Imagine a grating but with dispersion that is 50x higher

Welcome to our catalog VIPA page.  VIPAs are at the core of many of our spectrometers.  See our custom VIPA page for detailed information about VIPA's and our VIPA Designer and the VIPA Designer User's Guide for a lot of helpful design information

  • Material: Fused Silica
  • Substrate Wedge: <0.05 arc seconds
  • Clear aperture: 90% of outside dimensions
  • Surface quality: 10/5 or better
  • Matched surface figure: λ/200 rms
  • Dimensions: 22mm x 24mm including a 3mm input window
  • Thickness: see table

0.5/cm VIPAs

1/cm VIPAs

2/cm VIPAs

Standard VIPA Mount

Calcium Fluoride Infrared VIPAs

Contact us anytime for custom items - that's what we do

VIRTUALLY IMAGED PHASE ARRAYS
0.5/CM (15GHZ) VIRTUALLY IMAGED PHASE ARRAYS

VIPA .5/cm (15GHz) , 415nm to 500nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-1
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 415nm to 500nm, typical finesse 56

VIPA .5/cm (15GHz) , 500nm to 600nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-2
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 500nm to 600nm, typical finesse ~64

VIPA .5/cm (15GHz) , 600nm to 725nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-3
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 600nm to 725nm, typical finesse ~68

VIPA .5/cm (15GHz) , 680nm to 800nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-9
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 680nm to 800nm, typical finesse ~71

VIPA .5/cm (15GHz) , 725nm to 875nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-4
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 725nm to 875nm, typical finesse ~72

VIPA .5cm (15GHz) , 875nm to 1050nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-5
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 875nm to 1050nm, typical finesse ~78

VIPA .5/cm (15GHz) , 1050nm to 1260nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-6
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 1050nm to 1260nm, typical finesse ~85

VIPA .5/cm (15GHz) , 1260nm to 1500nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-7
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 1260nm to 1500nm, typical finesse ~93

VIPA .5/cm (15GHz) , 1500nm to 1700nm

Part Number: OP-6721-6743-8
Details: .5/cm (15GHz) , 1500nm to 1700nm, typical finesse ~100

1/CM (30GHZ) VIRTUALLY IMAGED PHASE ARRAYS

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 415nm to 500nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-1
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 415nm to 500nm, typical finesse 56

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 500nm to 600nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-2
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 500nm to 600nm, typical finesse ~64

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 600nm to 725nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-3
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 600nm to 725nm, typical finesse ~68

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 680nm to 800nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-9
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 680nm to 800nm, typical finesse ~71

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 725nm to 875nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-4
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 725nm to 875nm, typical finesse ~72

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 875nm to 1050nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-5
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 875nm to 1050nm, typical finesse ~78

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 1050nm to 1260nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-6
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 1050nm to 1260nm, typical finesse ~85

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 1260nm to 1500nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-7
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 1260nm to 1500nm, typical finesse ~93

VIPA 1/cm (30GHz) , 1500nm to 1700nm

Part Number: OP-6721-3371-8
Details: 1/cm (30GHz) , 1500nm to 1700nm, typical finesse ~100

2/CM (60GHZ) VIRTUALLY IMAGED PHASE ARRAY

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 415nm to 500nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-1
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 415nm to 500nm, typical finesse 56

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 500nm to 600nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-2
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 500nm to 600nm, typical finesse ~64

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 600nm to 725nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-3
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 600nm to 725nm, typical finesse ~68

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 680 to 800nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-9
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 680nmto 800nm, typical finesse ~71

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 725nm to 875nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-4
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 725nm to 875nm, typical finesse ~72

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 875nm to 1050nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-5
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 875nm to 1050nm, typical finesse ~78

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 1050nm to 1260nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-6
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 1050nm to 1260nm, typical finesse ~85

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 1260nm to 1500nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-7
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 1260nm to 1500nm, typical finesse ~93

VIPA 2/cm (60GHz) , 1500nm to 1700nm

Part Number: OP-6721-1686-8
Details: 2/cm (60GHz) , 1500nm to 1700nm, typical finesse ~100

VIRTUALLY IMAGED PHASE ARRAY MOUNTING

Standard VIPA Etalon Mounting

Part Number: OP-7343
Details: VIPA is cemented to a protective mount that enables mounting in a standard 2" diameter optic holder

CALCIUM FLUORIDE VIPAS

Calcium Fluoride VIPA

Part Number: OP-7553-thickness-wavelength
Details: Solid Calcium Fluoride VIPAs can be used throughout the visible and infrared region.  Thickness and wavelength range are based on customer requirements.  Contact LightMachinery to discuss, sample drawing is shown.

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