IR & Broadband Optics From Meller Transmit at Higher Wavelengths

PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwire - Oct 4, 2011) - Meller Optics, Inc. is announcing the availability of custom fabricated calcium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, germanium, silicon, zinc selenide, and zinc sulfide optics for transmission out to 20 microns.

Meller IR and Broadband Optics are fabricated to specification from calcium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, germanium, silicon, zinc selenide, and zinc sulfide. Transmitting at wavelengths out to 20 microns, they are available with or without A/R coatings and can be produced as windows, lenses, and mirrors, in plano-concave, concave, and meniscus configurations, and as prisms.

Supplied in prototype through production quantities, Meller IR and Broad-band Optics can be produced in sizes from 0.25" to 4" O.D. or diagonal with ±0.005" tolerance and thickness to ±0.002". These custom fabricated optics conform to MIL-PRF-13830. Applications include front surface optics, detector windows, filter substrates, and viewports.

Meller IR and Broadband Optics are priced according to material, configuration, and quantity. Literature and quotations are available upon request.

About Meller Optics, Inc.

Founded in 1921, Meller Optics has been providing high quality optics to defense, medical, laser, and industrial markets for 90 years now. Specializing in the grinding and polishing of hard, durable materials such as sapphire and ruby, the company has also developed high-speed, low-cost finishing processes for a variety of optical materials such as laser glasses, fused silica, zinc selenide, germanium, silicon, fluorides, and ceramic materials. Configurations include windows, substrates, lenses, domes, and prisms. Meller Optics is ISO 9001:2008 certified and in addition to providing standard, off-the-shelf products, they custom fabricate components that meet exacting specifications from delicate, difficult to work with optical materials. They also supply quality Microlux Alumina polishing abrasives and Gugolz optical polishing pitch.