The prism also features excellent thermal shock resistance and high stability, maintaining stable optical performance even in high-temperature environments. Its unique 45° and 90° angular design makes installation more convenient, while providing strong mechanical stress resistance.

Key Features

• High Light Transmission: Zinc Selenide material offers excellent transmission in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared spectra.
• Low Absorption: Features low optical absorption, ensuring efficient light transmission.
• Thermal Shock Resistance: Exhibits excellent thermal shock resistance, making it suitable for harsh applications in high-temperature environments.
• Stability and Strength: The large contact area and superior mechanical stability enable it to withstand significant mechanical stress.
• Optical Coating: Often coated with optical films to improve transmission and reduce reflection losses.

Applications

• Optical Path Deflection and Deviation: Used for deflecting the optical path or image by 90°, widely used in laser systems.
• Laser Alignment: Particularly suitable for optical path adjustments in systems like CO2 lasers.
• Beam Displacement: Used for precise beam displacement in laser processing, beam synthesis, and beam steering applications.
• Infrared Applications: Due to its excellent transmission in the infrared range, it is well-suited for infrared imaging systems and other high-precision optical devices.

Key Features

• High Refractive Index: Silicon’s refractive index is approximately 1.59, effectively controlling light propagation direction.
• Good Transparency: Offers high transmission in the ultraviolet to near-infrared spectrum, suitable for various optical applications.
• Environmental Durability: Features good thermal resistance and mechanical stress tolerance, making it suitable for various industrial environments.
• Precision Manufacturing: Manufactured with high-precision processing and polishing techniques to ensure surface quality and optical performance.
• Optical Stability: With a large contact area, it effectively reduces the impact of mechanical stress.

Applications

• Beam Deflection and Reflection: Using the principle of total internal reflection, it can deflect light by 90° or 180°, widely used in laser systems, optical instruments, and optical testing systems.
• Beam Splitter and Combiner in Optical Systems: Silicon right-angle prisms can be used as beam splitters and combiners in optical systems, enhancing system performance and stability.
• Laser and Aerospace Optics: The Silicon right-angle prism is widely used in high-precision applications such as laser systems, aerospace optical systems, and excimer laser optical systems.
• Optical Instrument Manufacturing: In optical instruments, it is used for optical path adjustment, focusing, collimating, and other operations to optimize the optical system’s performance.

The prism is manufactured using high-precision processing and polishing techniques to ensure optimal optical performance and surface quality. It is ideal for applications requiring high stability and accuracy, particularly in laser systems and spectrometers. It should be noted that Calcium Fluoride is somewhat brittle and sensitive to thermal shock, so special care should be taken during use.

Key Features

• High Transmission: Calcium Fluoride provides excellent light transmission across its operational wavelength range, especially in the UV and IR regions.
• Low Absorption & High Damage Threshold: Its low absorption makes it highly effective in high-energy laser applications.
• Low Dispersion & Fluorescence: With a low dispersion (Abbe number of 95) and minimal fluorescence, Calcium Fluoride is ideal for high-precision optical systems.
• Chemical and Thermal Resistance: Offers good resistance to water, chemicals, and has better thermal stability, making it suitable for harsh environments.
• Brittleness & Thermal Sensitivity: Sensitive to high temperatures and thermal shock. It should not be exposed to temperatures exceeding 600°C during use.

Applications

• Laser Technology: Widely used in free-space laser systems, particularly for UV and IR laser applications.
• Spectroscopy: Plays a significant role in ultraviolet and infrared spectroscopic analysis.
• Optical Instruments: Used in optical systems for light path redirection, beam splitting, and combining, enhancing system precision and stability.
• IR & UV Windows: Serves as a high-transmission window material for IR and UV measurement devices, providing clear optical windows.
• Coating Treatments: Enhanced with various coating processes (such as lap polishing, CNC polishing) to improve optical performance and ensure data accuracy in optical systems.