Buying Infrared Viewers
Infrared viewers are often handheld devices that convert infrared radiation to visible images. This is useful, for example, for work in laser labs and for night vision applications, where detecting infrared light is essential for safety and observation.
Making Good Purchase Decisions
RP Photonics helps to not only to find all relevant suppliers, but also to make good purchase decisions:
Learning Resources
With its comprehensive resources, RP Photonics helps you to well prepare purchase decisions:
- Encyclopedia article: infrared viewers
- Related articles: infrared light, laser viewing cards
Aspects to Consider Before Buying
Some aspects to consider before buying infrared viewers: spectral response, sensitivity, resolution, linearity, durability, battery life, size and weight, user interface, environmental resistance.
For responsible purchase decisions, we recommend applying good practices.
Find Suppliers for Infrared Viewers
15 suppliers for infrared viewers are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 2 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
| Suppliers with Advertising Package presenting their product descriptions | |
|---|---|
 (4Lasers) Mokslininku str. 6B 08412 Vilnius Lithuania See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1462)! |  Optogama offers high-performance image conversion infrared (IR) viewers based on high-grade image converter. They are designed for observing both direct and indirect radiation of infrared lasers, light-emitting diodes (LED), dyes, and other IR-sources in the spectral range 350–2000 nm. Ideal for IR-laser beam alignment and inspection, optical fiber alignment, telecommunications, solar panel inspection, photo processing, surveillance and investigations in botany, biophysics, medicine, forensics and art restoration, infrared microscopy, fluorescence, etc. |
 The Future Depends on Optics Edmund Optics101 East Gloucester Pike Barrington, NJ 08007 United States See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1139)! |  Edmund Optics offers high resolution 1550-nm converters for CCD cameras and handheld infrared viewers, apart from simple laser detection products such as laser beam visualizers, IR cards and laser alignment papers. |
| Other Suppliers | |
|---|---|
| Cascade Laser Corporation United States | |
| COX Co. Ltd. Korea | |
| Crisel Instruments s.r.l. Italy | |
| GMP SA, Büro Zürich Switzerland | |
| Laser Components GmbH Germany | |
| Laser S.O.S. Ltd. United Kingdom | |
| Laserand, Inc. Canada | |
| Newport Corporation United States | |
| Oelabs Inc. China | |
| Polytec GmbH Germany | |
| Power Technology Inc. United States | |
| Soliton Laser- und Messtechnik GmbH Germany | |
| Topag Lasertechnik GmbH Germany | |
