Stock & Custom Optical Flats from Knight Optical

Quartz optical surfaces flat is tested on our Zygo Verifire XPZ interferometer
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Description

Optical flats are single precision flat surfaces. They are used as reference surfaces to compare flatness of a substrate where flatness is unknown. When a high quality optical flat is placed on top of a polished substrate and used in conjunction with a monochromatic light source light bands are formed. The light bands that are present are known as interference fringes and their shape represents how flat the part being tested measures. Dependent on how many rings are formed or how straight the presented lines are is an indication of how flat the tested part is. Optical flats are used for testing gauge blocks. Optical flats are also used in interferometers and high quality flat optical mirror and window sub-straights for laser applications. This range of quartz optical flats are single-sided. Quartz has low thermal expansion properties and is very durable and cost effective solution over UV grade fused silica. Read PDFs for more information

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Product characteristics

Material:-
Quartz
Surface quality:
<60:40 scratch/ dig
Surface finish:
<5 angstrom off pitch
Flatness face 1& 2 on dual face polished flats:
As specified over 90% aperture
Flatness face 1 on single sided polished flats:
As specified over 90% aperture
Flatness face 2 on single sided polished flats:
Commercial polish
Parallelism:
<5 arcmin (or better if required)

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