Sapphire windows, Sapphire lenses, Sapphire blanks.
Sapphire windows are ideal for vacuum chambers, submarine and other harsh environment applications. We provide sapphire windows and sapphire lenses according to customer's specifications.
Sapphire windows catalog (including Rectangular sapphire windows)
Sapphire optical lenses
Sapphire blanks: random or C/A/M/R orientation
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Sapphire window feature:
- Extreme Surface Hardness Chemical Resistance
- Transmits Wavelengths Ranging From UV to Mid-Infrared
- Thinner and Stronger than Standard Glass Windows
- Sapphire window: Design of pressure windows in Excel file
See also: Material datasheet; Sapphire lenses; Sapphire windows from stock;
Sapphire is used for windows in 250-5000nm wavelength range. It is recognized as a highly important optical material because optical grade sapphire combines high transmission with outstanding mechanical-strength properties at high temperatures. Sapphire windows can be made thinner than alternative crystals thanks to its structural integrity and can operate up to 2030⁰C.
Sapphire windows are widely used as protective windows or viewports. Sapphire windows are ideal for applications where high pressure, vacuum, or corrosive atmospheres are a consideration.
AR/AR coating for 2-4microns.
Sapphire optical properties, chemical, mechanical properties |
|
|---|---|
| Transmission Range | 0.17 to 5.5 μm |
| Refractive Index | No 1.75449; Ne 1.74663 at 1.06 μm (1) |
| Reflection Loss | 14% at 1.06 μm |
| Absorption Coefficient | 0.3 x 10-3 cm-1 at 2.4 μm (2) |
| Reststrahlen Peak | 13.5 μm |
| dn/dT | 13.1 x 10-6 at 0.546 μm (3) |
| dn/dμ = 0 | 1.5 μm |
| Density | 3.97 g/cc |
| Melting Point | 2040°C |
| Thermal Conductivity | 27.21 W m-1 K-1 at 300K |
| Thermal Expansion | 5.6 (para) & 5.0 (perp) x 10-6/K * |
| Hardness | Knoop 2000 with 2000g indenter |
| Specific Heat Capacity | 763 J Kg-1 K-1 at 293K (4) |
| Dielectric Constant | 11.5 (para) 9.4 (perp) at 1MHz |
| Youngs Modulus (E) | 335 GPa |
| Shear Modulus (G) | 148.1 GPa |
| Bulk Modulus (K) | 240 GPa |
| Elastic Coefficients | C11=496 C12=164 C13=115 C33=498 C44=148 |
| Apparent Elastic Limit | 300 MPa (45,000 psi) |
| Poisson Ratio | 0.25 |
| Solubility | 98 x 10-6 g/100g water |
| Molecular Weight | 101.96 |
| Class/Structure | Trigonal (hex), R3c |
| Wavelength, μm | No | Ne |
|---|---|---|
| 0.193 | 1.92879 | 1.91743 |
| 0.213 | 1.88903 | 1.87839 |
| 0.222 | 1.8754 | 1.86504 |
| 0.226 | 1.87017 | 1.85991 |
| 0.244 | 1.85059 | 1.84075 |
| 0.248 | 1.84696 | 1.83719 |
| 0.257 | 1.83932 | 1.82972 |
| 0.266 | 1.83304 | 1.82358 |
| 0.280 | 1.82437 | 1.81509 |
| 0.308 | 1.81096 | 1.80198 |
| 0.325 | 1.80467 | 1.79582 |
| 0.337 | 1.80082 | 1.79206 |
| 0.351 | 1.79693 | 1.78825 |
| 0.355 | 1.79598 | 1.78732 |
| 0.442 | 1.78038 | 1.77206 |
| 0.458 | 1.77843 | 1.77015 |
| 0.488 | 1.7753 | 1.76711 |
| 0.515 | 1.77304 | 1.76486 |
| 0.532 | 1.7717 | 1.76355 |
| 0.590 | 1.76804 | 1.75996 |
| 0.633 | 1.7659 | 1.75787 |
| 0.670 | 1.76433 | 1.75632 |
| 0.694 | 1.76341 | 1.75542 |
| 0.755 | 1.76141 | 1.75346 |
| 0.780 | 1.76068 | 1.75274 |
| 0.800 | 1.76013 | 1.7522 |
| 0.820 | 1.75961 | 1.75168 |
| 0.980 | 1.75607 | 1.81974 |
| 1.064 | 1.75449 | 1.74663 |
| 1.320 | 1.75009 | 1.74227 |
| 1.550 | 1.74618 | 1.73838 |
| 2.010 | 1.73748 | 1.72973 |
| 2.249 | 1.73232 | 1.72432 |
| 2.703 | 1.719 | 1.711 |
| 2.941 | 1.712 | 1.704 |
| 3.333 | 1.701 | 1.693 |
| 3.704 | 1.687 | 1.679 |
| 4.000 | 1.674 | 1.666 |
| 4.348 | 1.658 | 1.65 |
| 4.762 | 1.636 | 1.628 |
| 5.000 | 1.623 | 1.615 |
| 5.263 | 1.607 | 1.599 |