Silicon(Si) Double-Concave Lenses
Single crystaline silicon (Si) is a chemically inert gas material with high hardness and insoluble in water. It has excellent light transmission properties in the 1-7 μm band, and it also has excellent light transmission properties in the far infrared band 30-300 μm, it is the characteristic can't found in other optical infrared materials. Silicon single crystal is usually used for 3-5μm mid-wave infrared optical components. Due to the good thermal conductivity and low density of this material, it is also a common material for making laser optics.
silicon (Si) double convex lens is similar to a plano-concave lens in that the focal length is negative, but the light incident in parallel diverges outward, and has a wide range of applications in optical systems, such as lidar, optical sensors, spectrometers and other equipment, as a light path transmission or reflection device.
Our Company can provide silicon(Si) Double-Concave Lenses with diameters from 2-300mm and thicknesses from 0.12-60mm (accuracy up to 20-10, 1/10L@633nm),coating AR, BBAR, AF or upon request.
Technical parameters of Silicon(Si) Double-Concave Lens
Diameter | 2-300mm |
Focal length | 15-5000mm |
Thicknesses | 0.12-60mm |
Dimension tolerance | +0/-0.1mm |
Thickness tolerance | ±0.1mm |
Surface quality (scratch & dig) | 60-40, 40-20, or better |
Surface accuracy | λ/2, λ/4 or better |
Parallelism | 3' ,30'' |
Bevel | 0.1~0.3mm x 45 degree |
Clear aperture | >85%,>90% |
Coating | AR coating or cutom |
Material properties of Silicon(Si)
Optical Properties | |
Transmission Range | 1.2-15μm |
Refractive Index | 3.41776%@10μm |
Reflection Loss | 46.1%@10μm |
Structure | Single crystal,synthetic |
Cleavage Planes | <111> |
Physical Properties | |
Density[g/cm3] | 2.33 |
Melting Point [℃] | 1414 |
ThermalConductivity [W/(m×K)] | 163 @ 313K |
Thermal Expansion [10-6/K] | 2.6 @ 293K |
Knoop Hardness [kg/mm2] | 1100 |
Specific Heat Capacity [J/(kg×K)] | 712.8 |
Dielectric Constant | 13 @f= 9.37GHz |
Young's Modulus (E) [GPa] | 130.91 |
Shear Modulus(G) [GPa] | 79.92 |
Bulk modulus(K) [GPa] | 101.97 |
Poisson Coefficient | 0.266 |
Chemical Properties | |
Solubility / g/L | None |
Molecular Weight / g/mol | 28.09 |
Transmission curve
Silicon has high thermal conductivity and low density. Silicon is a widely used NIR material for applications in the 1.2 to 7 μm region due to its low cost and low density. Silicon is well suited for weight-sensitive applications, especially those in the 3 -5 μm range.