Physical Properties
Crystal type | cubic |
Density, g/cm3 | 5.27 |
Melting point, °C | 1525 |
Refractive index @ 8-13 µm | n = 2.417-2.385 |
Refractive index @ 10.6 µm | n = 2.403 |
Transmission band, µm | 0.6÷22 |
Bulk absorption coefficient cm-1 @ 10.6 µm | 0.6-1.0×10-3 |
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion, °C-1 | 8.56×10-6 |
Specifications
Material | ZnSe |
Surface quality | 40-20 scratch & dig (MIL-PRF-13830B) |
Clear aperture | 90% of the diameter |
Diameter tolerance | +0.0 -0.13 mm |
Thickness tolerance | ±0.1 mm |
Parallelism | 3 arcmin |
Flatness | λ /40 per inch @ 10.6 µm over clear aperture |
Coating | both surfaces AR coated @ 10.6 µm, R ≤ 0.5% per surface |
EKSMA Optics Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) Optical Components
79.94 kB |
Zinc selenide (ZnSe) is the most popular material for infrared applications. Due to a very wide transmission range covering 0.6-22 µm chemical vapor deposition grown ZnSe as a high optical quality material is used to manufacture optical components (windows, mirrors, lenses) for high power IR lasers.