Tunable Filter

Tunable Filter

The Flexible Wavelength Selector (FWS) from SpectroLight is the optical tunable bandpass filter that uses patented TwinFilm™ technology to control both center wavelength and bandwidth.

 

The FWS Manual and Auto type has a wide selection of wavelength ranges of UV, VIS, NIR, and SWIR and will work with any collimated light sources to produce a continuously tunable light source, and there’s no calibration or alignment is required. It has both high (OD 10) out-of-band blocking and excellent (>75%) transmission.

 
 

 

The FWS is a simple, turnkey solution for various applications that require specific wavelength excitation and detection throughout the extended wideband spectrum (255 – 1700 nm) and has the potential to integrate with broadband light sources, cameras, and other instruments, resulting in Tunable light sources, Hyperspectral imaging, and other applications.

With the LSL-FWS Flexible Wavelength Selector tunable filter you can select the centrer wavelength and the bandwidth (2 - 15 nm) or go with the more cost-effective versions with fixed wavelength (10 or 20 nm). You can also benefit from our technology fo custom units.

 

The strengths of our FWS series tunable bandpass filters can be confirmed by comparison with similar products. Please refer to the application note for more details. Click Here!

 

Liquid Crystal

Acousto-Optic (AOTF)

Grating

Laser Line (LLTF)

Flexible Wavelength Selector (FWS)

Laser Damage Threshold

low

high

high

high

high

< 2 MW/ (CW)

Passband shape

poor

poor

poor

great

great

Maintains input beam charac.

Out-of-band blocking

poor

poor

poor

good, OD 6

great

OD 10 up to 1700 nm

Wide tuning range

high

discontinuous

high

high

high

255-1700 nm

Adjustable BW in real-time

x

x

x

x

possible

2-15 nm (nominal)

High Throughput

poor

poor

poor

good, ~65%

great

≥ 75 %

Aperture size

Limited

Limited

Limited

Limited, <5 mm

Diverse (5, 10 mm)

Works with lasers and lamps

Polarization

Dependent

Dependent

Dependent

Independent

Independent

Unpolarized

Distortion

Free

O

O

Free

Free

No distortion

Custom set wavelength

Fixed range

Fixed range

Fixed range

Fixed range

Free

Any wl 255 – 1700nm

 

Here you have a summary of the different motorized and manual optical tunable filters:

Product

Type

Spectral range (nm)

Cover range (nm)

Bandwidth (FWHM, nm)

Remark

LSL-FWS-A-Poly-RED

Automatic

255 - 1700

~ 1450

Adjustable 2 - 15 (nominal)

USB software control

LSL-FWS-A-Poly-BLUE

~ 1450

Fixed 10 or 20 (nominal)

LSL-FWS-A-Mono

~ 100

Adjustable 2 - 15 (nominal)

LSL-FWS-M-Basic

Manual

~ 100

Adjustable 2 - 15 (nominal)

Spectrometer required

LSL-FWS-M-HighResolution

~ 100

Adjustable 2 - 15 (nominal)

LSL-FWS-M-CenterLine

~ 100

Fixed 10 or 20 (nominal)

LSL-FWS-M-CWS

Single wavelength

Fixed 2 - 15 (nominal)

Custom

 

PCL is the distributor in Portugal and Spain of SpectroLight, the experts in tunable optical filtering.

 

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Products
Reference Manufacturer
Filter Auto Poly-Red LSL-FWS-A-Poly-Red SpectroLight
Filter Auto Poly-Blue LSL-FWS-A-Poly-Blue SpectroLight
Filter Auto Mono LSL-FWS-A-Mono SpectroLight
Manual filter Basic LSL-FWS-M-Basic SpectroLight
Manual filter High Resoluition LSL-FWS-M-HighResolution SpectroLight
Manual filter CenterLine LSL-FWS-M-CenterLine SpectroLight
Custom filter LSL-FWS-M-CWS SpectroLight

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