SO-W10 SERIES
SO-W10 high-precision K9 wedge windows suppress direct back reflections by separating the front- and rear-surface reflected beams from the main optical path.
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Engineering Guidance
Choose the window around transmitted wavefront and environment
Performance considerations
The controlled wedge is valuable in laser protection windows, detector covers, interferometric setups and imaging systems where a parallel plate could create ghost images or etalon fringes. Uncoated, VIS, NIR and SWIR AR options cover common visible and near-infrared systems.
Selection and mounting
Specify wedge orientation in the assembly and provide a safe path for the rejected reflection. For UV transmission or greater thermal stability, select the fused silica SO-W02 family.
Need a different diameter, tolerance or coating?
Custom substrate materials, dimensions, angular tolerances and coating bands can be reviewed for prototype and production quantities.
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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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