Amorphous materials molded IR lens progress report

A. Ray Hilton Sr.; James McCord; Ronald Timm; R. A. Le Blanc

doi:10.1117/12.781879

15 April 2008 Amorphous materials molded IR lens progress report

A. Ray Hilton Sr., James McCord, Ronald Timm, R. A. Le Blanc

Proceedings Volume 6940, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV; 69400Q (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781879
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Amorphous Materials began in 2000 a joint program with Lockheed Martin in Orlando to develop molding technology required to produce infrared lenses from chalcogenide glasses. Preliminary results were reported at this SPIE meeting by Amy Graham1 in 2003. The program ended in 2004. Since that time, AMI has concentrated on improving results from two low softening glasses, Amtir 4&5. Both glasses have been fully characterized and antireflection coatings have been developed for each. Lenses have been molded from both glasses, from Amtir 6 and from C1 Core glass. A Zygo unit is used to evaluate the results of each molded lens as a guide to improving the molding process. Expansion into a larger building has provided room for five production molding units. Molded lens sizes have ranged from 8 mm to 136 mm in diameter. Recent results will be presented

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A. Ray Hilton Sr., James McCord, Ronald Timm, and R. A. Le Blanc "Amorphous materials molded IR lens progress report", Proc. SPIE 6940, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXIV, 69400Q (15 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781879

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