Tip No 5

Tip No 5

Tip No 5: Leadtime and cost can be reduced by choosing an ‘off the shelf’ substrate Vortex manufacture a wide range of custom filters, come and discuss your needs with us today. . Enquiries@vortexoc.com
Tip No 4

Tip No 4

Tip No 4: Shape, a square filter is less expensive than a round filter!  More tips to follow! Vortex manufacture a wide range of custom  filters, come and discuss your needs with us today. . Enquiries@vortexoc.com
Tip No 2: Don’t ‘Over specify’

Tip No 2: Don’t ‘Over specify’

 Don’t ‘Over specify’ on those key parameters, see table below which list some standard achievable tolerances within the industry,  More tips to follow! Vortex manufacture a wide range of custom  filters, come and discuss your needs with us today. ....
Tips for Saving Money when Buying Optical Filters

Tips for Saving Money when Buying Optical Filters

In optical systems a coated optical filter is a key enabling component. When specifying them here are a few useful tips to keep the cost down… Tip No 1: Filters is a ‘Real Estate’ game……Make it smaller and you will pay less, careful consideration is needed for where...
What are Narrow Band Filters ?

What are Narrow Band Filters ?

Narrow Band Pass Filters (NBP) are a key component in optical instrument design. They are the critical element that ‘sensitizes or tunes’ the system to the chemical/element/gas being searched for. A schematic for the role of the NBP filter is shown below. The optical...
Short Wave Pass Filters what are they?

Short Wave Pass Filters what are they?

Short Wave Pass Filters or SWP filters are a commonly used building block in optical instrument design. As the name suggests, they allow light of shorter wavebands to pass through whilst rejecting shorter bands. They are used in all parts of the spectrum. Fig 1 below...