The IR Water Filter can be used with the Scienctech 500W, 1000W, and 1600W Fully Reflective Solar Simulators. There is an existing mounting space inside the solar simulator's beam homogenizer unit for the inclusion of this IR water filter to eliminate IR light while preserving UV light. The IR water filter would be placed right after the xenon light and before the first internal mirror. Since the IR Water Filter is water cooled, the addition of water cooling connectors on the solar simulator beam homogenizer lid is required. Hence this option needs to be factory installed as the standard solar simulator beam homogenizer lid does not have these water cooling connectors.

UV Applications
The standard IR absorbing water filter can is equipped with glass windows which absorbs UV light. In this configuration, only visible light can transmit through. Optional Fused Silica Windows are available for UV applications.

Cooling
The colling media (typically distilled water) inside the IR absorbing water filter needs to be cooled or otherwise it can boil. Therefore, the IR absorbing water filter has an "in" and "out" water connector for water cooled recirculation.

Heavy Duty Mounting Flange
The water IR filter has a heavy duty mounting flange such that it can be mounted on its end without a bottom support. This is particular useful when the water IR water filter needs to be connected in series to other optical assemblies in series such as a regular filter holder and condensing lens assembly. With such a heavy duty flange, it can hold up all the items connected to it in series without a supporting bracket. For example, when such an assembly needs to be connected to the output port of Sciencetech's 200-1K and 201-1K arc lamp housings. In some competing designs, there is no heavy duty flange and hence such optical components need a supporting bracket to hold them together in series.