Purchasing advisor for cold mirrors with supplier directory and AI-based advice; infrared removal, heat protection, visible light reflection (original) (raw)
Find all you need for professional sourcing of cold mirrors: a comprehensive expert-curated directory of suppliers, scientific and technical background information, and an interactive AI-based tool with guidance for a structured decision process.
NEW: Not only hardware can be listed here, but also consulting, software, training on cold mirrors, etc. – see the "offer types" below.
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Purchasing high-value photonics products is a substantial responsibility. Using a structured decision-making process and high quality supplier data helps a lot:
- Find all relevant suppliers (not limited to advertisers).
- Our interactive tool conveniently assists you in defining and applying your application-specific requirements.
Note that purchasing decisions based on just a few randomly picked suppliers and without carefully defined specifications are risky; therefore, we strongly recommend using our data and tool. See also:
- How Responsible Purchase Decisions for Expensive Goods Like Lasers Are Done
- Explanations on this purchasing tool
Go through the process:
1. Understand the technical background
It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.
Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:
If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.
I feel that I sufficiently understand the technical background.
2. Define your requirements
It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you purchase.
We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:
To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying cold mirrors. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.
This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.
I think that I am sufficiently informed about our requirements.
Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.
I consider the above list of specifications to be sufficiently complete, clear and accurate.
If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.
Insert these criteria when creating inquiry mails to suppliers with the buttons "Get quotation".
You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".
3. Find suitable suppliers
We suggest three steps:
- Below, you can find our list of suppliers for cold mirrors. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
- The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
- Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.
Selected suppliers:
(none so far)
Decision
The most suitable supplier you found:
Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:
4. Document the decision process
It is essential to document your purchasing process, not only its result (chosen supplier):
- You will find it easier next time.
- If something goes wrong, you can defend your decision by showing that you properly considered all important aspects. Or you see what needs to be done better next time.
Our interactive tool makes it easy: Fill out the form, and in the end print it to a PDF. Note that the document will show all sections (including those not currently shown on the screen), while omitting some irrelevant details such as the page navigation.
Suppliers for Cold Mirrors
28 suppliers for cold mirrors are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 4 present their product descriptions and images. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
 Your Custom Optics Expert Shanghai Optics Inc.425 Main St Suite 2EMetuchen, NJ 08840United States |
⚙ hardware Shanghai Optics is a custom optics manufacturer with over 55 years of optics manufacturing experience. Our cold mirrors are perfect for applications that require high reflectance in the visible spectrum and excellent transmission in the infrared. These cold mirrors are manufactured using a special proprietary all dielectric coating technique that yields the most durable commercially available product. Our cold mirrors will pass Mil. C-675, snap tape tests and are capable of operation at temperatures as high as 600 °C. They will also operate and survive in extreme humidity environments. Cold mirrors are available from stock in one inch and two inch diameter round or one inch, two inch and four inch square configurations. Larger sheets are also available and may be cut into custom sizes. Product-specific web page |
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 Bringing quality into focus Knight Optical (UK)Roebuck Business ParkHarrietsham, Kent ME17 1ABUnited Kingdom |
⚙ hardware Knight Optical offers stock cold mirrors which reflect visible wavelengths whilst transmitting NIR light. These mirrors can be cut to custom dimensions to meet our customers’ requirements. Product-specific web page |
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 Optical components at better price SinoptixOffice 16 D, Yujia MansionN° 1336 HuaShan RoadShanghai 200052China |
⚙ hardware We offer on-demand fabrication of cold mirrors. They can separate visible from IR light and have a SiO2 protective layer. We can provide all shapes and dimensions. Product-specific web page |
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