Buying Custom Optics
Various suppliers offer custom optical elements and assemblies with high precision or special properties. Custom optics solutions are tailored to meet specific requirements and can include lenses, prisms, mirrors, diffraction gratings, and more.
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Suppliers for Custom Optics
148 suppliers for custom optics are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 23 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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![]() Custom Precision optical components Ecoptik (Changchun) Ltd.No. 399, Bocai Road Changchun City, Jilin, 130000 China See us at Photonics 2025 in Moscow, Russia, April 1–4 (booth FH081) and LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.450)! | ![]() Ecoptik offers most optical components in customized forms concerning dimensions, geometrical shapes, materials, anti-reflection coatings etc. Product-specific web page |
![]() Optical Coatings with knowledge, quality & speed Vortex Optical Coatings Ltd.10 Jacknell Road Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate Hinckley Leicestershire LE10 3BS United Kingdom |
At Vortex we hold a large stock of standard optics on the shelf ready for immediate coating such as glass, sapphire, silicon, IR quartz. If we do not have the materials or sizes that you require, we have a network of trusted optics suppliers whom we can source from and apply any custom optical coatings that you require between 300 and 6000 nm. Product-specific web page |
![]() Your reliable partner for photonics innovations! EKSMA Optics, UABDvarcioniu St. 2B LT-10233 Vilnius Lithuania See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A2.107)! | ![]() EKSMA Optics offers customized laser mirrors, lenses, windows, prisms, filters waveplates and other polarizing optics. We have a wide range of optical materials and coatings. EKSMA Optics in-house precision polishing and IBS coating facilities allow us to take full control over whole manufacturing process and provide you services starting from optical design to final quality control. Product-specific web page |
![]() 80 Colonnade Rd. North, Unit 1 Nepean, Ontario K2E 7L2 Canada | ![]() LightMachinery offers a wide range of custom optics. We work closely with our customers to really understand and define the parameters that are important to the functionality of the optical component. The experience of the people at LightMachinery with tight tolerance optics is unique in breadth and scope. If you are looking for high quality optics then look no further. Our team of professionals is always ready to push the envelope of optical quality or make a quick piece for an R & D prototype. No job is too big or too small. Start by filling out our contact form and telling us about your project and your requirements, we can help refine the specification and provide feedback on price and delivery. Product-specific web page |
![]() Home of high power optics and coatings LASEROPTIKHorster Str. 20 30826 Garbsen Germany See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B1.120)! | ![]() LASEROPTIK does not only offer a large selection of from-stock optics, but also custom optics designed according to your specifications. You can send us your substrates or choose from the large LASEROPTIK substrate stock. With our online portal named LOOP, you can configure and buy your laser optics online: choose your coating, select a substrate and create your own optic! For urgent jobs, we offer LASEROPTIK EXPRESS, being able to produce many optics even within 24 hours. Product-specific web page |
![]() 116 Audrey Avenue Oyster Bay, New York 11771 United States | ![]() Universe Kogaku offers comprehensive project design cycle assistance by qualified lens application engineers. We provide your optimal lens solution by addressing all of your design considerations – from specs, to budget, to timetables – realizing that optics are not a stand-alone component. We understand electrical and mechanical requirements and integrate our lenses into your system with this in mind. Through this approach, custom lens designs from Universe can often reduce system cost by eliminating the need for other design components or modifications. Complete custom design capabilities from concept to prototype to production provide ideal solutions for unique designs. We have full plastic optics capability for both lenses and barrels. Our facility contains the best in lens manufacturing and inspection equipment including a spectrophotometer, video MTF bench, laser interferometer, optical collimator bench, in-house single and multi-layer coating, full computer-aided lens and coating design and much more. Product-specific web page |
![]() 30 Nashua Street Woburn, MA 01801 United States | ![]() One of AMF specialties is the ability to offer custom optics to our customers demanding specifications. We have the ability to cut & shape with our 5 Axis CNC Machine. Product-specific web page |
![]() 43 Sparta Avenue Newton, NJ 07860 United States See us at OFC 2025 in San Francisco, April 1–3 (booth 1551) and LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.403, A1.530)! | ![]() Thorlabs manufactures both custom optics and full custom optical assemblies. Our QuickTurn™ Optics capabilities for both optical lenses and full assemblies allow us to turn new ideas into reality within a fraction of typical industry lead times. At Thorlabs, we can help you tackle and solve complex optical design challenges and can transition a product seamlessly from early concept planning all the way to volume manufacturing. Product-specific web page |
![]() Your sidekick for laser optics development OPTOMANUkmerges g. 427 14185 Vilnius Lithuania | ![]() OPTOMAN manufactures a range of application-optimized custom laser optics. To achieve highest possible accuracy, repeatability and quality we employ ion-beam sputtering (IBS) technology. Custom-tailored IBS-coated optics, with spectral range from 193 nm up to 5000 nm and size range from 3 mm up to 420 mm, feature high LIDT, precise spectral accuracy, durability and environmental stability. Some of the special custom optics we do for our clients include: knife-edge coated optics, 100% coated aperture components, segmented coatings, coatings on multi-surface prisms, coatings on micro lens assemblies, fast axis collimators, fibers, end caps and large diameter wafers. Product-specific web page |
![]() Fraunhoferstr. 22 82152 Martinsried Germany See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.203)! | ![]() Off-the-shelf optics doesn’t match your project’s requirements, and you are looking for a customized solution? Together with our suppliers, the optics experts at AMS Technologies are happy to enable design and production of custom optics exactly tailored to your specifications. Our capabilities range from custom spherical or cylindrical optical lenses, prisms and beamsplitters, to optical windows, filters, mirrors, and custom freeform optics. Contact us now to discuss your customized optics solution in detail! Product-specific web page |
![]() Precision Optics & Coatings for High Energy Laser Applications Perkins Precision Developments4110 North Valley Drive Longmont, CO 80504 United States | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) specializes in a variety of custom optics, including wedge windows, curved and plano HEL mirrors, spherical lenses, right angle prisms, plate polarizers, beam splitter cube assemblies, and Brewster windows. They employ Ion Beam Sputtering coating technology to accommodate complex spectral designs and high-power systems such as Nd:YAG and fiber lasers, where minimizing losses from absorption and scatter is crucial. All custom optics are manufactured and coated in-house, supported by a technical staff with over 100 cumulative years of experience in the photonics industry. Product-specific web page |
![]() Laser solutions for your µ tasks Workshop of Photonics | WOPUAB Altechna R&D Mokslininku St. 6A 08412 Vilnius Lithuania See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B3.413)! | ![]() WOP offers custom-made space variant retarders – adapted to the specific end-user needs. Space-variant retarders (SVR) fabrication is based on the inscription of self-organized nanogratings inside fused silica glass using a femtosecond laser. Main features:
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![]() P. O. Box 3002 Vernon, CT 06066 United States | ![]() Custom precision optics has been an integral part of Photonic Devices' business for over 20 years; DPM Photonics has been their partners for many years. This extensive experience with custom products enables efficient design generation and very reasonable turn-around times, while keeping non-recurring charges low. Whether the need is a slight modification of an existing product or an entirely new design, Photonic Devices welcomes the opportunity to review customer needs and provide enabling products. Let us put our experience to work for you. Product-specific web page |
![]() A635, Boke Mansion No. 9 Xiyuan Road Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030 China | ![]() Hangzhou Shalom EO is an expert supplier and manufacturer of various types of custom optics including lenses, windows, mirrors, prisms, laser optics, super-polished optics, sapphire optics, and infrared optics with a wide operation wavelength range from UV, VIS, to IR. A vast selection of shapes, dimensions, coatings, and other specifications of the optical components can be tailored to meet customers’ specific requirements. With cutting-edge production technologies (like IAD e-beam coating, super-polishing, and Kyropoulos sapphire growth method), Shalom EO's engineers and production line are competent at and committed to endowing our optical components with optimized optical excellence. All the optics will go through in-process inspections during the production course and further tests in our class 1000 clean room before despatch to ensure the parameters of optical components meet or exceed the published specifications. Utilizing top-tier metrological instruments such as Zygo interferometers, and PerkinElmer Lambda 1050+ spectroscopes, Shalom EO secures the persistent reliable quality of our optical components. Product-specific web page |
![]() Your problem is our challenge – flexibility is our standard! Artifex Engineering GmbH & Co KGDortmunder Str. 16–18 26723 Emden Germany See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B2.230)! | ![]() Artifex Engineering is an independent optics supplier with close relationships to several optical manufacturers. We have more than 20 years experience in precision optics applications and a solid understanding of the optical manufacturing process. We supply high quality industrial and medical optical components at extremely competitive B2B pricing, standard or customized. Please contact us to discuss your applications requirements. Visit our product page for more information. We look forward to your inquiry. Product-specific web page |
![]() YOUR KEY to innovation and success UltraFast Innovations GmbHDieselstr. 5 85748 Garching (München) Germany See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B1.543)! | ![]() UltraFast Innovations (UFI®) offers numerous types of optical elements in customized forms – for example, ultrafast low-dispersion or dispersive mirrors, ultrahigh reflection mirrors, input and output coupler mirrors, spectral filters, and mirrors for the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and soft X-rays. Product-specific web page |
![]() 1100 US-22 North Plainfield, NJ 07060 United States See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B1.171B)! | ![]() We have over 50 years of expertise in custom optics and custom optical component manufacturing of lenses, prisms, windows, wafers, and custom-shaped substrates using materials such as UV grade fused silica, industrial grade fused silica, IR grade fused silica, filter glass, germanium, silicon, ZnSe, and more. Product-specific web page |
![]() Bringing quality into focus Knight Optical (USA) LLC1130 Ten Rod Road Suite D102 North Kingstown Rhode Island 02852 United States See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth A3.533)! |
Knight Optical's main area of expertise is its custom capabilities. We work closely with our customers on their bespoke specifications to ensure they receive both a high-quality product and service – something Knight Optical prides itself on. Customisation includes substrates, dimensions, tolerances, and coatings of the optical components. Product-specific web page |
![]() Optical components at better price SinoptixOffice 16 D, Yujia Mansion N° 1336 HuaShan Road Shanghai 200052 China See us at LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B1.525)! | ![]() We offer on-demand custom optics manufacturing – lenses, prisms, windows, filters and free-form optics. High quality at better pricing. Product-specific web page |
![]() 810 E St Paul St. Litchfield, MN 55355 United States | ![]() IRD has a strong presence in the laser OEM market, providing many types of custom components such as cavity reflectors for the solid-state laser industry, HLDT/HR steering mirrors, splatter shields, precision spacers and tooling, beamsplitters, custom corner cubes, filters. IRD Glass and IRD Ceramics work with all types of materials, from fused silica to sapphire, from filter glass to chalcogenides, doped glass to crystals. Product-specific web page |
![]() C506, #1 Building Pioneering Park for Overseas Chinese Scholars No. 69 Huayang Road Lixia District Jinan, Shandong China | ![]() Laserton has a wide range of stock optics, but can also produce custom optics covering a wide range of requirements. This ranges from sample to bulk production, with best quality at competitive prices. Product-specific web page |
![]() Your Custom Optics Expert Shanghai Optics Inc.425 Main St Suite 2E Metuchen, NJ 08840 United States | ![]() Shanghai Optics relies on over 55 years of design and manufacturing experience and advanced metrology to provide our customer with world-class lens design and manufacturing services. Our engineering team can provide various types of lens design and assembly, covering all aspects of imaging and illumination design, from LED to gas discharge lamp illumination system design, as well as the design of the overall opto-instrument components and customized optical modules. Product-specific web page |
![]() The Future Depends on Optics Edmund Optics101 East Gloucester Pike Barrington, NJ 08007 United States See us at OPIE 25 in Pacifico Yokohama, Japan, April 23–25 (booth F-32), SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing in Orlando (FL), USA, April 13–17 (booth 917), CLEO 25 in Long Beach (CA), USA, May 4–9 (booth 317), Automate 25 in Detroit (MI), USA, May 12–15 (booth 4400), SPS Italia in Parma, Italy, May 13–15 (hall 5, booth 055) and LASER World of Photonics 2025 in Munich, June 24–27 (booth B1.416)! | ![]() From design to prototype to production, Edmund Optics manufactures over 2 million optical components every year, manufactures over 175.000 optical assemblies including imaging lenses, laser beam expanders or microscope objectives and provides in-house expertise and metrology to support your custom manufacturing. Edmund Optics’ engineers can design and manufacture fully-custom components, build-to-print following customer-supplied designs, and quickly modify any of our thousands of off-the-shelf optics sold in our Marketplace. Product-specific web page |
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Abrisa Technologies United States |
AC Photonics United States |
Accusy Photontech, Ltd. China |
AceXon Singapore |
Adamas Optics, LLC United States |
Adept Optical Ltd United Kingdom |
Advanced Optics, Inc. United States |
Alien Photonics Lithuania |
Align Optics United States |
Allied Scientific Pro Canada |
ALL-IN OPTICS Germany |
Altechna UAB Lithuania |
Angstrom Precision Optics Inc. United States |
Archer OpTx United States |
Argyle International United States |
Asphera Incorporated United States |
Base Lab Tool Inc United States |
Befort Wetzlar Germany |
Bena Optical Products Ltd. China |
Bluebean Optical Tech Ltd. China |
BMV Optical Technologies Inc. Canada |
Bond Optics United States |
BrightView Technologies, Inc. United States |
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH Germany |
CASIX Inc. China |
CILAS France |
CLZ Optical Co., Ltd. China |
Coastline Optics, Inc. United States |
Comar Optics Ltd United Kingdom |
Creator Optics, Inc. China |
Crystal GmbH Germany |
Crystran Limited United Kingdom |
CVI Laser Optics United States |
Fujian DayOptics, Inc. China |
DIOPTIC GmbH Germany |
Egismos Technology Corporation Taiwan |
Esco Optics United States |
Everix United States |
Firebird Optics United States |
FireflySci, Inc. United States |
FISBA AG Switzerland |
Fleige Optik GmbH & Co. KG Germany |
Fuzhou Farview Optics Co., Ltd. China |
Galvoptics Ltd United Kingdom |
Hardin Optical United States |
He Rui Optics Co., Ltd. China |
Hellma GmbH Germany |
Hind High Vacuum Company Pvt Ltd. India |
HOLO/OR Ltd. Israel |
IMOS Gubela GmbH Germany |
INGENERIC GmbH Germany |
Inlight Precision Optics Co. Ltd China |
Inrad Optics United States |
ios Optics United States |
Iridian Spectral Technologies Canada |
Janos Technology, LLC United States |
Kingsview Optical Ltd United Kingdom |
LaCroix Precision Optics United States |
Lahat Technologies Ltd Israel |
Lambda Research Optics United States |
Laser Research Optics |
Laserex Technologies Australia |
LaserOptec China |
Layertec GmbH Germany |
LBP Optics Ltd. United Kingdom |
Lensel Optics Pvt Ltd India |
Lobre srl Italy |
LohnStar Optics United States |
Lytid SAS France |
Manx Precision Optics Isle of Man, IM9 2AP |
Mark Optics, Inc United States |
Meller Optics United States |
Meuser Optik GmbH Germany |
MOK Optics Co. Ltd. China |
NETWORK GROUP, s.r.o. Czech Republic |
Newlight Photonics Inc. Canada |
nortus Optronic GmbH Germany |
Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp United States |
Optical Surfaces United Kingdom |
Optico AG Switzerland |
Optics and Allied Engineering Pvt. Ltd. India |
Optics Balzers AG Liechtenstein |
Optics For Hire United States |
Optiforms United States |
Optolong Optics Co. Ltd China |
ORAFOL Europe GmbH Germany |
Pacific Coast Optics, LLC United States |
Photonchina China |
Photonics Precision Engineering GmbH Germany |
PIKE Technologies United States |
polyoptics GmbH Germany |
Changchun Positive Optics Co., Ltd. China |
Präzisions Glas & Optik GmbH Germany |
Precision Optical United States |
Pro-Lite Technology Ltd United Kingdom |
Rainbow Research Optics, Inc. United States |
REFLEX Analytical Corporation United States |
Resolve Optics United Kingdom |
Reynard Corporation United States |
RIVoptics Russian Federation |
Ross Optical United States |
RZ Optics China |
Sciencetech Inc. Canada |
Scientific Materials Corp. United States |
Sill Optics GmbH & Co. KG Germany |
SLS Optics Ltd. United Kingdom |
Solaris Optics S.A. Poland |
SPAWR Industries Inc. United States |
Spectrum Scientific, Inc. (SSI) United States |
STANDA Ltd. Lithuania |
Sydor Optics United States |
Syntec Optics United States |
Torrent Photonics LLC United States |
Trionplas Technologies GmbH Germany |
Tydex |
UK Optical Plastic sLimited United Kingdom |
United Lens Company, Inc. United States |
UQG Ltd. The Norman Industrial Estate United Kingdom |
Vision Optics United Kingdom |
Voyawave Optics Ltd. China |
WLoptical Co., Ltd. China |
Xi'an Aofa Optoelectronics Technology Inc. China |
Hangzhou Yong Hee Photonics Co., Ltd. China |
Zygo Corporation United States |