Presentation
30 May 2022 Multispectral optics
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Abstract
NRL is developing new materials that transmit across wide wavelength ranges and will present recent results. MILTRAN is a new optical ceramic that transmits visible through LWIR and is well suited as an internal lens element. NRL-series moldable glasses transmit SWIR through LWIR and may be bonded to each other in an adhesive-free thermal process. NRL-200-series glasses transmit visible through MWIR and expand the glass map for multispectral lens designs. These new materials enable greater flexibility for designers of lenses for advanced defense applications and potentially reduce the size, weight and cost of next-generation optics.
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Shyam S. Bayya, Daniel J. Gibson, Adam Floyd, Vinh Nguyen, Jas Sanghera, Jay Vizgaitis, and David Zelmon "Multispectral optics", Proc. SPIE PC12091, Image Sensing Technologies: Materials, Devices, Systems, and Applications IX, PC1209103 (30 May 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621612
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KEYWORDS
Glasses

Lens design

Long wavelength infrared

Ceramics

Defense and security

Mid-IR

Optical components

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