What are the main applications of germanium longpass filters?
Infrared thermal imaging system: used to filter out short wave infrared light to improve imaging quality.
Infrared spectrometers: used to select infrared light at specific wavelengths to improve spectral resolution.
Laser system: used for beam shaping and wavelength selection to improve the performance of the laser system.


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