Zinc Selenide (ZnSe)Meniscus Lenses
Zinc selenide (ZnSe)material has a high tolerance to thermal shock, making it to to be an optical material for high power CO2 laser systems. The hardness is only 2/3 of multispectral grade ZnS, the material is soft and prone to scratching, and the material has a large refractive index, so it needs to be coated with a high hardness anti-reflective film to protect it and obtain a high transmittance. In common spectral range, the scattering is very low.
Zinc Selenide (ZnSe)Meniscus Lenses with convex on one side and concave on the other. It can be a converging lens or a diverging lens, determined by a combination of refractive index, curvature and radius, And it’s often widely in various optical systems and equipment, such as lasers, optical instruments, spectral analysis instruments, etc.
Our company can provide Zinc Selenide (ZnSe)Meniscus 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 Znse Meniscus 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 ZnSe
| Physical Properties | |
| Crystal Structure | Cubic |
| Density[g/cm3] | 5.27 |
| Resistivity[Ω.cm] | ～1012 |
| Melting Point [℃] | 1525 |
| Chemical purity[%] | 99.9996 |
| Thermal Expansion [1/K] | 7.1*10-6@273k |
| 7.8*10-6@373k | |
| 8.3*10-8@473k | |
| ThermalConductivity [J/k.m.s] | 18.0@298k |
| Specific Heat Capacity [J/g.K] | 0.339@298k |
| Knoop Hardness [kg/mm2] | 110 |
| Bending strength [Mpa] | 55 |
| Young's Modulus [GPa] | 67.2 |
| Poisson's coefficient | 0.28 |
| Optical Properties | |
| Transmission Range | 0.5-22μm |
| Refractive index inhomogeneity[△n/n] | <3*10-6@632.8μm |
| Absorption coefficient [1/cm] | 5.0*10-3@1300nm |
| 7.0*10-4@2700nm | |
| 4.0*10-4@3800nm | |
| 4.0*10-4@5250nm | |
| 5.0*10-4@10600nm | |
| Thermal light coefficient[1/k,298-358k] | 1.07*10-4@632.80nm |
| 7.0*10-5@1150nm | |
| 6.2*10-5@3390nm | |
| 6.1*10-5@10600μm | |
Transmission curve
Zinc selenide has high transmittance in the 600nm-16um and is commonly used in thermal imaging, infrared imaging, and medical systems. Also, due to its low absorption, zinc selenide is particularly suitable for use in high-power CO2 lasers. It should be noted that zinc selenide is a relatively soft material (Nucleus hardness 120) and is easily scratched, so it is not recommended for use in harsh environments.
