Cadmium Sulfide (CdS)


Application fields: IR optics, polarizers, beamsplitters, l/2 and l/4 waveplates; substrates; 
Growth methods: HPVB or HPVZM
Structure Wurtzite (Hexagonal)
Density:  4.825 g/cm3
Young’s Modulus: 45 GPa
Coef. of Thermal Expansion (500 K): a 1=6.26´10-6/K; a 3=3.5´10-6/K
Specific Heat: 0.47 J/gK
Thermal conductivity (at 25 oC): 0.2 W/cmK
Max. Transmittance (l =2.5-15 mm): ³ 71 %
Absorption Coef. (l =10.6 mm): £ 0.007 cm-1 (including 2 surfaces)
Refractive index (l =10.6 mm): 2.2
Max. crystal diameter/length: Æ 40´30 mm

 
l/4 waveplate (Æ 35 mm)
Single crystal "as grown"

Transmittance spectra


 

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