Buying First Surface Mirrors

First surface mirrors (or front surface mirrors) have their reflecting coating on the front surface. This design avoids various disadvantages of second surface mirrors, such as ghost images and reduced reflectivity. However, it also makes them more sensitive to damage. There are protected and enhanced versions with additional thin coatings to improve durability and performance across different wavelengths.
Making Good Purchase Decisions
RP Photonics helps to not only to find all relevant suppliers, but also to make good purchase decisions:
Learning Resources

With its comprehensive resources, RP Photonics helps you to well prepare purchase decisions:
- Encyclopedia article: first surface mirrors
Aspects to Consider Before Buying
Some aspects to consider before buying first surface mirrors: active area, reflectivity, wavelength range, optical quality, uniformity, coating durability, chromatic dispersion, ease of cleaning, compatibility with optical systems, reliability, device packaging, environmental robustness.
For responsible purchase decisions, we recommend applying good practices.
Find Suppliers for First Surface Mirrors
54 suppliers for first surface mirrors are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 6 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
Suppliers with Advertising Package presenting their product descriptions | |
---|---|
![]() Home of high power optics and coatings LASEROPTIKHorster Str. 20 30826 Garbsen Germany |
LASEROPTIK offers a wide range of dielectric and metal coatings for first surface mirrors – for different spectral regions and including special designs e.g. for multiline performance, OPO applications and with tailored chromatic dispersion. We can also deposit such coatings on special substrates. |
![]() The Future Depends on Optics Edmund Optics101 East Gloucester Pike Barrington, NJ 08007 United States | ![]() Edmund Optics offers a range of laser, flat, metal substrate, focusing, or specialty optical mirrors in a multitude of reflective coating options, including protected aluminum, enhanced aluminum, protected silver, protected gold, and dielectric. |
![]() Bringing quality into focus Knight Optical (USA) LLC1130 Ten Rod Road Suite D102 North Kingstown Rhode Island 02852 United States | ![]() Knight Optical has a range of first surface mirrors available. Coatings include UV enhanced aluminium (180–650 nm), enhanced aluminium (450–650 nm), dielectric (450–700 nm), NIR dielectric (700–1604nm), ion-plated silver (450–2000 nm), and protected gold (750 nm to far IR). We also offer a variety of different flatness options dependent on the application, from 2λ down to λ/10. Custom mirrors are also available if our stock optics are not a match for your requirements. |
![]() Your reliable partner for photonics innovations! EKSMA Optics, UABDvarcioniu St. 2B LT-10233 Vilnius Lithuania | ![]() EKSMA Optics offers a wide range of dielectric first-surface windows as well as metal-coated mirrors. Our metallic mirrors feature a moderate level of reflection over a very broad spectral range. Protected gold coatings are suggested for applications in the IR, protected silver is the most efficient in VIS, while protected aluminum is a popular economical choice for the entire 300 nm – IR range. We also offer enhanced silver mirrors optimized for best performance with femtosecond lasers. |
![]() YOUR KEY to innovation and success UltraFast Innovations GmbHDieselstr. 5 85748 Garching (München) Germany | ![]() UltraFast Innovations (UFI®) offers a range of first surface mirrors, including both dielectric and metal-coated versions. We particularly emphasize mirrors with broad bandwidth and well controlled chromatic dispersion. |
![]() Your sidekick for laser optics development OPTOMANUkmerges g. 427 14185 Vilnius Lithuania |
OPTOMAN is ready to develop cost-effective yet advanced, high accuracy and repeatability dielectric first surface mirror coatings optimized for your application. We concentrate on a single manufacturing technology – ion beam sputtering (IBS). Our dielectric mirrors are available in multi-wavelength or broadband configurations in spectral range from 193 nm up to 5000 nm, feature low absorption and are optimized for your application. |
Other Suppliers | |
---|---|
3photon Lithuania | |
Abrisa Technologies United States | |
Advanced Optics, Inc. United States | |
Alien Photonics Lithuania | |
Align Optics United States | |
Alkor Technologies Russian Federation | |
BMV Optical Technologies Inc. Canada | |
Bond Optics United States | |
Cascade Optical Corporation United States | |
CASIX Inc. China | |
CeNing Optics Co., Ltd China | |
CLZ Precision Optics Co., Ltd. China | |
Core Optronics Co., Ltd China | |
Coursen Coating Labs, Inc. United States | |
Crystran Limited United Kingdom | |
CVI Laser Optics United States | |
Dynasil United States | |
Esco Optics United States | |
Evaporated Coatings, Inc. United States | |
First Surface Mirror LLC United States | |
Gurley Precision Instruments United States | |
Hardin Optical United States | |
InStockOptics Lithuania | |
Laser Components GmbH Germany | |
Laser Research Optics | |
Layertec GmbH Germany | |
Litech Optics Co., Ltd. China | |
Materion Corporate Headquarters United States | |
Mountain Photonics GmbH Germany | |
Newport Thin Film Laboratory United States | |
Optical Mirror LLC United States | |
Optics Balzers AG Liechtenstein | |
OptoCity United States | |
Optometrics Corporation United States | |
Opton Laser International France | |
Optoprim Germany GmbH Germany | |
OptoSigma United States | |
Phosctech Photonics China | |
Präzisions Glas & Optik GmbH Germany | |
Precision Glass & Optics PG&O United States | |
Reynard Corporation United States | |
Sherlan Optics China | |
Sinoceramics (USA), LLC United States | |
Solaris Optics S.A. Poland | |
Tecnottica Consonni S.r.l. Italy | |
Universal Thin Film Lab Corp., 232 North Plank Road, Newburgh United States | |
UQG Ltd. The Norman Industrial Estate United Kingdom | |
VisiMax Technologies, Inc. United States |