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Perkins Precision Developments
Precision Optics & Coatings for High Energy Laser Applications
Perkins Precision Developments4110 North Valley Drive
Longmont, CO 80504
United States
Tel.: | +1 970 785 2706 |
Fax: | +1 970 535 6368 |
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Contact page: | https://www.perkinsprecision.com/contact.php |
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Company Description
Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) is a Colorado-based company with extensive experience in optics manufacturing. Our technical staff possesses well over 100 cumulative years in the photonics industry.
PPD resides in a 7,000 square foot facility with a class 10,000 clean room. We have a full range of shaping, polishing and coating equipment that allows us to produce a diverse mix of precision HEL optics, thin film coatings and optical assemblies for prototype, research and OEM applications. Typical components that we offer include wedge windows, curved and plano laser mirrors, spherical lenses, right angle prisms, thin film plate polarizers, Dove prisms and beam splitter cubes.
All PPD optics and coatings are custom-built, produced in house and backed by customer service that you can rely on. Our low overhead structure and production flexibility are intentionally designed to maximize both quality and value to you, our customers. Industries and applications that we support include semi-conductor test and measurement, high energy laser systems, quantum research, material processing, medical instrumentation, telecommunications, aerospace/directed energy and space-qualified optics.
Ion-beam-sputtered (IBS) thin film coatings from 350 nm to 3000 nm are available on PPD-provided or customer-supplied substrates. IBS coatings offer environmental stability, high damage thresholds and low absorption, making them suitable for use with high-power pulsed and CW laser systems.

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anti-reflection coatings![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures custom IBS coatings, including anti-reflection coatings. PPD utilizes Ion Beam Sputtering coating technology because it is ideal for complex spectral designs, high power Nd:YAG and fiber lasers and applications where it is critical to minimize losses from absorption and/or scatter. IBS thin films have densely packed micro-structures resulting in stable, easy to clean optics that are insensitive to environmental changes such as heat, humidity and pressure. Our AR coatings exceed damage thresholds of 25 J/cm2 or sometimes even >60 J/cm2 at 1064 nm. |
beam splitters![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) offers a range of precision laser optics and optical assemblies, including:
These products are suitable for both R&D and OEM applications. Utilizing Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) coating technology, PPD ensures that their beam splitters and assemblies are environmentally stable, with no spectral shift due to time, moisture, or temperature. Key features of PPD's products include:
PPD also offers custom services such as dielectric beam splitter coatings and low-loss anti-reflection (AR) coatings on customer-supplied substrates, including flats, curves, and prisms. |
Brewster windows![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures Brewster windows in a variety of shapes and sizes from 2 mm to > 8” in diameter and with parallelism errors as low as 1 arcsecond. PPD manufactures precision plano substrates in a wide range of materials including fused silica, fused quartz, infrasil, N-BK7, YAG, silicon, SF11 and other high index glasses. |
custom optics![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) specializes in a variety of custom optics, including wedge windows, curved and plano HEL mirrors, spherical lenses, right angle prisms, plate polarizers, beam splitter cube assemblies, and Brewster windows. They employ Ion Beam Sputtering coating technology to accommodate complex spectral designs and high-power systems such as Nd:YAG and fiber lasers, where minimizing losses from absorption and scatter is crucial. All custom optics are manufactured and coated in-house, supported by a technical staff with over 100 cumulative years of experience in the photonics industry. |
dichroic mirrors![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures high energy laser mirrors, including dichroic and trichroic versions, for both prototype and volume OEM requirements. We apply custom Ion Beam Sputtered (IBS) thin film coatings for visible to near-infrared wavelengths on customer supplied substrates. PPD utilizes IBS coating technology because it is ideal for complex spectral designs, high power lasers and applications where it is critical to minimize losses from absorption and scatter. |
dielectric coatings![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) specializes in manufacturing custom IBS coatings for a wide range of optical components including laser mirrors, beam splitters, and polarizers. These coatings are suitable for wavelengths from 350 nm to 3 μm and utilize Ion Beam Sputtering coating technology, which is optimal for high power lasers like Nd:YAG and fiber lasers, and applications requiring minimal losses due to absorption or scatter. The IBS thin films feature densely packed micro-structures that enhance stability and ease of cleaning, while also being resistant to environmental changes such as heat, humidity, and pressure. The coatings can achieve damage thresholds exceeding 20 J/cm2, and in some cases, up to 60 J/cm2 at 1064 nm. Common coating types offered include:
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dielectric mirrors![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures high energy laser mirrors and precision optics for both prototype and volume OEM requirements. We also offer custom Ion Beam Sputtered (IBS) thin film coatings for visible to near-infrared wavelengths on customer supplied substrates. PPD utilizes IBS coating technology because it is ideal for complex spectral designs, high power lasers and applications where it is critical to minimize losses from absorption and scatter. Typical mirror coatings include dielectric low-loss high reflectors (HR), multi-wavelength high reflectors, dichroic mirrors, trichroic mirrors, beam splitter mirrors and dispersion controlled mirrors. |
laser mirrors![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures high energy laser (HEL) mirrors and precision optics for both prototype and volume OEM requirements. We also offer custom Ion Beam Sputtered (IBS) thin film coatings for visible to near-infrared wavelengths on customer supplied substrates. PPD utilizes IBS coating technology because it is ideal for complex spectral designs, high power lasers and applications where it is critical to minimize losses from absorption and scatter. Super-polished laser mirrors and cavity mirror substrates are also available with surface roughness as low as < 1 angstrom RMS! Typical mirror coatings include dielectric low-loss high reflectors (HR), multi-wavelength high reflectors, dichroic mirrors, trichroic mirrors, beam splitter mirrors and low phase shift mirrors. Our low overhead structure and production flexibility are designed to maximize both quality and value to our customers. |
laser optics![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures high energy laser mirrors and precision optics for both prototype and volume OEM requirements. We also offer custom Ion Beam Sputtered (IBS) thin film coatings for visible to near-infrared wavelengths on customer supplied substrates. PPD utilizes IBS coating technology because it is ideal for complex spectral designs, high power lasers and applications where it is critical to minimize losses from absorption and scatter. Typical HEL mirror coatings include dielectric low-loss high reflectors (HR), multi-wavelength high reflectors, dichroic mirrors, trichroic mirrors, partial beam splitting mirrors and 45 degree thin film plate polarizers. |
lenses![]() ![]() | ![]() PPD specializes in custom, high precision optical components suitable for a range of applications from imaging and machine vision to high energy laser systems. Our products cover the ultraviolet (UV) to near-infrared (NIR) spectrum and include:
These components are available both coated and uncoated, ranging in size from 2 mm to 8 inches in diameter. We offer a variety of materials such as fused silica, infrasil, N-BK7, YAG, SF11, and other high index glasses. For projects with undefined radius of curvature, we provide consultation on existing fabrication tooling and test plates, or can work from custom design specifications. Additionally, we offer low-loss ion-beam-sputtered anti-reflection (AR) coatings with reflectivity less than 0.1% per surface. These coatings can be applied to PPD lenses or customer-supplied substrates, utilizing IBS thin film deposition technology for repeatable, high-quality results. For more details on our products and services, please visit our product page. |
mirrors![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures high energy laser mirrors and precision optics for both prototype and volume OEM requirements. We also offer custom Ion Beam Sputtered (IBS) thin film coatings for visible to near-infrared wavelengths on customer supplied substrates. PPD utilizes IBS coating technology because it is ideal for complex spectral designs, high power lasers and applications where it is critical to minimize losses from absorption and scatter. Typical mirror coatings include dielectric low-loss high reflectors (HR), multi-wavelength high reflectors, dichroic mirrors, trichroic mirrors, partial beam splitter mirrors, non-polarizing and dispersion controlled mirrors. |
optical windows![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures multi-layer dielectric thin film coated laser windows and precision optical wedges in addition to custom uncoated substrates. Because we utilize Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) coating technology, our AR coated parallel windows and wedge pairs are both durable and easy to clean. In addition, they exhibit low losses due to absorption and scatter, as well as high damage thresholds, making them ideal for both intra-cavity or extra-cavity laser applications. Plane parallel windows, Brewster windows and matched wedge pairs are available in a variety of shapes and sizes from 2 mm to > 8” in diameter and with parallelism errors as low as 1 arcsecond. PPD manufactures precision plano substrates in a wide range of materials including fused silica, fused quartz, infrasil, N-BK7, YAG, silicon, SF11 and other high index glasses. Custom low-loss anti-reflection (AR) coatings with reflectivity less than 0.1% per surface can also be deposited on customer supplied substrates up to 4 inches in diameter. Click here to see recent LDT data for an AR coating at 1064 nm. |
polarizers![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures Brewster’s angle polarizers as well as 45 degree plate polarizers for high performance with easy alignment. Because we utilize Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) coating technology, our dielectric thin film plate polarizers are environmentally stable, thus there is no spectral shift caused by either time, moisture or temperature. The predictability and repeatability of IBS thin film coatings allow us to guarantee high transmission at a specific angle of incidence, eliminating the need to angle tune the optical component in order to achieve optimal performance. As with all of our custom laser optics and polarizers, PPD's IBS coated polarizing beam splitters exhibit low absorption, high extinction (Tp/Ts) and high damage thresholds, making them ideal for use with high energy Nd:YAG and fibers lasers as well as other high-power pulsed and CW laser systems throughout the visible and near-infrared. |
prisms![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) manufactures custom, high-precision prisms and prism assemblies of all shapes and sizes and in a variety of materials including fused silica, fused quartz, N-BK7, YAG, ZnSe, SF11 and other high index glasses. Prisms are available uncoated or coated with our low-loss, high energy IBS thin film coatings for applications in the UV, visible and near-infrared (NIR). Typical coatings include anti-reflection (AR), high-reflector (HR), dichroic, beam splitter, and polarizing designs. Common types of thin film coated prisms that we produce for both laser and imaging applications include right angle turning prisms, Risley prisms, equilateral dispersion prisms and penta prisms. Precision optical assemblies such as polarizing beam splitter cubes and dichroic prism beam splitters are also an option. Our technical sales team will work with you at the design and quotation phases to ensure the optimal balance of performance, manufacturability and cost. |
thin-film polarizers![]() ![]() | ![]() Perkins Precision Developments (PPD) offers high-performance Brewster’s angle polarizers and 45-degree plate polarizers featuring easy alignment. Utilizing advanced Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) coating technology, our dielectric thin film plate polarizers are environmentally stable, ensuring no spectral shift due to time, moisture, or temperature. The precision of IBS coatings guarantees high transmission at specific angles of incidence without the need for angle tuning. PPD's IBS coated polarizing beam splitters are designed for low absorption and high extinction (Tp/Ts), with high damage thresholds suitable for high energy Nd:YAG and fiber lasers, as well as other high-power pulsed and CW laser systems in the visible and near-infrared spectrum. |