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Custom Optics

Optics is the area of physics that deals with the generation, propagation, and interaction of light waves in the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths (or frequencies) ranging from that of the ultraviolet to the deep infrared. These companies manufacture and/or design custom optics to your specifications.
www.arwoptical.com
A.R.W. Optical Corporation - Wilmington, NC
Manufacturer of custom, standard, and OEM optical components and coatings in the UV to IR region. Provides rapid prototyping through volume production. Products include assemblies, beamsplitters, filters, lenses, mirrors, prisms, windows, and wedges.
• Established in 1980
• 10 employees
• 10,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Spherical Mirrors
Cylindrical Lenses
www.lacroixoptics.com
LaCroix Precision Optics - Batesville, AR
LaCroix Precision Optics has been manufacturing custom precision optics since 1947. Capabilities include spherical, aspherical, and flat optics with an extensive in-house coating department. ISO 9001:2015, and ITAR registered and compliant.
• Established in 1947
• 110 employees
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Custom Spherical Lenses
Custom Aspheric Lenses
Custom Achromatic Lenses
www.inradoptics.com
Inrad Optics Inc. - Northvale, NJ
Specializes in crystalline materials, glass and metal optical components and electro-optical devices. Vertically integrated, products include BBO, KDP, LiNbO3 Pockels cells and Q-switch elements, beamsplitters, ZGP and UV crystals, large transmission flats and mirrors, assemblies, x-ray monochromators, diamond-turned aspheres, and nickel-plated beryllium mirrors.
• Established in 1973
• 70 employees
• 42,000-sq ft facility
• Publicly Traded Stock
• Custom Manufacturer
Custom Lenses
Custom Mirrors
Custom Prisms and Wedges
www.rr-optics.com
Rainbow Research Optics Inc. - Centennial, CO
Manufacturer of precision optical components and high-power laser coatings from UV to IR. Stock and custom optics: lenses, beamsplitters, filters, windows, mirrors, wave plates, large wedges, prisms, and many more. In-house custom coatings: AR, high reflection, dichroic, and polarizing. Optics from 4 mm to 16 inches.
• Established in 1995
• 75 employees
• 29,234-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Laser Mirrors and Components
www.advancedoptics.com
Advanced Optics Inc. - Pewaukee, WI
Advanced Optics manufactures custom optics, precision optics, as well as off-the-shelf optical mirrors, windows and optical flats from prototype to production. We carry a wide range of substrates in-house, precision polish up to lambda/20 and provide custom fabrication and coatings.
• Established in 1966
• 7 employees
• Woman Owned Small Business
• Custom Manufacturer
Custom Optical Mirrors
BK7 Windows
Custom Optical Windows
www.hardinoptical.com
Hardin Optical Co. - Bandon, OR
We are a supplier of high quality precision custom optical components. We provide up-front technical support for optimizing manufacturability, cost, and quality. Capabilities include manufacturing and coating of optical components including lenses, aspheres, mirrors, windows, and prisms using a variety of visible and IR materials.
• Established in 1976
• 90 employees
• 65,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.ferson.com
Ferson Technologies Inc. - Ocean Springs, MS
Manufacturer of custom precision optical components including lenses, prisms, windows, mirrors, cylindrical lenses, filters, and domes. Capabilities include optical coating design and services, assembly and optical systems. Also will modify existing material or catalog optics to meet applications.
• Established in 1943
• 18 employees
• 20,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.greenlightoptics.com
Greenlight Optics LLC - Loveland, OH
Custom optics development and manufacturing company specializing in plastic optics, projection systems, near-to-eye displays, LED illumination, and imaging and sensing optics. Capabilities include in-house optical and mechanical design, diamond turning, CNC machining, plastic optics molding, metrology, and assembly and testing.
• Established in 2009
• 25 employees
• 10,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.lambda.cc
Lambda Research Optics Inc. (USA) - Costa Mesa, CA
Lambda Research Optics manufactures catalog and custom lenses, mirrors, beamsplitters, windows, prisms, filters, polarizers for defense, commercial, and medical laser applications. Lambda specializes in high-power coatings for excimer, YAG, fiber, CO2 lasers, and FLIR coatings. Precision polishing of CaF2, MgF2, BK7, fused silica, ZnSe, Ge, and Si.
• Established in 1991
• 60 employees
• 36,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Non-polarizing Beamsplitter Cube
Medium Extinction Broadband Polarizing Cube Beamsplitter
Neutral Broadband Cube Beamsplitter
www.opcolab.com
OPCO Laboratory Inc. - Fitchburg, MA
Manufacturer of custom optics, optical replication, diffraction gratings, electro-optical assemblies, metallic and dielectric thin-film coatings for prototype and volume production. State-of-the-art manufacturing, coating, QC, assembly and class 1000 cleanrooms. Serving commercial and defense markets worldwide.
• Established in 1983
• 25 employees
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Spherical Lenses
www.piketech.com
PIKE Technologies Inc. - Madison, WI
Manufacturer of spectroscopy accessories and custom optics. Products include ATR, diffuse and specular reflectance, integrating spheres, polarization, IR microscope, beam condensers, and transmission sampling accessories. Optical services include design, prototyping, metrology measurement, diamond-turning, and spherical grinding and polishing.
• Established in 1989
• 60 employees
• Privately Owned
• Designer
www.rmico.com
Rocky Mountain Instrument Co. (RMI) - Lafayette, CO
A fully integrated manufacturer of high quality photonics products. Capabilities include custom optical fabrication, UV/VIS/IR coatings, optical assemblies, full spectrum design and testing, CVD ZnSe crystal growth, DPSS laser marking systems. Fulfills OEM requirements for virtually any prototype specification and quantity.
• Established in 1957
• 150 employees
• 90,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.tecnottica.com
Tecnottica Consonni srl - Calco, Italy
Specialists in the optics and photonics market. Optical manufacturer with experience in engineering, production, and assembly of lenses, prisms, mirrors, filters, lightguides, and finished optical systems for imaging and lighting applications.
• Established in 1957
• 28 employees
• 19,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Spherical Lenses
Prisms and Wedges
Flat Beamsplitters
www.bmvoptical.com
BMV Optical Technologies Inc. - Ottawa, Canada
Manufacturer of precision optical components and thin-film coatings in prototype and volume quantities. Products include lenses and lens systems (cylindrical, spherical), GRMs, etalons, beamsplitters, laser windows and mirrors, for work in the UV, VIS, NIR, and far-IR spectral regions. Metrology services are also available. ISO 9001:2015 certified.
• Established in 2001
• 22 employees
• 18,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Custom Lenses and Lens Systems
Custom Beamsplitters
Graded Reflectivity Mirrors
www.cumberlandoptical.com
J.R. Cumberland Inc. - Marlow Heights, MD
Manufacturer of custom precision optical components.
• Established in 1949
• 10 employees
• 10,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.edmundoptics.com
Edmund Optics Inc. - Barrington, NJ
Global supplier and manufacturer of optics, imaging, and photonics technology supporting the R&D, semiconductor, biotech, and defense markets. Products include a wide array of multi-element lenses, lens coatings, imaging systems, and optomechanical equipment. Supports OEM applications with volume production of stock and custom products.
• Established in 1942
• 1,000 employees
• 80,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Designer
TECHSPEC®
www.irdglass.com
IRD Glass - Litchfield, MN
Custom and OEM precision glass, spinel, ceramic and optical components including spherical and cylindrical lenses, prisms, windows, mirrors, wedges and reticles. Optical assembly and subassembly capabilities and optical thin-film coating capabilities from UV to IR.
• Established in 1982
• 85 employees
• 18,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.ispoptics.com
ISP Optics Corporation, A LightPath Technologies Co. - Orlando, FL
ISP Optics is a fully integrated manufacturer offering design and manufacture of high precision infrared custom and catalog optics, including aspheric and diffractive elements, multielement systems, IR coatings, and IR zoom lens assemblies from prototype to production quantities utilizing conventional and diamond-turning methodologies.
• Publicly Traded Stock
• Custom Manufacturer
• Designer
www.navitar.com
Navitar Inc. - Rochester, NY
Designer and manufacturer of precision optical solutions for a variety of industries including biomedical and life sciences, defense and security, industrial imaging, and projection. Applications include machine vision, assembly, imaging, testing, metrology, biomedical, R&D, noncontact measurement, simulation, autonomous vehicles, and semiconductor.
• Established in 1972
• 100 employees
• 60,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
High-Magnification Zoom Lenses
4K HDR Lenses
High Resolution (HR) Objectives
www.nu-tek-optics.com
Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corporation - Aberdeen, MD
Manufacturer of on- and off-axis mirrors, lenses, windows, flats, crystals, diamond-turned optics, telescopes, and beam expanders. Specialties include VUV to FIR large and small optics, aspheres, postpolishing of diamond-turned surfaces, lightweighting, optical and mechanical system design and engineering services.
• Established in 1987
• 23 employees
• 15,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.pgo.com
Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O) - Santa Ana, CA
Complete in-house turnkey optics solutions include precision and commercial components, thin-film coatings and fabrication for biomedical, military/defense, avionics, solar, digital cinema, and imaging. Quick turnaround on windows, mirrors, prisms, and assembled optics from square, rectangular, circular parts to complex shapes and precision optical prisms.
• Established in 1985
• 50 employees
• 25,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Custom Prisms
Finished Infrared Optics
Custom Plate Beamsplitters
www.precisionoptical.com
Precision Optical - Costa Mesa, CA
Manufacturer of laser-quality precision optical assemblies and components (VUV to IR) including prisms, mirrors, windows, retroreflectors, filters, plate-type beamsplitters, alignment cubes, polarizing and nonpolarizing cube beamsplitters, and coatings. ISO 9001:2015 certified.
• Established in 1959
• 70 employees
• 41,655-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Large Optical Flat Mirror
Alignment Cube
Large Optical Flat Window
www.intrinsiccrystal.com
Qinhuangdao Intrinsic Crystal Technology Co. Ltd. - Qinhuangdao, China
Supplies CaF2, BaF2, MgF2, and LiF crystal material and optics; Si, Ge, ZnSe, ZnS material and optics. Coated and uncoated customized optics including windows, lenses, prisms, wedges, mirrors, filters, cylinders, and domes. ISO 9001 certified. All the material meets RoHS and Reach.
• Established in 2008
• 200 employees
• 108,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Silicon (Si) material
Calcium Fluoride material
Magnesium Fluoride (MgF2) material
www.reynardcorp.com
Reynard Corporation - San Clemente, CA
Reynard Corporation manufactures custom optical components and thin-film coatings from 0.2 to 50 microns (UV to far-IR), in-house single-point diamond turning, optical fabrication, photolithography pattern optics, environmental testing, and design services. Prototype to production, ISO 9001:2015 certified, ITAR registered, and cybersecurity compliant.
• Established in 1984
• 45 employees
• 28,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Custom Optics: Continuous Variable Apodizing Filters
Custom Optics: Windows
Custom Circular Variable Neutral Density Filters
www.silloptics.de
Sill Optics GmbH & Co. KG - Wendelstein, Germany
Designer and manufacturer of optomechanical subsystems, multielement objectives, large-illumination optics, and precision optical components for industrial, medical, QC, and commercial applications. Reprographic scan optics, comparator projection lenses, medical laser optics and precision aspheres, and telecentric lenses for machine vision.
• Established in 1894
• 235 employees
• 260,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
• Designer
www.unitedlens.com
United Lens Company Inc. - Southbridge, MA
A vertically integrated manufacturer of custom optical components specializing in thin-film coatings, precision machined and polished optical elements. ISO 9001:2015 certified and ITAR registered and features state-of-the-art metrology.
• Established in 1916
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.zygo.com
Zygo Corporation - Middlefield, CT
Zygo Corporation is a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced optical metrology instruments and systems, ultraprecise optical components and assemblies, and providing electro-optical design and manufacturing services. Our mission is to enable customer success by delivering innovative precision optical and metrology solutions.
• Established in 1970
• 500 employees
• Custom Manufacturer
Precision Aspheric Optics
High Quality, Large Scale Precision Windows
abrisatechnologies.com
Abrisa Technologies - Santa Paula, CA
Designs and manufactures precision optical coating solutions and custom flat glass fabricated optical products. Fabrication: cutting, edging, screen printing, strengthening, machining and cleaning. Coatings: AR, ITO, IMITO, heat control, UV, IR, beamsplitter, mirror and metal, ND filter, wavelength selection filter, dichroic, oleo, and hydrophobic.
• Established in 2011
• 150 employees
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Low Reflection & Non-Glare Glass
Dichroic Filters
VIS to SWIR Sensor & Scanner Windows
www.acrolite.net
Acrolite - Elbridge, NY
Acrolite is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of standard and custom OEM fiber optic lighting and sensing systems, bulk fiber, rigid light pipes (cane and fused), flexible light pipes, fiber optic illuminators and rigid or flexible borescopes. Serving the medical, dental, and industrial industries.
• Established in 1993
• 22 employees
• 13,600-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.amfoptics.com
AMF Optical Solutions LLC - Woburn, MA
Manufacturer of standard and custom optical components built to military or commercial specifications. ITAR registered, ISO 9000 manufacturer of IR optics and assemblies. State-of-the-art diamond-turning facility manufactures components from 5 to 700 mm diameter. Provides high resolution IR lens systems.
• Established in 1974
• 10 employees
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Spherical Lenses
Convex/Concave Mirrors
Windows
www.asphera.com
Asphera Incorporated - Santa Cruz, CA
Asphera Incorporated lives up to its name as one of the largest providers of complex aspherical lenses as well as providing components from our Asphera Scientific division with LiF, MgO, ultra thin quartz, CaF2, NaCl, Ga203, and sapphire windows fabricated in 5 to 6 week lead times. We offer a wide variety of coatings on all of our products.
• Established in 2013
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.berlinerglas.com
Berliner Glas Group - Berlin, Germany
OEM partner for optical key components, assemblies, and systems as well as high-quality refined technical glass. From concept to volume production, Berliner Glas Group companies serve innovative customers in various market segments: semiconductor industry, medical technology, metrology, laser, and space technology as well as the display industry.
• Established in 1952
• 1,600 employees
• 542,500-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Cylindrical Lenses
Aspheres and Freeform Optics
www.corning.com/advanced-optics
Corning Incorporated, Advanced Optics - Corning, NY
Offers advanced optical solutions to tough technology challenges. Serves diverse markets including aerospace and defense, semiconductor, telecommunications, and more.
• Established in 1851
• Publicly Traded Stock
• Custom Manufacturer
www.diverseoptics.com
Diverse Optics Inc. - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Diverse Optics manufactures custom precision polymer optic components and assemblies. Core processes include injection molding, SPDT, optomechanical design, metrology, assembly, bonding, and thin-film coating. Transforms optical systems from expensive, heavy, and complicated to commercially viable, lightweight, and simple.
• Established in 1987
• 41 employees
• 20,400-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Custom Polymer Optics
www.eksmaoptics.com
EKSMA Optics - Vilnius, Lithuania
EKSMA Optics manufactures optical components for high power lasers, Pockels cells and drivers, laser electronics, pulse pickers, laser and nonlinear crystals for UV/VIS/IR and THz ranges. Owns flat and spherical optics polishing, crystal polishing and IBS coating facilities, Pockels cells assembling facility and QC labs. ISO 9001:2015 certified.
• Established in 2006
• 60 employees
• 15,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Aspheric Lenses
Cube Polarizing Beamsplitters
Low GDD Ultrafast Mirrors
www.fresneltech.com
Fresnel Technologies Inc. - Fort Worth, TX
Manufactures molded plastic optics and IR transmitting materials and optics. Also lens arrays for passive IR applications, diffusers and microlens arrays for illumination, and plastic optics for 3.4 microns. Design help, tooling and production, and diamond machining.
• Established in 1986
• 55 employees
• 45,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
• Designer
www.glassfab.com
Glass Fab Inc. - Rochester, NY
Manufacturer of custom blanks. Products include fused quartz and silica, optical and filter glasses, and low/ultralow expansion glasses. Capabilities include annealing, slumping, sawing, grinding, edging, drilling, waterjet cutting, and CNC shaping and generating.
• Established in 1974
• 32 employees
• 31,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Optical Glass Blanks
Fused Quartz and Fused Silica Blanks
Low Expansion Material Blanks
www.gsoptics.com
GS Plastic Optics - Rochester, NY
GS Plastic Optics works with program leaders on complex optical challenges by providing polymer optics designed specifically for improving our customers' market share and competitiveness. We offer innovative solutions, including custom injection molding and SPDT, to companies with precision polymer optic requirements.
• Established in 1916
• 100,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Precision Polymer Optics
www.gurley.com
Gurley Precision Instruments Inc. - Troy, NY
Manufactures reticles, lenses, prisms, mirrors, resolution targets, step wedges, absolute and incremental discs/scales, patterns and replications, encoders, engineering and surveying instruments and digital readout systems for machine tools. UV to NIR optical coating capabilities include AR coatings, hot/cold mirrors, dielectric films.
• Established in 1845
• 100 employees
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Prisms
www.iivi-os.com
II-VI Optical Systems, Sub. of II-VI Inc. - Murrieta, CA
II-VI Optical Systems brings together several leading brands under II-VI Inc. Our expanding and extensive capabilities cover a wide range of products and applications, including high precision imaging optical assemblies, high energy laser assemblies, hypersonic assemblies, semiconductor and compound photonic components and advanced materials.
• Established in 1961
• 400 employees
• Publicly Traded Stock
• Custom Manufacturer
www.melleroptics.com
Meller Optics Inc. - Providence, RI
Manufacturer of coated and uncoated lenses, optical windows, prisms, mirrors and electronic substrates for lasers and analytical instruments. Materials include sapphire, quartz, BK 7 and other common laser glasses, germanium, silicon, zinc selenide, zinc sulfide, fluorides and ruby. Supplier of alumina powder and pitch.
• Established in 1921
• 30 employees
• 15,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.oharacorp.com
Ohara Corporation, Western Office - Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
Precision optical glass: strip, blanks, pressings, polished balls, near-UV transmitting i-Line glass, ceramic substrates, CaF2, UV/IR materials, quartz, fused silica (std./excimer grade), Nanoceram. Ohara CCZ ultralow expansion (excellent CTE uniformity, blank form, to 1.8 m diam). Double-side polished substrates (low surface roughness, excellent flatness).
• Established in 1981
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
www.oharacorp.com
Ohara Corporation, Eastern Office - Branchburg, NJ
Manufactures precision optical glasses: strip/slab, blanks, fine gobs, polished ball lenses, near-UV transmitting i-Line glass, ceramic substrates, CaF2, UV/IR materials, quartz, fused silica (std./excimer grade). Ohara CCZ ultralow expansion (excellent CTE; large size). Nanoceram. Double-side polished substrates (low surface roughness, excellent flatness).
• Established in 1981
• Publicly Traded Stock
• Custom Manufacturer
www.perkinsprecision.com
Perkins Precision Developments LLC - Longmont, CO
PPD provides custom laser optics, assemblies, and coatings for prototype, research, and OEM applications. PPD's precision fabrication, IBS thin-film coatings, and epoxy-free assembly processes enable total optics solutions. Products include beamsplitter cubes, laser mirrors, superpolished lenses and substrates, prisms, polarizers, and Brewster windows.
• Established in 2009
• 13 employees
• 7,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Spherical Lenses
Custom Right Angle and Penta Prisms
Matched Wedge Pairs
www.specialoptics.com
Special Optics Inc., A Navitar Inc. Co. - Denville, NJ
Manufactures catalog and custom/OEM optical components and assemblies including motorized zoom beam expanders, high-resolution diffraction-limited lenses, telecentric scanning, focusing and imaging lenses, wave plates, polarizers; also mounting hardware, optical coatings, and lens design services for UV to CO2 wavelengths.
• Established in 1965
• 25 employees
• 20,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Laser Scanning Lenses
Custom Microscope Objective
Laser Beam Expanders
www.sydor.com
Sydor Optics Inc. - Rochester, NY
Custom manufacturer of precision flat-surfaced, parallel and wedged optics specializing in double-sided polishing for exceptional transmitted wavefront and parallelism. Products include windows, wafers, filters, mirrors, plate beamsplitters, wedges and witness samples. ITAR registered, ISO 9001:2015 certified.
• Established in 1964
• 92 employees
• 40,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Custom Glass Wafers
Custom Plate Beamsplitters
Custom Optical Filters
www.valleydesign.com
Valley Design Corp., Headquarters - Shirley, MA
ISO 9001:2015 manufacturer of substrates, windows, wafers, flat optics, precision shims and spacers, 0.127 mm sq to 450 mm diam. Precision lapping, polishing, dicing, CNC machining, wafer/die thinning, edge/angle polishing. Ultrathin 10 to 20 microns, ultraflat, tight tolerances. Fused silica, glass, sapphire, ceramics, metals, many from inventory.
• Established in 1975
• 30 employees
• 30,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned
• Custom Manufacturer
Additional Companies

Market Data for Companies in This Category
Countries
100
United States:
8
Germany:
7
China:
5
England:
4
Lithuania:
OTHER: 13
US States
22
California:
19
New York:
9
Massachusetts:
7
New Jersey:
5
Colorado:
OTHER: 75
Capabilities
132
Custom Manufacturers:
13
Designers:
Average Number of Employees: 193


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