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Buying Infrared Optics

Top-level product category: optical components and devices

Related product category: laser mirrors

A wide range of optical elements such as lenses, mirrors, beam splitters, prisms, optical filters, optical windows, and polarizers are available for infrared light. These components are critical for constructing and optimizing infrared optical systems used in various applications.

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Find Suppliers for Infrared Optics

136 suppliers for infrared optics are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 15 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
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See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1972)!

infrared optics

Ecoptik manufactures precision infrared optical devices based on germanium, silicon, zinc selenide, zinc sulfide and other materials. Customized high-precision and complex optical devices, including short-wave infrared optical devices of many kinds can be made. Feel free to contact us!

Avantier
1100 US-22
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
United States
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See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 954)!

infrared optics

Avantier produces a wide range of high quality infrared optics, including infrared lenses, prisms, windows, mirrors, and laser and imaging assemblies. Our state-of-the-art equipment allows us to achieve unparalleled precision and surface quality, and every piece we manufacture is subject to stringent quality controls.

LightMachinery
80 Colonnade Rd. North, Unit 1
Nepean, Ontario K2E 7L2
Canada

See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 4141)!

infrared optics

LightMachinery has extensive expertise in the manufacturing and testing of infrared optics based on zinc selenide, zinc sulfide and germanium optics for CO2 lasers, e.g. in the form of mirrors, lenses and rhomb retarders. In addition, we have a thorough understanding of the importance of high damage threshold coatings for our laser customers.

Optical components at better price

Sinoptix
Office 16 D, Yujia Mansion
N° 1336 HuaShan Road
Shanghai 200052
China
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infrared optics

We offer IR optics in germanium, silicon, ZnSe, ZnS, BaF2, MgF2 or chalcogenide glass – lenses, prisms and windows. We do on demand manufacturing.

The Future Depends on Optics

Edmund Optics
101 East Gloucester Pike
Barrington, NJ 08007
United States
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See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1139)!

infrared optics

Edmund Optics offers a wide range of infrared optics, using materials like aluminum, calcium fluoride, fused silica, germanium, magnesium fluoride, sapphire, silicon, zinc selenide, zinc sulfide and other infrared materials.

Optical Coatings with knowledge, quality & speed

Vortex Optical Coatings Ltd.
10 Jacknell Road
Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate
Hinckley
Leicestershire LE10 3BS
United Kingdom
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infrared optics

Vortex Optical Coatings design and manufacture infrared filters for the most demanding and complex applications. We cover the band from 1–6 microns.

IRD Glass
810 E St Paul St.
Litchfield, MN 55355
United States
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See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 3203)!

infrared optics

IRD Ceramics manufactures precision infrared optical components which are essential to infrared cameras and sensors used by homeland security, border patrol, defense and security companies. We perform all fabrication in house, allowing us to produce low-cost IR mirrors, lenses and windows for commercial applications as well as customized lenses to meet the exact demands of defense and security companies. IRD Ceramics works with sapphire, silicon, chalcogenides, germanium, BaF2, CaF2, zinc selenide and more.

Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.
A635, Boke Mansion
No. 9 Xiyuan Road
Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030
China
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infrared optics

Shalom EO offers a wide range of infrared optics – not only singlet IR optical lenses, IR optical windows and IR domes, but also lens modules designed for MWIR (3–5 μm) and LWIR (8–12 μm) thermal imaging cameras. A variety of specific infrared optical materials are available: germanium, zinc selenide (ZnSe), zinc sulfide (ZnS), chalcogenide glass, silicon, sapphire and fluoride (CaF2, BaF2, MgF2 and LiF). Our fabrication techniques include conventional polishing and diamond turning. Moreover, multiple types of modules with flat, spherical and aspherical optical surfaces are optional for different requirements. Referring to the thermal imaging lenses, Hangzhou Shalom EO offers standard lenses and hundreds of custom free-designed lens modules (e.g. athermalized lenses, fisheye lenses, single FOV, dual FOV, zoom lenses).

Further, our infrared windows can be used at 0.75 μm to 20 μm and our infrared lenses are suitable in a wide spectral range from 700 nm to 20000 nm. Infrared domes are suitable for 3 μm to 12 μm. AR coating options include broadband anti-reflection coatings (BBAR), long-pass anti-reflection coatings and hard diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating for application in harsh environments.

Your Custom Optics Expert

Shanghai Optics Inc.
425 Main St Suite 2E
Metuchen, NJ 08840
United States
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infrared optics

At Shanghai Optics we design and manufacture a wide variety of custom optical IR components. Our state of the art equipment allows us to achieve unparalleled precision and surface quality, and every piece we manufacture is subject to stringent quality controls.

We offer a wide range of IR substrates, including Ge, Si, ZnSe, ZnS, ZnS , CaF2, BaF2 and GaAs. Our lenses and windows are available with multiple anti-reflection coating options that can increase durability and improve performance.

Your reliable partner for photonics innovations!

EKSMA Optics, UAB
Dvarcioniu St. 2B
LT-10233 Vilnius
Lithuania
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See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 657)!

infrared optics

EKSMA Optics has substrates and finished optical components – windows, lenses and mirrors made from lithium fluoride (LiF), calcium fluoride (CaF2), barium fluoride (BaF2), sapphire (Al2O3), zinc selenide (ZnSe) and germanium (Ge) for laser and optical instruments applications in the infrared wavelength range.

Your sidekick for laser optics development

OPTOMAN
Ukmerges g. 427
14185 Vilnius
Lithuania
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See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 3217)!

OPTOMAN employs IBS technology to manufacture laser optics made for mid-IR. Broadband dispersive and low GDD mirrors for mid-IR range can reduce or even completely eliminate the need to use combinations of various bulk materials to compensate dispersion.

Custom mid-IR optics can be designed for spectral range 1 – 5 µm, using standard or CaF2, MgF2, YAG, sapphire or silicon substrates.

Bringing quality into focus

Knight Optical (USA) LLC
1130 Ten Rod Road
Suite D102
North Kingstown
Rhode Island 02852
United States
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infrared optics

Knight Optical can offer a variety of stock and custom infrared optics, such as lenses, windows, prisms and filters. We can provide these in a wide range of different materials including germanium, silicon, zinc selenide, calcium fluoride, sapphire, magnesium fluoride, zinc sulphide. Our custom infrared optics include aspheric lenses, filters working in the IR wavelengths, and coatings optimised for the different thermal wavebands, as well as diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings for extra durability of a surface.

Expanding your spectro-vision

Henan UM Optics Ltd
No. 100, Light Industrial Park
Shangcheng County, Henan Province, 465300
China
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infrared optics

UM Optics is the biggest optics supplier in China. We supply CaF2, BaF2, MgF2, LiF material covering the VUV to IR spectrum. We can also deliver cut blanks, polished lens, drilled windows, spherical lenses, aspheric lenses, galvo scanning mirrors, prisms, cylindrical lenses and mirrors in very large quantities at best price. UM Optics also grows silicon material in optical grade and supplies optics like silicon wafers, mirrors, AR-coated lenses, and prisms. We are also good at ZnSe/ZnS/Ge IR material optics.

YOUR KEY to innovation and success

UltraFast Innovations GmbH
Dieselstr. 5
85748 Garching (München)
Germany
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infrared optics

UltraFast Innovations (UFI®) offers a varied selection of broadband infrared mirrors designed for ultrafast laser systems. For example, we provide mirrors for thulium- and holmium-based systems operating in the 2-μm spectral region, Cr:ZnS systems around 2.4 μm and Cr:ZnSe for 3.2 μm. Such mirrors can be provided with precise control of chromatic dispersion.

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Other Suppliers
1T Optics Ltd
China
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3photon
Lithuania
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3W Photonics
United States
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Abrisa Technologies
United States
Acal BFi
Germany
Accusy Photontech, Ltd.
China
Adsys Controls Inc.
United States
Alien Photonics
Lithuania
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Alkor Technologies
Russian Federation
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ALL-IN OPTICS
Germany
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Fuzhou Alpha Optics Co., Ltd.
China
Andover Corporation
United States
AOG Crystal Technology Co, Ltd.
China
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asphericon
Germany
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Beijing Golden Way Scientific Co. Ltd.
China
Bena Optical Products Ltd.
China
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Bluebean Optical Tech Ltd.
China
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BMV Optical Technologies Inc.
Canada
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CASIX Inc.
China
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CASTECH
China
Chengdu Yasi Optoelectronics Co. Ltd.
China
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CLZ Precision Optics Co., Ltd.
China
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Coastline Optics, Inc.
United States
Couriertronics
United States
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CPG Optics
China
Creator Optics, Inc.
China
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Crystal GmbH
Germany
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Crystran Limited
United Kingdom
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Deposition Sciences, Inc.
United States
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DIOPTIC GmbH
Germany
DPM Photonics
United States
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Dream Photonics Inc.
Canada
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Dynasil
United States
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Egismos Technology Corporation
Taiwan
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Electro Optical Components, Inc.
United States
Elent A
Ukraine
EuroLase
Firebird Optics
United States
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FISBA AG
Switzerland
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Focus Technology Co., Ltd.
China
Futonics Laser GmbH
Germany
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Fuzhou Farview Optics Co., Ltd.
China
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Fuzhou Hundreds Optics Inc.
China
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GiAi photonics Co., Ltd
China
GreenOptics Inc.
South Korea
Haas Laser Technologies, Inc.
United States
He Rui Optics Co., Ltd.
China
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IL Photonics
Israel
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Inlight Precision Optics Co. Ltd
China
Inrad Optics
United States
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InStockOptics
Lithuania
International Crystal Laboratories
United States
Iridian Spectral Technologies
Canada
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Janos Technology, LLC
United States
Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH
Germany
JG International
China
Korth Kristalle
Germany
Lambda Research Optics
United States
Lano Photonics Co., Ltd.
China
Laser Research Optics
Laser S.O.S. Ltd.
United Kingdom
LightPath Technologies, Inc.
United States
Litech Optics Co., Ltd.
China
Lytid SAS
France
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Meller Optics
United States
MG Optical Solutions GmbH
Germany
MLOPTIC Corp.
China
MOK Optics Co. Ltd.
China
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MOXTEK, Inc.
United States
Nano-Giga
France
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New Age Instruments & Materials
India
Nihon Kessho Kogaku Co., Ltd.
Japan
NIL Technology
Denmark
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nortus Optronic GmbH
Germany
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OASYS GmbH Optics and Systems
Germany
Ohara Corporation
United States
Ophir Optronics Solutions Ltd.
Israel
Oplens
China
Optics and Allied Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
India
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Optiforms
United States
Optometrics Corporation
United States
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Opton Laser International
France
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Optonyx AB
Sweden
Orientir, Inc
China
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Pacific Coast Optics, LLC
United States
Panel Graphic Limited
United Kingdom
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Phoenix Optical Technologies
United Kingdom
Photon etc. Inc.
Canada
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Photonchina
China
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Pleiger Laseroptik
Germany
Changchun Positive Optics Co., Ltd.
China
PreciSe Hyper-iMage Optics Ltd.
China
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Prolog Optics
Israel
QuantumDesign Europe GmbH
Germany
Rainbow Research Optics, Inc.
United States
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Rayser Optronics, Inc.
China
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REFLEX Analytical Corporation
United States
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Resolve Optics
United Kingdom
Reynard Corporation
United States
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Rising Electro-Optics Ltd.
China
RIVoptics
Russian Federation
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Rochester Precision Optics
United States
Shangai Jingsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
China
Sherlan Optics
China
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Solaris Optics S.A.
Poland
SPAWR Industries Inc.
United States
Spectral Systems, LLC
United States
Sydor Optics
United States
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Syntec Optics
United States
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Tianjin Tengteng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
China
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Tydex
ULO Optics Ltd.
United Kingdom
Umicore
Belgium
Valley Design Corporation
United States
Vision Optics
United Kingdom
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VM-TIM GmbH
Germany
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VY Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
China
Wavelength Opto-Electronic (S) Pte Ltd
Singapore
WLoptical Co., Ltd.
China
WZWOPTICAG
Switzerland
Xenics nv
Belgium
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Yutai Optics
China

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