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Capillary Arrays

COHERENT CAPILLARY ARRAYS

Linear and Plate Formats

All SCHOTT Arrays are Manufactured to Customer Specifications

Applications

SCHOTT Lighting and Imaging offers high precision, coherent glass capillary arrays in linear and plate formats.

Linear and Plate Array Configurations Without Interstitial EMA

Energetic Particle Detector Systems
Liquid-Filled Fiber Systems
Focusing / Collimating Components
Neutron Channeling Components
Biotechnology Micro Pore Components
Telecommunication Alignment Components

Development Activities

Development continues in optimizing higher length-to-diameter ratios and increased cross-sectional areas within the arrays. Pore geometry and packing patterns can be customized.

Linear Arrays

Linear arrays consist of close-packed pattern with individual pore sizes ranging from 50 microns up to 1 mm. For optical applications they can be supplied with absorbing fibers (EMA) to reduce optical cross talk.

Plate Arrays

Shown With and Without Absorbing Fibers (EMA)

Plate arrays are produced by etching processes with precisely-aligned pores from 10 microns to 1 mm.

SCHOTT Lighting and Imaging, Inc. is a world leading custom designer and manufacturer of state of-the art fused, flexible and rigid fiber optic imaging components. We custom-produce a wide variety of components for medical and dental x-ray imaging, night vision, information display, industrial, medical, instrumentation and scientific applications.

GLASS TYPE	Borosilicate Glass	Lead Silicate Glass
Density	2.3g/cm³	3.0 g/cm³
Refractive Index	1.49	1.56
Thermal Expansion	50x10^-7/°C	90x10^-7/°C
Anneal Temperature (10¹³)	510°C	435°C
Softening Point (10^7.6)	715°C	630°C

SPECIFICATIONS*	Linear Format	Plate Format
Capillary Pore Sizes	50 microns to 1 mm	10 microns to 1 mm
Number of Pores	1 to 200,000	1 to 200,000
Length (Thickness)	Up to 2 meters	Up to 25 mm
Cross Section	Up to 25 mm	Up to 25 mm
Configurations, Patterns	Hexagonal, Square	Hexagonal, Square
EMA (Extra Mural Absorption)	Optional	Optional
Glass Types	Borosilicate Lead Silicate	Lead Silicate

SCHOTT Lighting and Imaging continually upgrades its products and specification; changes are subject to change without notice. Version 1/99

For more information or product specifications relating to your application, contact SCHOTT Lighting and Imaging' Technical Sales Departments. We are committed to applying our proven capabilities to meet your custom imaging requirements.