TORRANCE, Calif.—An expanded family of precision hot mirrors, suitable for separating unwanted infrared (IR) from visible light in applications ranging from aerospace and defense to medical, life sciences, and entertainment, is available from ZC&R Coatings for Optics, the company has announced.
The HM-VS-950 Hot Mirrors transmit the visible spectrum and reflect the IR at normal incidence. ZC&R’s UV-Pass Hot Mirrors—HM-UV-1050—are designed to transmit greater than 80 percent (average) from the 245nm to 460nm spectral range, and reflect greater than 70 percent (average) from 800nm to 1050nm at normal incidence.
The company’s HM-VS-1150 Color Neutral Hot Mirrors, suited for imaging applications that require high color fidelity, transmit the visible spectrum with minimal impact to color while reflecting significant IR energy. For extreme performance, the HM-VS-1500 Hot Mirrors are reported to offer enhanced UV blocking with durable and reliable operation. Rounding out the product family are the Extended-Wavelength IR Blocker Hot Mirrors. They include the HM-VS-1600, which reportedly covers a wider waveband in the infrared. Custom angles of incidence are also available per customer specification, according to the company.
ZC&R Coatings for Optics (www.zcrcoatings.com), part of ABRISA, Inc. (www.abrisa.com), offers a full line of heat control, dichroic optical coatings that filter unnecessary energy (heat) from a light source. The company provides precision coatings and components from 200 nm to 20 microns, from UV to the far IR. Coatings available from ZC&R include high-power laser coatings at 1.064, 1.54, 1.57, and 10.6 microns.
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