Industry
Industry / Environment
Fluoride glass is a key technology for many mid-infrared industrial applications:
Process control
- Mid-IR spectroscopy
Many molecules used in industry exhibit spectral absorption in the 2 µm-5.5 µm range. LVF offers a large portfolio of solutions to transmit mid-IR light in industrial environment.
Related products : cables, bundles, backscatter probes, hermetic feedthroughs, flow cells
- Wet paint thickness sensor
LVF has developed and patented a complete solution to measure in real-time paint thickness for coil coating and metallic packaging Targazh (Targazh Systems Optical Thickness Sensor)
- mid-IR ellipsometry, mid-IR OCT
Leukos and LVF are associated to propose robust, efficient and cost-effective mid-infrared supercontinuum laser sources: Electro-MIR
Material processing
- Glass cutting
2.8 µm is the most relevant wavelength to cut glass. A 100 W CW laser emitting @2.8 µm is under development. - Plastic cutting
3.5 µm is a very relevant wavelength to cut plastic. 5 W CW laser already allows plastic cutting.
QCL/ICL pigtail
Thanks to its low Fresnel losses (4% typical, 1% with AR coating) and its high transmission up to 5.5 µm, InF3 fibers are the natural solution for QCL/ICL pigtailing.
