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Ethylene
Chemical Formula: C2H4 Typical Detection Wavelength: 3.26µm Filter Type: Narrow Bandpass (NBP) Description: Ethylene is a common gas used in a wide variety of chemical and industrial applications, and predominantly in the manufacture of polyethylene based plastics such as PE or PET. It is colourless...
Acetylene
Chemical Formula: C2H2 Typical Detection Wavelength: 3.055µm Filter Type: Narrow Bandpass (NBP) Description: Acetylene has many practical functions and is predominantly used as a fuel in welding applications due to its high temperature burn of its flame when combined with Oxygen. Acetylene is not...
Ammonia
Chemical Formula: NH3 Typical Detection Wavelength: 3.00µm Filter Type: Narrow Bandpass (NBP) Description: Ammonia is has many uses in industry and can be found in everyday cleaning agents to pharmaceutical products, as well as naturally occurring in a wide range of environmental scenarios. It is a...
Hydrogen Sulfide
Chemical Formula: H2S Typical Detection Wavelength: 2.65µm Filter Type: Narrow Bandpass (NBP) Description: Hydrogen Sulfide can be found in a variety of both natural and industrial environments. It is colourless but has a very distinctive odour that can be compared to the unpleasant smell of ‘rotten...
Carbon Monoxide
Chemical Formula: CO Typical Detection Wavelength: 2.30µm Filter Type: Narrow Bandpass (NBP) Description: Carbon Monoxide detectors can be found in most households that have a natural gas supply used for cooking and heating appliances. It is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas that can cause...
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Optics catalogue
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Optics Catalogue & Lens Chart
LENS CHART VIEW - You can also view our lenses in the Optics Catalogue Umicore’s GASIR® infrared lenses have been developed for an easy fit with a wide range of camera cores. Our catalog infrared lenses provide a cost-effective solution for high-resolution thermal imaging and sensing applications. Standard mechanical interfaces...
Manual Focus Lenses
Smart design for an advanced manual focus family We have applied our experience in the design of compact and lightweight thermal imaging optics to the manual focus requirement for handheld applications. The result is a growing family of smart manual focus lenses, available off-the-shelf.Manual focus lenses are especially suitable for systems where...
Umicore Tessella™
Wafer molding technologySmall and Smart Umicore’s Tessella™ wafer molding technology has been developed to pack maximum optical performance in the smallest possible lens format. The Umicore Tessella™ technology produces lenses that, after dicing, can be recognized by their square format. Using Umicore’s state-of-the-art GASIR® materials and...
Introducing GASIR®
Innovative technologies, smart optics Umicore's GASIR® chalcogenide glass is an ideal material for both high-performance infrared imaging systems and high-volume commercial applications. GASIR® can be finished with traditional manufacturing technologies as well as by molding. Coated GASIR® has a wider transmission spectrum than germanium, and...
Applications
Automotive Umicore's GASIR® lenses have been used in the automotive market for a million years. Our designs are compliant with the stringent environmental and performance criteria set by the automotive industry, and we continue to be a leader in the field today. Our catalog range offers a number of lenses that yield the highly sought after 24...