Hot Mirrors
Abrisa Technologies can supply Hot Mirrors or short wave pass filters (SWP) for heat control applications. For Hot Mirrors, a thin film coating is applied to a glass substrate, such as soda-lime or borosilicate, in order to reflect infrared radiation either as a means to harness the reflected wavelengths for an application or remove them from an application. Simplified, a Hot Mirror will separate visible light from heat. Hot Mirrors are typically provided on a cut to order basis in thicknesses of 1.1 mm, and 3.3mm and in diameters up to 27”. Custom sizes and thicknesses and specialty designs are available upon request.
Hot Mirror Features
- High transmission for the visible light range
- High reflection of infrared
- Heat resistant borosilicate glass substrates – SCHOTT Borofloat®
- Thin film dielectric multi-layer coating
- Standard angles of incidence are 0 and 45 degrees
Hot Mirror Specifications
HM-VS-950 Hot Mirror
Hot Mirror Filters transmit the visible spectrum and reflect the infrared at normal incidence. The average transmittance is specified to be more than 93% from 425 to 675nm and average reflectance is more than 95% from 750 to 950nm. Custom angles of incidence can be designed to specification.
HM-VS-1150 Hot Mirror Filter
These Hot Mirror Filters transmit the visible spectrum and reflect the infrared at 0 degrees. The average transmittance is more than 93% from 425 to 675nm. The average reflectance is more than 95% from 750 to 1150nm. Custom angles of incidence can be designed to specification.
HM-VS-1500 Hot Mirror – Obsolete Contact Factory
Extreme performance Hot Mirrors offer enhanced UV blocking.
Average T ≥85% 420-680nm
Average T ≤1% 200-380nm
Average R ≥95% 730-1500nm
HM-VS-1500 B Extended Range Hot Mirror
This Hot Mirror has a two-sided coating solution, coated upon special request on Borofloat® or fused silica of our supply or customer furnished material on sizes up to 27” diagonal and thicknesses of > 1.1mm.
Avg. T ≥ 85% 425 – 675nm
Avg. T ≤ 5% 750 – 1150nm
Avg. T ≤ 10% 1150 – 1600nm
At normal incidence
HM-VS-1600 Hot Mirror Filter
Extended Hot Mirror Filters transmit the visible spectrum and reflect the infrared at normal incidence. The average transmittance is specified to be more than 85% from 425-675nm and average reflectance is more than 90% from 750-1150nm and 80% from 1150-1600nm. Custom angles of incidence can be designed to specification.
HM-VS-3000 Hot Mirror Filter
Our HM-VS-3000 Hot Mirror Filter combines reflectance and absorptance to block a very wide band in the infrared while maintaining good visible transmittance.