Features
- Circular, Continuously Variable, Reflective (Metallic) ND Filter
- Uncoated Back Side (240-1200 mm)
- Can be Mounted Using an NDC-PM
This Thorlabs’ Round Continuously Variable, Reflective (Metallic) Neutral Density (ND) Filter provides linear, adjustable attenuation via rotation. This filter has a UV Fused Silica glass substrate and a metal (Inconel) coating.
This reflective ND filter has a metallic Inconel coating. The Inconel film is a very hard metallic alloy that is resistant to aging under normal conditions; however the Inconel coating will oxidize at elevated temperatures, so it is recommended that this filter be used at temperatures below 100° C. The use of an Inconel coating ensures that the spectral response of this Neutral Density filter is very flat from the UV out to the mid-IR. The filter is coated through a full 270°.
The non-transmitted light is reflected. For lab safety, Thorlabs offers an extensive line of safety and blackout products that significantly reduces exposure to stray or reflected light.
Specifications
- Substrate: UV Fused Silica
- Diameter Tolerance (A & B): Outer Diameter: +0.00/-0.25 mm; Inner Diameter: +0.25/-0.00 mm
- Thickness Tolerance (C & D): ±0.25 mm
- Coating Radial Angle (E): ±1°
- Spectral Range: 240-1200 nm
- Front ND Coating: Inconel (NiCrFe)
- Irregularity (per cm2): <λ
- Surface Quality: 60-40 Scratch-Dig
- Wedge: <3 arcmin
- Optical Density Tolerance: ±5% (At Both Extremes)
- Linear Density: ±5%
- Chamfer: 0.2 mm x 0.2 mm
- Optical Density: 0 - 4.0
- A: 100 mm
- B: 7.5 mm
- C: 8 mm
- D: 98 mm
- E: 270°
- F: 2 mm
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