Buying Diaphragms
Optical diaphragms are thin devices with a central aperture that may be circular or non-circular, and fixed or adjustable. They are used to control the amount of light passing through an optical system and are commonly found in photography and various scientific instruments.
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Suppliers for Diaphragms
4 suppliers for diaphragms are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 2 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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![]() Let the light be always with you! Geola Digital Ltd.Naugarduko 41 LT-03227 Vilnius Lithuania | ![]() The MID14-24 is precise motorized iris diaphragm, which is adjustable either mechanically or on a PC with an intuitive graphical user interface. Our unique design has aluminum blades forming a square diaphragm, always remaining centered to an internal SM1–threaded hole during size tuning. The adjustment step size is ≈10 µm. The square Iris diaphragm is also designed to be compatible for either stand-alone (MID14-24) or 60 mm standard (for example Thorlabs) Cage System (MID14-24C). |
![]() Bringing quality into focus Knight Optical (USA) LLC1130 Ten Rod Road Suite D102 North Kingstown Rhode Island 02852 United States | ![]() Knight Optical have an extensive range of iris diaphragms with steel leaves and housed in blackened brass body. Our catalogue diaphragms are available with a minimum aperture of 0.6 mm up to a maximum 225 mm aperture. Custom diaphragms are also available upon request. |
Other Suppliers | |
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Kvant Lasers s.r.o. Slovakia | |
STANDA Ltd. Lithuania |