From material selection to custom coating design — engineering support at every stage of your optical project.
Choosing the right optical material is the foundation of every successful optical design. The wrong material — even one that transmits at your wavelength — can lead to thermal lensing, coating failure, or premature degradation in the field.
We work with over 30 optical materials across the UV, visible, and IR spectrum. Our material selection process considers not just transmission range, but thermal properties (conductivity, dn/dT, CTE), mechanical properties (hardness, fracture toughness), environmental compatibility, and cost — all weighted against your specific application requirements.
Optical coatings determine how light interacts with your component's surfaces. The right coating can increase transmission from 92% to 99.9%, reflect laser light with >99.99% efficiency, or split beams with precise wavelength-dependent ratios. The wrong coating introduces loss, scatter, and potential failure points.
Our coating capabilities include:
Single-layer and multi-layer AR coatings. Residual reflectivity < 0.1% at design wavelength. Optimized for laser damage threshold when required.
Dielectric HR mirrors with >99.99% reflectivity at design wavelength. Custom designs for laser cavities and beam steering.
Precision wavelength-selective coatings for fluorescence, multi-spectral imaging, and wavelength division applications.
Protected Silver, Protected Gold, Enhanced Aluminum — broadband reflection from UV to far-IR with environmental protection.
Tighter tolerances mean higher cost — but not always better system performance. The art of optical specification is knowing where tight tolerances matter and where they don't.
| Surface Flatness | lambda/4 (standard) to lambda/20 (precision) |
| Surface Quality | 60-35 (standard) to 10-5 (premium) per MIL-PRF-13830B |
| Parallelism / Wedge | 3 arc-min (standard) to 10 arc-sec (precision) |
| Centering | 3 arc-min (standard) to 30 arc-sec (precision) |
| Dimensional Tolerance | +/-0.1mm (standard) to +/-0.01mm (precision) |
Our engineering team can review your tolerance requirements and recommend the most cost-effective specifications that meet your system's actual performance needs. Over-specifying wastes budget; under-specifying risks system performance.
When catalog components don't meet your requirements, our engineering team can design custom optical solutions. From single custom lenses to multi-element assemblies, we work from your system specifications to deliver optics that perform exactly as needed.
Analyze your optical system needs, wavelength, power, environment
Material selection, coating design, tolerance analysis
Manufacture samples, full inspection, performance verification
Volume manufacturing with batch consistency control
A design that works in theory may be expensive or impossible to manufacture consistently. Our DFM review identifies manufacturability issues before production — saving time, cost, and frustration.
When you submit a drawing or specification, our engineering team reviews:
DFM review is included at no charge with every custom quote. We believe the best results come from collaboration between designer and manufacturer from the start.
From simple custom dimensions to complex multi-element assemblies — we design optics around your requirements.
Custom dimensions, thickness, and coatings on standard optical forms. Fast turnaround — typical lead time 1-3 weeks.
Aspheres, free-form surfaces, and unusual geometries. Designed from your optical system specifications.
Multi-element lens assemblies, beam expanders, and integrated optical sub-systems delivered as complete modules.
Typical capabilities — from commercial grade to ultra-precision specifications. Actual achievable tolerances depend on material, size, geometry and production process.
Actual achievable tolerances depend on material, size, and geometry. Contact us for specific capability review.
Physical vapor deposition coatings designed for your exact wavelength, angle and performance requirements.
One consistent process from first prototype to volume production. No surprises when scaling up.
Engineering review of specs, material and coating selection, DFM feedback
24-48 hours
1-10 pieces. Full inspection report. Validate performance in your system
1-3 weeks
50-500 pieces. Process documentation, yield verification, batch consistency
3-6 weeks
Volume manufacturing. SPC, batch inspection, scheduled deliveries
4-8 weeks recurring
Share your optical requirements. Our engineering team will review and respond within 24 hours.
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