Fused Silica Materials & Components
Heraeus has been providing breakthrough solutions for the world's most challenging optical applications for over 100 years — where high performance fused silica is an absolute necessity. Heraeus offers material for several optic segments, which have been optimized for performance in each application.
Prisms, Beam Splitters, Etalons and 3D Optics
Solution: Heraeus 3D refined materials
- Suprasil® 1 – for UV to Visible range
- Suprasil® 311 – for broadband DUV to NIR, NIR Medium Power laser optics
- Homosil® 101 – for optics used in Visible range
- Infrasil® 301 – for NIR laser diode & laser optic applications
- Suprasil® 3001 – for highest power NIR laser optics
DUV Microlithography Optics and Excimer Optics
Solution: Heraeus ultra high purity materials
- Suprasil® 501 – for DUV micro-lithography
- Suprasil® 1 Arf/ KrF – for DUV Excimer Laser
- Suprasil® UVL – for DUV optics requiring higher resistance to fluorescence
Lenses & Windows requiring High optical Performance
Solution: Heraeus refined materials
- Suprasil® 2 – for UV to Visible range
- Suprasil® 312 – for broadband DUV to NIR, NIR Medium Power laser optics
- Herasil ® 102 – for optics used in Visible range
- Infrasil® 301 – for NIR laser diode & laser optic applications
Highest Power NIR Laser Optics
Solution: Heraeus ultra high purity and low OH material
- Suprasil® 300 – broadband & NIR non-optical windows, mirrors, light pipes
- Suprasil® 3002 – NIR lenses & optical windows
- Suprasil® 3001 – NIR prisms, etalons, beam splitters, polarizers
Cost-Effective Optics – when balance of performance and cost is critical
Solution: Heraeus high purity fused silica and fused quartz
- Spectrosil® 2000 – high purity fused silica - for DUV to Visible & NIR (Nd:YAG) windows, lenses, light pipes
- TSC-3 : fused quartz - for mirrors, non-optical windows, simple lenses