Vortex Optical Coatings

At vortex we can manufacture any custom anti-reflection (AR) coating between 300 nm to 6000 nm. The two main types of anti-reflection coating are are broadband and V-coat AR’s (which includes multi-V-coats).

Broadband AR coatings are designed to reduce reflections over a wide range of wavelengths. This makes them suitable for applications that need to perform across a broad spectrum of light.

V-coat AR coatings are optimised for one specific wavelength or a very narrow range. These can be combined to create multi V-Coats, optimised for multiple wavelength points for example 532, 633 and 1064 nm.

At Vortex we can design and manufacture any custom beamsplitters, beam-combiners, and dichroic filters between 300 nm to 6000 nm whether they be cubes, plates or polarising filters. We are able to provide comprehensive spectral reports for any angle of incidence for all enquiries.

At Vortex we hold a large stock of standard optics on the shelf ready for immediate coating such as glass, sapphire, silicon, IR quartz. If we do not have the materials or sizes that you require, we have a network of trusted optics suppliers whom we can source from and apply any custom optical coatings that you require between 300 and 6000 nm.

We design and manufacture custom dichroic filters between 300 and 6000 nm. Dichroic filters are often either a long pass filter reflecting the short waves and transmitting the long waves, or a short pass filter transmitting the shorter wavelengths and blocking the longer wavelengths, often at 45° AOI.

At Vortex we are able to support hyperspectral imaging applications in the infrared with our Linear Variable Filters. We have three standard ranges that can be purchased from our web shop: 900 – 1700 nm, 1300 – 2600 nm and 2500 – 5000 nm, all in a stock size of 15 mm long, 3.5 mm wide and 0.5 mm thick. We can also manufacture totally custom linear variable filters on custom ranges and different size substrates.

At Vortex we are able to manufacture custom optical coatings in the near and mid infrared regions between 900 and 6000 nm. Whether you are looking for bandpass filters, long/short pass filters, beamsplitters, AR coatings (and many other coating types), we can apply these to a whole range of substrates, many of which we hold in stock on our shelves for immediate coating so we are able to offer very good lead times compared to the industry standard.

We design and manufacture a wide range of custom interference filters such as bandpass, long/short pass filters and notch filters across a range of 300 nm – 6000 nm. We have worked on many projects over the years including applications such as gas detection, environmental monitoring, machine vision and many more.

We design and manufacture custom attenuator coating across a range of 300 nm – 6000 nm for a variety of applications. The main uses of attenuators are protecting sensitive detectors from overload, attaining accurate laser power measurements and being used in filter wheels to balance the system for particularly strong signals.

Being optical filter experts, we design and manufacture all of our coatings in the UK including custom versions:

• [narrow bandpasses](narrow-bandpass-filters-2/
• wide bandpasses
• dual bandpasses
• long passes
• short passes
• beamsplitters and dichroics
• notch filters

All is available between 300 nm and 6000 nm. More information can be found about each through the links.

We are able to supply coated optical windows to any custom specification. We have a network of trusted optics suppliers from whom we can source optics and then apply custom optical coatings such as anti-reflection coatings and deliver the whole package of optic and coating from one supplier, simplifying the procurement process. Please contact us to discuss.

At Vortex we can design and manufacture any custom beam combiners between 300 nm to 6000 nm as either plates or cubes. We are able to provide comprehensive spectral reports for any angle of incidence for all enquiries.