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Optical Materials

Optical materials refer to substances or compounds specifically chosen for their optical properties and used in the fabrication of optical components and systems. These materials are characterized by their ability to interact with light in a controlled manner, enabling applications such as transmission, reflection, refraction, absorption, and emission of light. Learn more about optical materials →

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Henan UM Optics Ltd. (Umoptics) - Xinyang, China

Provides customized materials for low stress, high purity, and high uniformity infrared crystals to customers in over 60 countries and regions around the world.

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3 products

Glass Fab Inc. - Rochester, NY

Manufacturer of custom blanks. Products include fused quartz and silica, optical and filter glasses, and low/ultralow expansion glasses. Capabilities include annealing, slumping, sawing, grinding, edging, drilling, waterjet cutting, and CNC shaping and generating.

Custom Manufacturer

4 products

CODIXX AG - Barleben, Germany

Manufacturer of dichroic glass polarizers for the UV, VIS, NIR, and MIR spectral range. Also produces patterned polarizers that have arbitrary shaped areas with different directions of polarization.

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10 products

Ohara Corporation - Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Precision optical glass: strip, blanks, pressings, polished balls, near-UV transmitting i-Line glass, ceramic substrates, CaF2, UV/IR materials, quartz, fused silica (standard/excimer grade), Nanoceram. Ohara CCZ ultralow expansion (excellent CTE uniformity, blank form, to 1.8 m diam). Double-side polished substrates (low surface roughness, excellent flatness).

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2 products

Aperture Optical Sciences Inc. - Meriden, CT

Design and manufacture of satellite telescopes, aspheric mirrors, SiC optics, optics, and optical systems for high-energy lasers. Provides large aperture integrated mounts, beam expanders, beam steering mirrors, and telescopes. Optics are deployed in aerospace, directed energy, HEL research, and remote sensing applications.

Custom Manufacturer

1 product

Delta Optical Thin Film A/S - Horsholm, Denmark

Designs and manufactures advanced custom thin-film components for OEM volume applications. Products include linear variable filters, variable dichroics, high-quality fluorescence filter sets, filters and dichroics, and filter sets for point-of-care instruments, beamsplitter cubes, and many other components.

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5 products

Intlvac Thin Film Corp. - Fort Collins, CO

Manufactures systems for physical vapor and diamond-like carbon deposition, R&D and production coating of optical components, sensors, and plastics. Provides process development for sputtering, ion-beam sputtering and etching, and ion-assisted evaporation.

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4 products

ECOPTIK (Changchun) Ltd. - Changchun, China

Custom optics, such as spherical lenses, dome lenses, prisms, windows, filters, cylindrical lenses, aspherical lenses, mirrors, beamsplitters, optical assemblies. Also custom lens design and optical systems design.

Custom Manufacturer

14 products

Fil-Tech Inc. - Boston, MA

Fil-Tech supplies electron beam gun and ion source replacement parts, sensor heads and feedthroughs, INFICON rate monitors and controllers and Quality Crystals in Gold and Stress Relieving Alloy for the thin-film industry. We stock FT704, hydrocarbon oils and Krytox oils and greases, and ionization, thermocouple, INFICON and InstruTech vacuum gauges.

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10 products

Master Bond Inc. - Hackensack, NJ

Custom manufacturer of high-performance UV-curable and epoxy coatings and adhesives, potting and encapsulating compounds for the optical industry including display assembly, electro-optics, fiber optics, laser applications, led assembly, photonics.

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10 products

Ohara Corporation, Eastern Office - Branchburg, NJ

Manufactures precision optical glasses: strip/slab, blanks, fine gobs, polished ball lenses, near-UV transmitting i-Line glass, ceramic substrates, CaF2, UV/IR materials, quartz, fused silica (std./excimer grade). Ohara CCZ ultralow expansion (excellent CTE; large size). Nanoceram. Double-side polished substrates (low surface roughness, excellent flatness).

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SCHOTT North America Inc. - Duryea, PA

Develops products for applications in optics, lithography, astronomy, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial, and life sciences. Offers a variety of optical and laser glasses, optical filters, glass ceramic, IR materials, optical components, custom glass development, precision finishing, and metrology capabilities.

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Valley Design Corporation, Headquarters - Shirley, MA

AS9100/ISO 9001 manufacturer of substrates, wafers, flat optics, precision shims/spacers, 0.127-mm sq to 450-mm diameter. Precision lapping, polishing, dicing, 5-axis CNC machining, small diameter core drilling, hole drilling. Ultrathin 10-20 microns, ultraflat, tight tolerances. Fused silica, glass, sapphire, ceramics, metals. Large inventory.

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5 products

Yangtze Optical Electronic Co. Ltd. (YOEC) - Wuhan, China

A high-tech optoelectronic technology enterprise. R&D, production and sales of specialty optical fibers and cables, specialty optical devices, new materials, advanced equipment, and optoelectronic systems. Provides measurement calibration and testing services.

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10 products

5N Plus Inc. - Montreal, Canada

Accumet Engineering Corp. - Devens, MA

Aiteh Industrial Co. Ltd. - Taipei, Taiwan

Albrighter Technology Co. Ltd. - Tianjin, China

Alfa Chemistry - Holbrook, NY

ALLVAR - College Station, TX

American Acrylics LLC - Skokie, IL

Amorphous Materials Inc. - Garland, TX

Angstrom Sciences Inc. - Duquesne, PA

Arkema Inc. - King of Prussia, PA

Avian Technologies LLC - New London, NH

Boston Applied Technologies Inc. - Woburn, MA

Brewer Science Inc. - Rolla, MO

Cargille-Sacher Laboratories - Cedar Grove, NJ

ChemOptics Inc. - Daejeon, South Korea

CHT UK Bridgwater Ltd. - Bridgwater, United Kingdom

CM Scientific Ltd. - Silsden, United Kingdom

Coherent Corp. - Saxonburg, PA

Conex Systems Technology Inc. - San Jose, CA

Coresix Precision Glass Inc. - Williamsburg, VA

Corning GmbH, Corning International - Wiesbaden, Germany

Corning Inc., Advanced Optics - Corning, NY

Cotec GmbH - Karlstein, Germany

Criterion Instrument - Brook Park, OH

Dalian Leader Lighting & Phosphor Technology Co. Ltd. - Dalian, China

DCM Tech Inc. - Winona, MN

Demeter Technologies Inc. - Burlingame, CA

Diacut Inc. - Palmer Lake, CO

Dynasil Fused Silica - West Berlin, NJ

Element Six Technologies - Santa Clara, CA

Epoxy Technology Inc., Electronics Div. - Billerica, MA

Filtrop AG - Balzers, Liechtenstein

Fujian Acetron New Materials Co. Ltd. - Fuzhou, China

Fujitok Corp. - Tokyo, Japan

GfE Fremat GmbH, Coating Materials - Brand-Erbisdorf, Germany

H.V. Skan Ltd. - Solihull, United Kingdom

Glossary

optical materials Optical materials refer to substances or compounds specifically chosen for their optical properties and used in the fabrication of optical components and systems. These materials are characterized by their ability to interact with light in a...
crystal optics The study of the transmission of radiant energy through crystals, especially anisotropic crystals, and their effects on polarization.
plastic optics Plastic optics refers to optical components or systems that are made from transparent plastic materials, as opposed to traditional optical components made from glass or other materials. Plastic optics encompass a wide range of components such as...
optics Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and its manifestation as both particle and wave phenomena. It encompasses the study of the generation, propagation,...
impurity level In the context of optical materials, the term "impurity level" refers to the presence of foreign atoms or molecules within the material that deviate from its regular or intrinsic composition. These impurities can have a significant impact on the...
gallium nitride Gallium nitride (GaN) is a compound made up of gallium (Ga) and nitrogen (N). It is a wide-bandgap semiconductor material that exhibits unique electrical and optical properties. Gallium nitride is widely used in the production of various electronic...
Zerodur Zerodur is a type of glass ceramic material known for its exceptional thermal and mechanical properties, particularly its low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) close to zero. It was developed by Schott AG, a German glass manufacturer, in the...

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