Tapered Sapphire Windows
Sapphire optical windows can be up to 65% thinner than Fused Silica windows, while also being much more scratch resistant.
Tapered Sapphire Window Examples
What are Tapered Sapphire Windows?
Guild Optical Associates manufactures tapered sapphire windows. These windows can also be made from a multitude of different materials. Tapered optical windows, or plugs, are excellent for high pressure applications. Guild Optical Associates can provide the precise dimensions you require to match your intended housing with near perfect accuracy.
Optical windows used in high pressure situations have plenty to gain by losing a lot of thickness. Guild Optics will help you determine the thickness needed to start utilizing sapphire in your project.
With a MOHS hardness of 9, sapphire is second only to diamond and it transmits from 190nm to 5000nm making it a great choice for UV applications and mid wave infrared.
Guild Optical is a top tier supplier for many of the best companies in the United States. When precision sapphire optics are required, Guild delivers per the drawing, on time, and on budget.
Round sapphire optical components are typically the most economical. Rectangular windows can also be made, but usually have to be cut out of round stock. Guild Optical Associates has the machines needed to create any custom shaped windows as well.
| Diameter: | From 10 mm (.393”) to 355 mm (14”) in any optical axis |
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| Thickness: | Varies by Diameter but can be sub millimeter and up |
| Flatness: | Varies by thickness but can be 1/10 wave or better if needed |
| Parallelism: | Varies by size but can be as tight as 1 arc second |
| Surface Quality: | Down to 10/5 Scratch/Dig |
| Quantities: | From singles to full large scale production runs |
| Materials: | Sapphire, Quartz, Fused Silica, Bk7, and many other Optical Glass types |
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