Buying Free Form Optics
Free form optics refers to optical components or devices that utilize optical surfaces which are not rotationally symmetric. These custom-designed optics are used in advanced imaging systems, illumination devices, and other applications where traditional symmetric optics cannot meet the required performance criteria.
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Suppliers for Free Form Optics
21 suppliers for free form optics are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 3 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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![]() Enhancing Beam Performance PowerPhotonic Ltd.5A St David's Drive Dalgety Bay Fife KY11 9PF United Kingdom | ![]() LightForge™ is a low-cost rapid fabrication service giving optical designers the ability to create innovative new freeform surfaces, test new ideas and verify designs for production without incurring expensive upfront engineering charges and lengthy prototyping lead times. LightForge™ can be used to create a wide range of refractive optical elements, from beam transformers and microlens arrays, to unique components such as diode laser smile correctors and wavefront compensator phaseplates, to completely custom surface shapes. 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)! | ![]() At Avantier, we produce custom freeform optics for cutting-edge applications in industry, defense, research, and medicine. We specialize in custom freeform optics design and manufacturing solutions for imaging, catering to single prototypes and bulk production alike. A freeform optic is defined as one that has at least one surface with no translational or rotational symmetry about any axes that are normal to the mean plane. In practice, this means that freeform systems may be free from any constraints of symmetry. Manufacturing processes:
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Other Suppliers
ALL-IN OPTICS Germany |
asphericon Germany |
B-Con Engineering Inc Canada K2E 7V |
Bena Optical Products Ltd. China |
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH Germany |
Diverse Optics United States |
Docter Optics SE Germany |
Esco Optics United States |
Fresnel Technologies United States |
INGENERIC GmbH Germany |
Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH Germany |
Lensel Optics Pvt Ltd India |
LightPath Technologies, Inc. United States |
Optimax Systems, Inc Canada |
Präzisions Glas & Optik GmbH Germany |
Reynard Corporation United States |
Taylor Hobson United Kingdom |
Trionplas Technologies GmbH Germany |
Vertex Optics United States |