ionic content rated at 15 ppm total Na + K+ Cl⁸). Result on cure is 85/85 (85°C/85% relative humidity) with 50°C DI water soak resistance. Epoxy has flexural and tensile strengths of 7,000 and 15,000 psi, respectively, and D Hardness rated at 91 (min).