Meller IR and Broadband Optics Meet Design and Packaging Requirements

PROVIDENCE, RI--(Marketwired - Mar 25, 2014) -  Meller Optics, Inc. has announced that they produce custom IR and broadband optics that can be fabricated to specification in a variety of configurations for transmitting at wavelengths out to 20 microns.

Meller IR and Broadband Optics can be custom fabricated from materials such as calcium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, germanium, silicon, zinc selenide, and zinc sulfide to meet precise design and packaging requirements. Available as windows, lenses, and mirrors in plano-concave, convex, and meniscus shapes, and as prisms, they can be produced in a wide range of sizes with or without A/R coatings for transmitting at wavelengths out to 20 microns.

Suitable for detector windows, filter substrates, front surface optics, viewports, and related applications, Meller IR and Broadband Optics conform to MIL-PRF-13830 and can be supplied in prototype to production quantities. Sizes can range from 0.25" to 4.0" O.D. or diagonal, with ±0.005" tolerance and thickness to ±0.002" with features such as steps and holes, as required.

Meller IR and Broadband Optics are priced according to material, configura-tion, 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.