Links
Infrared transparent windows
If you are looking for IR transparent windows they can be purchased from a variety of companies. Some of the ones we have used are listed below in no particular order. Prices tend to vary quite a bit from one vendor to the next, so it can be worth it to shop around.
Database of Optical Materials – Crystran
New Era Enterprises
International Crystal
Sigma Aldrich
ISP optics – optical materials specifications
Meller Optics
Koch Crystal
Commonly Used IR Window Material.pdf (pdf file)
Useful pages in IR spectroscopy
IR beamline website for the ALS
A very good on-line unit converter
Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry (with a great IR spectroscopy section)
A collection of IR spectroscopy related calulators
Infrared and Raman users group (spectral database, etc.)
NIST Chemistry WebBook – a useful source of a wide variety of data