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Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC)
Compound Parabolic Concentrator Diagram
Electroformed compound parabolic concentrators are used to efficiently collect and concentrate light from a distant source.
- Collimates a Light Source or Concentrates Light from Distant Sources
- Surface Enhancements: Electro-deposited Platings
- Applications Include: Solar Energy Collection, Fiber Optics, Biomedical, Defense Research
Off-the-Shelf Compound Parabolic Concentrators
| Part Number (Click to View PDF) |
Actual Input (mm) | Actual Output (mm) | Parent Input | Parent Output | Acceptance angle | Max Concentration | Length (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPC1-01 | 0.00 | 83.21 | 17.8 | 169.39 | |||
| CPC2-01 | 8.38 | 0.84 | 43.99 | ||||
| CPC3-01 | 8.38 | 1.93 | 43.15 | ||||
| CPC4-01 | 57.53 | 10.00 | 10.0 | 180.00 | |||
| CPC5-010 | 86.40 | 15.00 | 10.0 | 287.48 | |||
| CPC6-01 | 148.54 | 50.80 | 20.0 | 273.86 | |||
| CPC7-01 | 4.60 | 1.52 | 12.0 | 5.00 | |||
| CPC8-01 | 46.10 | 6.35 | |||||
| CPC9-01 | 46.10 | 12.70 | 16.0 | 100.58 | |||
| CPC10-01 | 46.10 | 12.70 | 22.0 | 100.58 |
Acceptance Angle Total = 2θ degrees
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Custom Compound Parabolic Concentrators
Optiforms fabricates hollow CPC’s using electroforming technology. The substrate would be Nickel with a specular internal surface. The advantage to this is that the light energy does not need to pass through the surfaces of glass upon entrance and exit.
See design considerations for manufacturing electroformed components.
CPCs are commonly used in solar energy collection, fiber optics, biomedical and defense research, or other applications that require condensing of divergent light sources. These non-imaging components concentrate light rays that are not necessarily parallel nor aligned with the axis of the concentrator. Optiforms manufactures compound parabolic concentrators to your desired specification.
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Get an Analytical Understanding of Compound Parabolic Concentrators
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ELECTROFORMING MATERIALS
- Copper
- Nickel Sulfamate (LSSN Type I)
- Nickel Cobalt (COMING SOON!)
MATERIAL THICKNESS
- 002 – 0.125 Inch (0.125+ Inch available upon request)
- Uniformity: ± ¼ Nominal Thickness
SURFACE ACCURACY & TOLERANCE
- Minimum Slope Error – 2 Arc Minutes
- Minimum Profile Error – 0.001 Inch (For freeform/aspherical surfaces)
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
- Roughness, RA ≥ 5 nm
- Custom roughness specifications available upon request
SURFACE QUALITY (Scratch-Dig) **
- 80-50 (Standard) Standard, Reflector Quality
- 60-40 (Very-Fine) Advanced, Commercial Lens Quality
- 40-20 (Ultra-Fine) Superior, Laser Quality
FINISH
- Electroless Nickel
- Electroplated Bright Nickel – Link
- Electroplated Gold – Link
- Electroplated Rhodium – Link
- Low-Reflectance Blackening (Cu2O)*** – Link
- Low-Reflectance Black Paint – Link (COMING SOON!)
- Thin Film Optical Coatings – Link
*ALL SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS BASED ON SIZE, SHAPE, MATERIAL AND APPLICATION
**IN ACCORDANCE WITH PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION: MIL-PRF-13830B
***REQUIRES A LAYER OF ELETROPLATED COPPER
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Elliptical Reflectors
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Spherical Reflectors
Aconic Reflectors
Custom Optical Reflectors
Thin Film Optical Coatings
Electro-deposited Platings
Electroforming Process
The electroforming manufacturing method generates an exact copy via replication in metal (typically nickel) of a master mandrel by a process called elctrodeposition. Specific benefits of electroforming are low unit costs, exact atomic scale, repeatability and excellent process control for quality. Often times the design engineer will find electroforming is preferred for many applications requiring a complex true geometric shape form factor, thin walls, and high repeatability.
