SO-W03 SERIES
SO-W03 high-precision K9 plane windows provide a flatter, more accurately parallel protective interface for imaging, metrology and aligned visible/NIR beam paths.
Product Overview
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Engineering Guidance
Choose the window around transmitted wavefront and environment
Performance considerations
Compared with the standard SO-W01 family, this series is intended for systems that are more sensitive to transmitted wavefront error, beam displacement and surface defects. Uncoated and broadband AR-coated variants cover common laboratory wavelength bands.
Selection and mounting
Review surface flatness, parallelism and surface quality together; diameter and coating alone do not define window performance. Mount with even perimeter support to avoid stress-induced distortion.
Need a different diameter, tolerance or coating?
Custom substrate materials, dimensions, angular tolerances and coating bands can be reviewed for prototype and production quantities.
Technical Resources
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How Optical Windows Protect a System Without Adding Optical Power
Understand how a plane-parallel window protects an optical path while controlling wavefront and beam deviation.
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Choosing K9, Fused Silica or Sapphire for Optical Windows
Compare spectral range, thermal stability, hardness and cost for common optical-window substrates.
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Reading Flatness, Parallelism and Surface Quality
Connect window tolerances to transmitted wavefront, wedge, scattering and mechanical integration.
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