Cadmium Sulfide Infrared Optical Material

Arthur B. Francis; Allan I. Carlson

doi:10.1364/JOSA.50.000118

Journal of the Optical Society of America
Vol. 50,
Issue 2,
pp. 118-121
(1960)
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Cadmium Sulfide Infrared Optical Material

Arthur B. Francis and Allan I. Carlson

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Arthur B. Francis and Allan I. Carlson, "Cadmium Sulfide Infrared Optical Material," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 50, 118-121 (1960)

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Abstract

Cadmium sulfide is investigated as an ir optical material. Properties of the crystal presented include index of refraction, percent transmission, hardness, coefficient of thermal expansion, solubility, and workability. CdS is also compared with other common ir materials.

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	Refractive index at 2 μ	Transmission range, μ	Water solubility g/100 ml	Solvent	Size limit	Relative cost	Other comments
Cadmium sulfide CdS	2.28	1 to 15	0.00013	acids	see text	moderate	hexagonal crystal, soft
			18°C
Silicon Si	3.45	1.4 to 20	0	HF+HNO₃	1.5 in. diam	high	cubic crystal, good mechanical and thermal properties
Arsenic trisulfide glass AS₂S₃	2.42	1 to 12	0	alkalies	⋯	moderate	homogeneous red glass, softening temperature 195°C
KRS-5, TIBrI	2.4	0.5 to 40	0.02	HNO₃	5 in. diam	high	cubic crystal, easily strained, toxic
			0°C	aqua regia
Sapphire Al₂O₃	1.7	0.2 to 6	0	⋯	5 in. diam	high	hexagonal crystal, good mechanical and thermal properties
Cesium bromide CsBr	1.67	0.2 to 40	124.3	alcohol	7.5 in. diam	moderate	cubic crystal, soft
			25°C
Potassium bromide KBr	1.54	0.21 to 27	53.48	alcohol	7.5 in. diam	moderate	cubic crystal, soft
			0°C	glycerine
Sodium chloride NaCl	1.53	0.2 to 16	35.7	glycerine	7.5 in. diam	low	cubic crystal, soft, cleaves
			0°C
Lithium fluoride LiF	1.38	0.11 to 6	0.27	acids	5 in. diam	moderate	cubic crystal, soft, cleaves
			18°C

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