| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T21: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Glasses and Optical Materials: Current Issues and Functional Applications
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| Presentation Title |
Glasses for Multiband Optics |
| Author(s) |
Daniel Gibson, Vinh Nguyen, Daniel Rhonehouse, Adam Floyd, Shyam Bayya, Jasbinder Sanghera |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Daniel Gibson |
| Abstract Scope |
NRL is developing a verity of new glasses that transmit across a wide wavelength range and have unique dispersion characteristics. NRL-series moldable glasses transmit SWIR through LWIR and may be bonded to each other in an adhesive-free thermal process. NRL-200-series glasses transmit visible through MWIR and expand the glass map for multispectral lens designs. These new materials enable greater flexibility for designers of lenses for advanced defense applications and potentially reduce the size, weight and cost of next-generation optics. |