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The Apollo 11 Laser Ranging Retroeflector
According to NASA, the most famous thing Neil Armstrong left on the moon is
retroreflector. A cutting-edge science experiment left behind in the Sea of
Tranquility by Apollo 11 astronauts is still running today.
The Laser Ranging Retroreflector experiment was deployed on Apollo 11, 14, and
15. It consists of a series of fused silica corner-cube reflectors, which has
the property of reflecting an incoming light beam back in the direction it came
from. read more
on NASA website
The Apollo 11 retroreflector array consists of 100 corner-cube prisms in a 10×10
array. Each corner cube is made of fused silica and is 1.5" (38mm) in diameter.
To celebrate 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11 mission Del Mar Photonics offers 25% discount on all fused silica retroreflectors as well as other fused silica prisms. Plan you next great scientific experiment today!
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| Model | Product Name+ | Price | Buy Now |
| DSP-FS-20 | Dispersion prism, UV FS, 20x20x20 mm | $100.00 |
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| DVP-FS-20 | Dove prism, UV FS, 20x20x82 mm | $200.00 |
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| PH-FS-25.4-12.7 | FS hemicylindrical prism, 25.4 mm | $770.00 |
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| RRF-FS-1-1 | Retro-Reflector, UV FS, ø 25.4 mm, BBAR 400-700 nm | $290.00 |
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| RRF-FS-1.5 | Retro-Reflector, UV FS, ø 38.1 mm | $250.00 |
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| RRF-FS-2.5 | Retro-Reflector, UV FS, ø 63.5 mm | $690.00 |
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| RAP-FS-10 | Right angle prism, UV FS, 10x10x10 mm | $80.00 |
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| RAP-FS-12 | Right angle prism, UV FS, 12x12x12 mm | $90.00 |
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| RAP-FS-15 | Right angle prism, UV FS, 15x15x15 mm | $90.00 |
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| RAP-FS-20 | Right angle prism, UV FS, 20x20x20 mm | $90.00 |
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| RAP-FS-30 | Right angle prism, UV FS, 30x30x30 mm | $135.00 |
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| RAP-FS-5 | Right angle prism, UV FS, 5x5x5 mm | $60.00 |
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To receive 25% discount please indicate "Man on the Moon" in the comment box at the check-out.
Del Mar Photonics online store features windows, prisms, lenses, attenuators, etalons, crystals and wafers, and other items. Axicons, barium fluoride windows, germanium etalons, rutile (TiO2) prisms, microchannel plates and detectors, saturable absorber mirrors, photoconductive THz antennas, lithium niobate wafers and crystals and many other high quality affordable components for scientific research and OEM production are delivered globally from stock.
What Neil & Buzz
Left on the Moon
A cutting-edge science experiment left behind in the Sea of Tranquility
by Apollo 11 astronauts is still running today.
Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment
Locations of retroreflectors on the Moon. A11, A14, A15 - Apollo missions, L17 and L21 - Lunokhod 17 and Lunokhod 21
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Del Mar Photonics featured optical components monthly edition - March 2009
Del Mar Photonics continuously expands its optical components portfolio. Browse our online store, read monthly notes about our featured optical products or just send us your requirements or product ideas.
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Axicon Lens Axicon lens also known as conical lens or rotationally symmetric prism is widely used in different scientific research and application. Axicon can be used to convert a parallel laser beam into a ring, to create a non diffractive Bessel beam or to focus a parallel beam into long focus depth. Del Mar Photonics supplies axicons with cone angles range from 130° to 179.5° for use with virtually any laser radiation. We manufacture and supply axicons made from BK7 glass, fused silica and other materials. buy online - download brochure |
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Rutile (TiO2) coupling
prisms Del Mar Photonics offers optical elements made of high quality synthetically grown Rutile Titanium Dioxide crystals. Rutile’s strong birefringency, wide transmission range and good mechanical properties make it suitable for fabrication of polarizing cubes, prisms and optical isolators. Boules having high optical transmission and homogeneity are grown by proprietary method. Typical boules have 10 - 15 mm in dia. and up to 25 mm length. Optical elements sizes - from 2 x 2 x 1 mm to 12.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 mm. Laser grade polish quality is available for finished elements. So far we the largest elements that we manufactured are 12 x15 x 5 mm, in which optical axis is parallel to 15 mm edge, 5 mm is along beam path, 12 x 15 mm faces polished 20/10 S/D, one wave flatness, parallelism < 3 arc.min. (better specs. available on request). more details - buy online - download brochure |
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Vacuum viewport Del Mar Photonics offer a range of competitively priced UHV viewports , Conflat, ISO or KF including a variety of coatings to enhance performance. Del Mar Photonics viewports are manufactured using advanced techniques for control of special and critical processes, including 100 percent helium leak testing and x-ray measurements for metallization control. Windows Materials include: Fused silica, Quartz , Sapphire , MgF2, BaF2, CaF2, ZnSe, ZnS, Ge, Si, Pyrex. Standard Viewing diameters from .55" to 1.94 ". Coating - a range of custom coatings can applied - which include - Single QWOT - Broad Band AR - V coatings - ITO - DLC (Diamond like coating) more details - request a quote |
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Manufacturing challenging optical components Our group works to characterize the interaction of biomolecules with solid surfaces, writes Dennis Hore of University of Victoria, Canada. Nature designs proteins with well-defined structures in solution. The conformation of these molecules may serve a structural purpose, or a chemical one in the case of enzymes. In order to further the progress of technologies that immobilize such molecules on synthetic surfaces (like biosensors employing enzymes), it is important to have a detailed understanding and control of the interactions of these molecules with the surface more For that project Del Mar has been able to manufacture all shapes of prisms from CaF2, fused silica, and ZnSe according to our custom specifications. Del Mar Photonics online store features windows, prisms, lenses, attenuators, etalons, crystals and wafers, and other items. Axicons, barium fluoride windows, germanium etalons, rutile (TiO2) prisms, microchannel plates and detectors, saturable absorber mirrors, photoconductive THz antennas, lithium niobate wafers and crystals and many other high quality affordable components for scientific research and OEM production are delivered globally from stock. |
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