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BaF2 Lenses
Maximum diameter 200mm
  • Transmission range 0.15μm to 11μm
  • Exceptional tolerance to high-energy radiations
  • Ideal for MWIR cooled thermal imaging cameras Inquire Us  
  • Specifications:

    Materials BaF2 crystals Diameter Range ~200mm
    Diameter Tolerance +0.0/-0.2mm Thickness Tolerance +/-0.1mm
    Surface Quality 60/40 S/D Fringes (N) 3
    Irregularity (delta N) 1 Centration 3'
    Chamfer 0.1-0.3mmx45 degree Coatings AR/AR@3-5micro


    Physical and Optical Properties:

    Transmission Range 0.15 to 12 μm Refractive Index 1.45 at 5 μm (1)
    Reflection Loss 6.5% at 5 μm (2 surfaces) Absorption Coefficient 3.2 x 10-4 cm-1 @ 6 μm
    Reststrahlen Peak 47 μm dn/dT -15.2 x 10-6 /°C (2)
    dn/dμ = 0 1.95 μm Density 4.89 g/cc
    Melting Point 1386°C Thermal Conductivity 11.72 W m-1 K-1 @ 286 K
    Thermal Expansion 18.1 x 10-6 /°C @ 273 K Hardness Knoop 82 with 500g indenter (4)
    Specific Heat Capacity 410 J Kg-1 K-1 (3) Dielectric Constant 7.33 at 1 MHz
    Youngs Modulus (E) 53.07 GPa (3) Shear Modulus (G) 25.4 GPa (3)
    Bulk Modulus (K) 56.4 GPa Elastic Coefficients C11 = 89.2 C12 = 40.0 C44 = 25.4 (2)
    Apparent Elastic Limit 26.9 MPa (300psi) (4) Poisson Ratio 0.343
    Solubility 0.17g/100g water at 23°C Molecular Weight 175.36
    Class/Structure Cubic CaF2, Fm3m, (111) cleavage

    Barium Fluoride Lenses or BaF2 Lenses are excellent for light direction and manipulation in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared spectral regions with a high transmission rate above 90% between 0.25 and 9.5µm. Barium Fluoride Shares similar properties with CaF2, with the advantage that BaF2 is more resistant to high-energy radiation. Nonetheless, BaF2 is half as hard as CaF2, and its transmission is more susceptible to temperature change (this is in particular true in humid environments because BaF2 is not stable under exposure to water). Barium Fluoride lenses are often used in thermal cameras integrated with a cryogenic cooler, Shanghai North Optics offers the BaF2 lenses used in MWIR (3-5 micro) thermal imaging applications.

    Curves:
    Transmission Curves of BaF2 Substrates of Different Thicknesses