Buying Large Diameter Optics
For applications like telescopes and high-energy pulse compressors, optical elements such as mirrors, lenses, or prisms with very large sizes are required. These elements often need to exhibit high optical quality and damage thresholds to withstand intense laser beams.
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Aspects to Consider Before Buying
Some aspects to consider before buying large diameter optics: optical quality, size and weight, coating durability, thermal stability, mounting options, alignment precision, compatibility with systems, environmental resistance.
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Find Suppliers for Large Diameter Optics
28 suppliers for large diameter optics are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 9 present their product descriptions. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
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Bringing quality into focus Knight Optical (USA) LLC1130 Ten Rod Road Suite D102 North Kingstown Rhode Island 02852 United States |
Knight Optical can provide a variety of custom optical components with large diameters including optical flats, infrared windows and lenses, mirrors, optical domes, and many more. |
Optical components at better price SinoptixOffice 16 D, Yujia Mansion N° 1336 HuaShan Road Shanghai 200052 China |
We offer large optical components including borosilicate and fused silica windows, astronomical mirrors up to 1.5 mm diameter, with substrate in fused silica or zerodur. |
Your sidekick for laser optics development OPTOMANUkmerges g. 427 14185 Vilnius Lithuania See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 3217)! |
OPTOMAN designs, develops and manufactures advanced, high accuracy and repeatability thin film coatings by ion beam sputtering (IBS) technology. By concentrating solely on IBS, OPTOMAN is capable of manufacturing large diameter (up to 420 mm) laser optics that feature low absorption and scattering losses and high laser-induced damage threshold in spectral range from 193 nm to 5000 nm. For mirrors, high reflectivity (up to R > 99.99%) and for anti-reflective coatings, high transmitivity (R < 0.05%) are feasible. |
The Future Depends on Optics Edmund Optics101 East Gloucester Pike Barrington, NJ 08007 United States See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 1139)! |
Edmund Optics offers an extensive selection of large diameter optics including achromatic lenses or aspheric lenses. Many of Edmund Optics’ lenses are offered with a variety of coating options for the ultraviolet (UV), visible, or infrared (IR) spectral range. |
Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd. A635, Boke Mansion No. 9 Xiyuan Road Xihu District, Hangzhou 310030 China |
Hangzhou Shalom EO offers a diverse collection of large diameter optics, with a diameter range of 0.2 mm – 300 mm. With cutting-edge crafts, Shalom EO is capable of providing different types of optics including optical lenses (ball lenses, aspheric lenses, etc.), optical mirrors, high-power laser mirrors, optical windows, infrared domes of large sizes at a maximum of 300 mm, accommodating to an extensive range of requirements. A large amount of stocked and custom optical components with various dimensions, shapes, coating wavelength ranges, and specifications are available. 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. |
YOUR KEY to innovation and success UltraFast Innovations GmbHDieselstr. 5 85748 Garching (München) Germany |
A typical application of large aperture optics is in high-power/high-energy hertz (Hz) repetition rates systems for electron acceleration and high-field science. Here, the ability of the optics to withstand high average powers/energies is a pivotal requirement. UFI’s optics have been tested to withstand up to 90 J/cm² energy density. |
Your reliable partner for photonics innovations! EKSMA Optics, UABDvarcioniu St. 2B LT-10233 Vilnius Lithuania See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 657)! |
EKSMA Optics can manufacture custom large (up to ø 300 mm) optical lenses and mirrors with high power dielectric coatings, as well as metal-coated mirrors (silver, gold or aluminum) with diameters up to 500 mm. |
Avantier 1100 US-22 North Plainfield, NJ 07060 United States See us at SPIE Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, January 25–30 (booth 954)! |
Avantier’s specialization lies in the creation of high precision large diameter optics, surpassing dimensions of 100 mm. With our expertise in optical component production, which includes optical flats, lenses, mirrors, and optical domes, we offer a comprehensive range of coating options tailored to cater to UV, visible, or IR spectral needs. |
Your Custom Optics Expert Shanghai Optics Inc.425 Main St Suite 2E Metuchen, NJ 08840 United States |
At Shanghai Optics, we specialize in high-quality large diameter optics, surpassing dimensions of 100 mm. Our expertise lies in the production of optical components including optical flats, lenses, mirrors, and optical domes and offer a range of coating options for UV, visible, or IR spectral needs. |
Other Suppliers | |
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Alien Photonics Lithuania | |
Bena Optical Products Ltd. China | |
Changchun Boxin Photoelectric Co., Ltd. China | |
Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH Germany | |
HOLO/OR Ltd. Israel | |
Manx Precision Optics Isle of Man, IM9 2AP | |
New Age Instruments & Materials India | |
Newport Thin Film Laboratory United States | |
Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp United States | |
Optical Surfaces United Kingdom | |
OptoSigma United States | |
ORAFOL Europe GmbH Germany | |
Changchun Positive Optics Co., Ltd. China | |
Ross Optical United States | |
Sill Optics GmbH & Co. KG Germany | |
Solaris Optics S.A. Poland | |
Sydor Optics United States | |
Tydex | |
Zygo Corporation United States |