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Crystal Materials Index

We are a leading producer of an extensive range of scintillation crystal materials for X-ray, gamma-ray and neutron detection and...

Dynasil Fused Silica

Learn more about our optical materials Dynasil is an authorized distributor of: Corning HPFS® 7980 Corning HPFS® KrF Excimer Grades...

Diffraction Gratings

A grating consists of a series of equally spaced parallel grooves formed in a reflective coating deposited on a suitable...

Dyna-Film Bandpass Filters

Dyna-Film High Transmission Bandpass Filters Dyna-Film High Transmission Bandpass Filters are custom designed and manufactured to optimize spectral performance, provide...

Mini-Chrom Monochromators

Monochromators Operation All Mini-Chroms are optically identical Fastie-Ebert in-line monochromators with an effective aperture of f/3.9 and 74 mm focal...

Optical Filters & Coatings

Coating Capabilities With available capacity of over 500,000 sq feet per year, coating capabilities include: Dielectric Dichroic Beamsplitter Bandpass Longpass...

Tunable Light Sources

Tunable Light Sources Knowledge Base Our TLS (tunable light source) is a convenient and affordable integration of the Mini-Chrom monochromator,...

Wire Grid Polarizers

Infrared Wire Grid Polarizers Uses Wire grid polarizers are commonly used to polarize radiation from an unpolarized molecular laser, attenuate...