Order blocking filter: Thorlabs FGL400S

The optional FGL400S is a 2-inch-square colored-glass longpass filter. It attenuates wavelengths below approximately 400 nm. This suppresses short-wavelength light that would otherwise contaminate the first-order spectrum at roughly twice its wavelength.

Key catalog properties

Property

Value

Filter type

Colored-glass longpass

Glass

Schott GG400

Nominal edge

400 nm

Form factor

Unmounted 50.8 mm × 50.8 mm square

The filter is easily removable because it trades suppression of higher-order blue light against additional absorption and surface losses. Its measured transmission curve should be accounted for when it is included in throughput calculations.

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