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Buying First Surface Mirrors

first surface mirrors

Top-level product category: optical components and devices

More general product categories: mirrors

Related product category: metal-coated 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.

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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.

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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.

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LASEROPTIK
Horster Str. 20
30826 Garbsen
Germany
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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.

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Edmund Optics
101 East Gloucester Pike
Barrington, NJ 08007
United States
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first surface mirrors

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.

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Knight Optical (USA) LLC
1130 Ten Rod Road
Suite D102
North Kingstown
Rhode Island 02852
United States
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first surface mirrors

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.

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EKSMA Optics, UAB
Dvarcioniu St. 2B
LT-10233 Vilnius
Lithuania
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first surface mirrors

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.

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UltraFast Innovations GmbH
Dieselstr. 5
85748 Garching (München)
Germany
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first surface mirrors

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

OPTOMAN
Ukmerges g. 427
14185 Vilnius
Lithuania
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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.

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Other Suppliers
3photon
Lithuania
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Abrisa Technologies
United States
Advanced Optics, Inc.
United States
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Alien Photonics
Lithuania
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Align Optics
United States
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Alkor Technologies
Russian Federation
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BMV Optical Technologies Inc.
Canada
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Bond Optics
United States
Cascade Optical Corporation
United States
CASIX Inc.
China
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CeNing Optics Co., Ltd
China
CLZ Precision Optics Co., Ltd.
China
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Core Optronics Co., Ltd
China
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Coursen Coating Labs, Inc.
United States
Crystran Limited
United Kingdom
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CVI Laser Optics
United States
Dynasil
United States
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Esco Optics
United States
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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
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Laser Research Optics
Layertec GmbH
Germany
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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
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Opton Laser International
France
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Optoprim Germany GmbH
Germany
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OptoSigma
United States
Phosctech Photonics
China
Präzisions Glas & Optik GmbH
Germany
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Precision Glass & Optics PG&O
United States
Reynard Corporation
United States
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Sherlan Optics
China
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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
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