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Known for their resistance to mechanical and thermal shock, our Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2) Windows are specified for a variety of applications operating in a range of harsh environments. Commonly employed for high-tech applications include excimer lasers, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermography and other infrared (IR) systems, MgF2’s durability and birefringent properties make for a sought-after optical window across a spectrum of industries. What’s more, its stability in water means it’s ideally suited for outer surfaces, such as windows.
With its birefringence (beneficial for polarisers in the UV waveband), transmittance between 0.1µm and 7µm and at over 90% between 0.4-5.0µm and hardness of circa HK576, MgF2 is one of the hardest optical fluorides.
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Material::Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2)
Thickness::+/-0.2mm
Diameter::+/-0.2mm
Surface quality::<60-40 Scratch/Dig
Knight Optical can offer Barium Fluoride Windows for use within Medical Imaging.
We supply a range of barium fluoride windows for a range of applications. All individually QA checked and metrology tested for quality to ensure parts meet customer specification. Supplied in a range of sizes and shapes with custom coatings tailored to meet your individual applications.
Knight Optical supply precision optical components to customers in the medical industry for applications such as medical thermology and thermography. Barium fluoride optics are used in the detection and screening of breast cancer and for screening for atypical pneumonia (SARS) and monitoring respiratory conditions.
Due to barium fluoride’s high radiation resistance, it is ideal for use in high radiation (x-ray/gamma rays) environments. Other applications include cryogenically cooled thermal imaging systems, infrared spectroscopy and high energy neutron detection.
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Material::Barium Fluoride (BaF2)
Shape::Circular Windows, Square Windows
Dimensional Tolerances::+/- 0.1mm
Parallelism::< 3 arcminutes
Surface Quality: :<60-40 Scratch/Dig
Coating::Antireflective coatings for application bandwidth (if required)
Knight Optical can offer Optolite Plastic Diffusers for use within Photography.
We supply a range of Optolite Plastic Diffusers for a range of applications. All individually QA checked and metrology tested for quality to ensure parts meet customer specification. Supplied in a range of sizes and shapes with custom coatings tailored to meet your individual applications.
Knight Optical supply precision optical components to customers within photgraphy. Optolite Plastic Diffusers are used in to diffuse the flash from cameras to prevent photos with harsh light and hard shadows to soften and improve the appeal of the image.
Diffusers are also used in lightning systems to prevent glare from computer screens, the manufacture of lightboxes for advertising, viewing x-rays, and other applications.
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Material::Optolite™ HSR
Shape::Square Diffusers
Dimensional Tolerances::+/- 1mm
Grades::Ranging from 40% to 87% transmission in thicknesses 1-3mm
Colorimeters measure colour in a substance, for example in water. It defines the measurement of the colour to enable its identification, using the lightwave spectrum. Colorimeters are a form of a spectrophotometer.
The use of mirrors in the system, redirect the light beam from the light source to the sample and back to the sensor to enable a reading. Knight Optical provide high quality coated front surface mirrors of varying reflection averages from stock and to custom specifications.
Knight Optical provide several metallic coatings such as:
•UV Enhanced Aluminium
•Enhanced Aluminium
•Protected Silver
•Protected Gold
•Visible Dielectric
•NIR Dielectric
These are all available as custom coatings depending on your requirements for your colorimeter.
Knight Optical’s Low GDD Ultrafast Laser Mirrors are ideal for demanding laser applications, especially where femtosecond ultrafast lasers are utilised.
Our product catalogue consists of laser mirrors optimised for the fundamental and second harmonic (SHG) emissions of Ytterbium (Yb) doped lasers including diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) and fiber lasers, and therefore have a design wavelength of either 515nm or 1030nm.
Their key features include:
•Ion beam sputtered (IBS) coating which is compact and durable.
•Reflection > 99.9% within their wavelength range of either 500-530nm or 1010-1050nm.
•Available as 0° and 45° angle of incidence
•Exhibit minimal group delay dispersion (GDD) to prevent pulse broadening
•High laser induced damage threshold (LIDT)
•Precision flatness and surface quality to minimise laser scattering
All of the above are important criteria for mirrors used to form a laser resonator, making these laser mirrors ideal.
Material::UV Fused Silica
Diameter::+0/-0.1mm
Thickness::+/-0.1mm
Surface Quality S1: :< 10/5 for 12.7mm/25.4mm diameters
Surface Quality S2::< 80/50
Flatness Clear Aperture::80% or specified aperture
Parallelism::< 5 arc mins
Chamfer::0.1-0.4mm x 45 deg
Coating S1::Rs>99.95% & Rp>99.9% @ 500-530nm, AOI 45°, |GDD Rs, Rp| < 20 fs2
Knight Optical can offer Flashed Opal Diffusers for use within Photography.
We supply a range of Flashed Opal Diffusers for a range of applications. All individually QA checked and metrology tested for quality to ensure parts meet customer specification. Supplied in a range of sizes and shapes with custom coatings tailored to meet your individual applications.
Knight Optical supply precision optical components to customers within photography and entertainment industries. Flashed Opal Diffusers alter the divergence of incident light. Opal diffusers are typically used in to diffuse the flash from cameras to prevent photos with harsh light and hard shadows to soften and improve the appeal of the image. Also used in traditional imaging techniques for the control of illumination. Opal diffusers are coated with
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Material::White-flashed opal
Shape::Square Diffusers, Circular Diffusers
Dimensional Tolerances::+/- 0.25mm
When it comes to a high quality IR Cut filter, it is the substrate with the coating applied that affects the performance. Knight Optical provide high quality wafers for precisely this, and the surface quality of our substrates eliminates blotching at the sensor which occurs on lower quality substrates especially where IR Cut filters are concerned.
Our wafers are produced as thin as 500μm & provide exceptional surface quality. However, we can manufacture to a fully customised specification with a wafer thickness as little as 10 μm. Our substrates for stock or custom can be manufactured from a great deal of materials including:
•Quartz
•Borosilicate
•BK7 or equivalent
•Sapphire
•And many more.
Depending on your application for the IR Cut Filter, we can help advise on the best achievable optic for your application.
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Material::Borosilicate or equivalent
Diameter::+0.0 / -0.20 mm
Length / width::± 0.20 mm
Thickness::± 0.20 mm
Surface quality::<60:40 scratch/dig
Transmission::Tavg>94% 420-620nm
Blocking::Tmax<2% 700-1000nm
Wavelength accuracy::+/-10nm
Front surface:Hot mirror coated
Rear Surface:AR coated
Knight Optical provide a wide range of optical components present in a spectrometers, specifically mirrors and prisms with a UV Aluminium coating to enable the detection of UV wavelengths from 180nm.
UV wavelengths can be hard to detect without the use of this coating and can make results inaccurate. Knight Optical UV Aluminium coating allows wavelengths between 180-650nm to reflection at an average of of 85% which is not achieved with Enhanced Aluminium which cuts on at 400nm and primarily for the visible region and above.
The coating can be applied to Prisms and Mirrors, either from stock or custom. It is also worth noting that the coating has a protective layer which improves resistance to scratching and improves durability making it easier to clean.
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Knight Optical can offer you Stock and Custom Colour Glass Filters, for use within Inline Cameras in a range of materials of brands such as Schott, Kopp and CDGM. Depending on the achievable wavelength and desired affect you need for the Inline Camera we can find a suitable material for your application.
Colour Glass Filters are good for selecting a particular wavelength to be absorbed so that the high out of band blocking in achieved. With regards to the use in Inline Cameras, Colour Glass Short pass Filters are more desirable as they cut out the IR wavelengths mean the imaging is not saturated with the IR giving the image better clarity.
Colour Glass Filters are polished sheets of special glass that have been cast with a dye. Colour Glass Filters generally are relatively cheap and very stable. The disadvantage with them is that they are only available in a relatively small number of variants, and so can be restrictive in shortwave selection.
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Material::Colour glass
Diameter::+0.0 / -0.20 mm
Length / width::± 0.20 mm
Thickness::± 0.20 mm
Surface quality::<60-40 scratch/dig
Parallelism::<3 arcmin
Knight Optical’s Laser Optics range include Thin Film Polarisers which separate the s- and p-polarised light with negligible absorbance within the coating for low loss performance.
The laser thin film polarisers are optimised for 515nm and 1030nm design wavelengths, ideal for Ytterbium (Yb) doped lasers including diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSL) and fiber lasers, as well as Nd:YAG lasers emitting at 1064nm.
Currently, we stock thin film polarisers which work at either 45° or at Brewster angle (55.4°), both of which have been coated using ion beam sputtered (IBS) technology, creating a compact and durable coating, with a LIDT suited for ultrafast laser applications.
Often used within a laser resonator to separate the different polarisation states and can be used as an alternative to polarising beamsplitter cubes or Glan-type polarising prisms.
The following are the tolerances for the laser polarisers:
Material::UV Fused Silica
Diameter::+0/-0.1mm
Thickness::+/-0.1mm
Surface Quality: :< 20/10
Parallelism::< 3 arc mins
Chamfer::0.2-0.4mm x 45 deg
Coating S1::Rs > 99.9% & Tp > 98% @ Design W/L (515nm, 1030nm, 1064nm)
Coating S2:::ARp < 0.1% @ Design W/L
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Within medicine the use of polarized light was first introduced back in the70’s - Within medicine the use of polarised light was first introduced back in the70’s; since then it has come leaps and bounds. How it has been used to help with imaging skin pathologies, when the skin is illuminated by linearly polarised light it causes backscattering of the superficial layers of the skin where cancer often arises. This superficial backscattered light can be distinguished from the diffused reflected light when using a detector.
Polarised Beam-Splitter Cubes, Sheet Linear Polarisers, and Sheet Circular Polarisers are often used within detection devices for this type of skin pathology imaging.
Knight Optical hold a large inventory of Polarisers for use within Skin Cancer Detection devices.
•We stock large sheets up to 1270x480mm in some cases; we can cut these into special shapes at short notice.
•Mounting options are also available.
•Special Glass laminating to CAB polarisers
•Special AR coatings.
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Material::N-BK7 or Equivalent
Diameter Tolerance::+0.0/-0.25mm
Length/Width Tolerance::±0.5mm (<100mm) ±1mm (100-400mm), nominal (>400mm)
Axis direction: :±2°
Material::N-BK7 or Equivalent; UV Grade Fused Silica
Dimension Tolerances: :+0, -0.02mm
Flatness::<λ/4 over CA
Surface quality::<40/20 Scratch/Dig
Angles::+/-1 arcmin
Coatings::Visible and NIR Coating options available; P-Polarisation Transmission >90% S-Polarisation Reflectio
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Knight Optical offer a range of Stock Dichroic Filters, for use within IPL Applications.
Intense Pulsed Light filters are essential to IPL applicators as they are used to filter out the UV wavelength range; and transmit between 400-1200nm for use within cosmetic lasers that are designed to remove unwanted hair, vascular treatment and even acne treatment.
These IPL Filters are often stacked between sapphire windows within the IPL applicator to offer a more defined wavelength spectrum when in use.
Dichroic filters consist of thin film dielectric coatings on glass, and are designed to offer high transmission over a specific wavelength while reflecting all other wavelengths, having negligible absorption. The dielectric coating is perfect for high power applications, and does not show the strong fluorescence of certain glass filters.
We hold a massive inventory of Bandpass, Long pass, Short pass, Band-blocking and Colour-correction filters.
Diameter Tolerance::Borosilicate or equivalent, Sodalime
Length/Width Tolerance: :+/- 0.25mm
Wavelength Range::300nm-1200nm dependant on type
Wavelength Accuracy: :+/- 5nm
Thickness Tolerance: :+/-0.20mm
Transmission: :Tmax=95% dependant on type and substrate
Our precision grade N-BK7 windows are often used to seal optical enclosures & act as a protective window for the optical and electrical component behind the window, particularly within CCTV and ANPR systems where there is a risk of damage. N-BK7 provides excellent transmission in the visible and near infrared spectrum which can be enhanced still with our Anti Reflective coatings.
Our stock range of ¼ wave N-BK7 or equivalent windows are supplied either uncoated or with the option of an Anti-Reflective coating on both faces with extended BBAR for visible and NIR applications within the 450-900nm wavelength range. We can also offer custom solutions for your application, whether it is a custom size or a coating to optimise a different wavelength range, beamsplitter coated or mirror coated to meet your bespoke requirements.
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Typical specs::N-BK7 or Equivalent
Length/Width Tolerance::±0.1mm
Thickness Tolerance::±0.1mm
Flatness::>λ/4 over 90% aperture
Surface quality::<40/20 Scratch/Dig
Parallelism::1 arc minute
Coating::Windows with the suffix “AV2” are coated on both faces with our extended broadband multilayer antire
Knight Optical We can offer Custom Moulded Aspheric Lenses for use with Laser Diode Collimators.
Aspheric lens surfaces are used to correct spherical aberration (where the converging light from a lens does not have a common focal point, resulting in a distorted image) in lasers and imaging. Traditional spherical lenses cannot collimate light effectively because even small angles of incidence can produce spherical aberrations.
This can mean that several components may be required to get the desired result. The non-spherical surface of an aspheric lens allows a single component to effectively focus or collimate even highly divergent emissions, potentially replacing a multi-lens system with a single aspheric lens.
Therefore Aspheric Lenses that are moulded are ideal for use within laser diode-to-fibre coupling applications.
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Typical specs::.
Material::Optical Glass or Acrylic
Overall Diameter Tolerance::+/-0.2mm
Focal Length Tolerance::± <5%
Surface quality::<60-40 Scratch/Dig
Coating::Optional
Our filters attenuate light by absorption as with gelatin neutral density filter - Glass Neutral Density filters attenuate light by absorption just like the gelatine neutral density filters. Glass ND Filters are more robust and tend to have more uniform absorption characteristics. They also attenuate by absorption and so care must be taken to avoid overheating. Attenuation is achieved by polishing glass to the correct thickness.
Knight Optical offers stock absorptive ND filters in 12.5mm and 25mm diameters, and 50x50mm squares manufactured from high quality glass. Each filter is available with blocking between 0.1 and 4.0 OD and are available to purchase direct from this page.
In addition to our stock absorptive glass ND filters, Knight Optical also offers an extensive custom optic service thanks to our many years of experience in the industry. We can supply ND filters cut to sizes and shapes to fit individual application and mount filters where applicable.
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Material::Colour Glass
Optical density ::± 12.5% (@546nm)
Diameter::+0.0 / -0.2 mm
Length / width::± 0.2 mm
Thickness:: ± 0.1 mm
Surface quality::<60-40 scratch/dig
Flatness:: <2.5λ over 90% test area
Parallelism::<3 arcmin
Automatic Number Place Recognition Cameras otherwise known as ANPRs; are camera devices designed to work at certain wavelengths (dependent on Country) to read a license plate’s number of a vehicle to then track it through a database to identify any criminal offences links to that car, such as uninsured; stolen; major and organised crime; and even terrorism. They are typically installed on motorways; busy roads around cities and towns; and also on police cars as well as specialised ANPR police vans.
Knight Optical offers Colour Glass Filters for such an application, be it either long pass or bandpass filters. The wavelengths typically used by ANPR camera companies are: 695nm; 740nm; 810nm; 850nm; 910nm and 940nm
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Material::Colour glass
Length/width::± 0.20 mm
Thickness::± 0.20 mm
Surface quality::<60-40 scratch/dig
Parallelism::<3 arcmin
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Knight Optical offer a range of Stock N-BK7 Dome Windows, for use with Underwater Lighting. A dome is an optical window composed of two parallel curved surfaces. Domes are commonly used in defence applications and often in extreme environments such as Submersible ROV’s. The shape of the window creates a naturally strong shape that gets tougher under pressure. Using a curved dome optical surface allows for an increased beam angle, therefore allowing a greater area to be lit from one light source.
For visible applications, N-BK7 with its high optical quality and uniform transmission and low absorption in the visible spectrum makes it an ideal material for underwater lighting. A tough and cost effective solution which allows for good transmission of the light source in the underwater environment will both protect the light source as well as transmitting from 300nm up to 2µm.
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Material::N-BK7 or Equivalent
Diameter Tolerance::±0.1
Thickness Tolerance::±0.1 (±0.2 for >100mm diameter)
Surface Quality::<60/40 Scratch/Dig
Chamfer::0.2x45° typical
Centricity::<0.1mm
Medical Sensors are used for the detection of enzymes, proteins, blood, bacteria - Medical Sensors are used for the detection of enzymes, proteins, blood, bacteria & other substances inside the human body so that the correct treatment can be administered should abnormalities occur. These sensors use a number of different Interference Bandpass Filters of different wavelengths dependent on what needs to be detected.
With our wide range of stock filters, Knight Optical provide wavelengths from the UV at 214nm for detection of bloods into IR wavelengths of 2000nm for the detection radiation or gases. These interference filters are also available for full customisation to your specific requirement. They are mounted in an aluminium ring making it easier for integration, we can also provide filter wheels to ensure quick changing within the instrument.
The laser mirrors can be custom made to include the following range:
1 YAG laser mirrors (High power grade)
2 Excimer laser mirrors (High power grade)
3 Argon-ion laser mirrors (High power grade)
4 Diode & broadband (Ti:Sapphire)
These mirrors are made from vacuum depositing thin films of material that have differing refractive indices & thickness onto suitable substrates. Typical custom laser mirror substrates are calcium fluoride, germanium, sapphire, fused silica and Zinc Selenide which produce a high efficiency reflecting surface at the laser wavelength. The coatings are assembled assuming that the mirror will be working in the plane of incidence. This is essential as any off-axis angles will push the pass band toward the shorter waveband that could be beyond the pass band for one or both polarizations (s and p). If off-axis reflections are needed, such as at 90°, then this coating needs to be applied for an Angle of Incidence (AOI) of 45°.
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Thickness::2mm to 10mm+
Parallelism::< 3 arcseconds
Surface form: :< 10:5 Peak reflectivity: > 99.8%
Material options: :Fused silica, BK7 or equivalent
Coating options: :Argon-Ion, Eximer, Nd:YAG, Diode Laser
Knight Optical offer a range of Stock Sapphire Windows, for use within Infrared Systems.
Knight Optical can offer Sapphire (Al2O3) Optics for Infra-red systems over the waveband of 0.2 to 5µm. We offer Sapphire optics for UV, Visible, NIR (0.9 to 1.5µm) and Mid-Waveband Infra-Red (MWIR, 3 to 5µm) Imaging Systems. Sapphire has hardness of about HK2000, which makes it a better choice for windows and outer elements of lens systems. Sapphire has good transmission in the MWIR band, and can be used with optical glass in the NIR, and with Silicon or Germanium in the MWIR, to form well corrected doublets and lens systems.
These systems include, for example, Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) systems, and thermography. Al2 O3 has a refractive index of about 1.9288no 1.9174ne at 200nm through to 1.623no 1.615ne in the IR (5µm). This pairing will allow for the design and manufacture of a colour corrected lens that can be used in broad spectrum thermal imaging systems.
Material::Sapphire (AL2O3)
Diameter Tolerance::+0.0/-0.20 mm
Length/Width Tolerance::+/- 0.10mm
Thickness Tolerance::+/-0.10mm
Wavelength Range::0.17 – 5.5µm
Transmission::Tavg=85% dependant on substrate thickness
This month, Knight Optical is excited to unveil a brand-new range of Fluorescence Filter Sets. As its first product launch of the year, the announcement comes as welcome news to those working on fluorescence imaging applications, who demand premium-quality, ultra-precision Filter Sets for high-efficiency transmission.
The launch follows the business’ 30th anniversary, which the global optics supplier celebrated last year, and demonstrates its dedication in continually evolving the growth of its already-comprehensive portfolio of cutting-edge, custom-made, and stock optical components. Here, the trusted brand discusses its new product offering and runs through the indispensable technicalities behind the sets.Filters and Sets to Meet Every Application’s Needs
As a set of optics that are typically used for fluorescence applications within fields such as biology, materials science, chemistry, medical diagnostics, and mineralogy; for example,
DAPI fluorescence :Excitation 340nm
Filter set:Emission 450nm
TRITC fluorescence :Excitation 525nm
CFP fluorescence filter :Excitation 440nm
set:Emission 480nm
ROX fluorescence :Excitation 560nm
filter set:Emission 645nm
FITC fluorescence filter :Excitation 475nm
Set:Emission 535nm
CY5 fluorescence :Excitation 605nm
YFP fluorescence filter :Excitation 495nm
Set:Emission 545nm