Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) Windows
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Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) Windows SKU: 530-5385

• Calcium fluoride (CaF2) has useful transmission over the spectral range from 0.2 to 8.0 microns • UV and IR grade CaF2 windows are popular choice for specroscopic and thermal imaging applications • CaF2 windows have high damage threshold and can be used as mirror substrates…

Variant specifications

Specification Value
Diameter ø 38.1 mm
Thickness 5 mm
Substrate UV grade CaF2
Group CaF2 Windows UV Grade

Shared product specifications

These specifications apply across the Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) Windows product family.

Specifications of CaF₂ Windows

Material CaF₂
Surface quality 40-20 scratch & dig (MIL-PRF-13830B)
Clear aperture 90% of diameter
Diameter tolerance +0.0 -0.13 mm
Thickness tolerance ±0.2 mm
Parallelism 3 arcmin
Flatness λ / 4 @ 633 nm
Spectral range UV, VIS, IR
Material CaF₂
Surface quality 80-50 scratch & dig (MIL-PRF-13830B)
Clear aperture 90% of diameter
Diameter tolerance +0.0 -0.13 mm
Thickness tolerance ±0.2 mm
Parallelism <10 arcmin
Flatness optically polished

Physical Properties

Crystal Type cubic
Density, g / cm³ 3.18
Melting point, °C 1418
Refractive index @ 1.0 µm n=1.4289
Transmission band, µm 0.125-10
Lattice constant, A a=5.462

Classification

Wavelength UV|IR

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