Harmonic Frequency Optical Chopper Blades

• Ideal for Ratiometric and Pump-Probe Experiments
• Blades Available for 8 Hz to 6 kHz Chopping Applications
• Support for Beam Diameters up to 14.66 mm
• Manufactured from 0.01" Thick Blue Clock Spring Steel

These harmonic frequency blades have inner and outer slots that allow a single beam to be split and individually modulated. Please see the Operation tab for more details. Our blades are manufactured from 0.01" thick blued clock spring steel. These blades are not compatible with our previous-generation MC2000 Optical Chopper.

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Item #		MC2F47	MC2F57Ba	MC2F330	MC2F860	MC2F5360
Slots	Inner	4	5	3	8	53
	Outer	7	7	30	60	60
Duty Cycle		50%
Frequency	Inner	8 - 400 Hz	10 - 500 Hz	6 - 300 Hz	16 - 800 Hz	106 - 5300 Hz
	Outer	14 - 700 Hz	14 - 700 Hz	60 - 3000 Hz	120 - 6000 Hz	120 - 6000 Hz
Laser Beam Diameter
Max. Beam Diameter	Inner	14.66 mm (0.577")	14.35 mm (0.565")	14.66 mm (0.577”)	9.53 mm (0.375”)	1.45 mm (0.057”)
	Outer	13.97 mm (0.550")	14.96 mm (0.589")	4.19 mm (0.165”)	2.08 mm (0.082”)	2.08 mm (0.082”)

• The MC2F57B blade is only compatible with the MC2000B Optical Chopper. The previous-generation MC2F57 blade is only compatible with the previous-generation MC2000 Optical Chopper.

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