Photonics Buyers' Guide / Infrared Windows

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Infrared Windows

Infrared windows are thin parallel plates of material that transmit in the infrared region or a spectral region (of the infrared) in which the atmosphere transmits.

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II-VI Optical Systems, Sub. of II-VI Inc. - Murrieta, CA
As a synergetic blending of LWOS, MLA and VLOC to better serve our customers' optical needs from material growth through complex assemblies. Together we are a leading solution partner for the advanced integrated optical systems, focusing on the complex optics needs of defense, space, commercial and medical technology companies.

• Established in 1961
• 242 employees
• Publicly Traded Stock

• Custom Manufacturer

www.alkor.net

Alkor Technologies - St. Petersburg, Russia
Wide variety of IR and UV optical components for scientific applications. Optical windows, lenses, mirrors (Al, Au, dielectric), IR interference filters, prisms, ATRs, wedges. Materials include CaF2, BaF2, KBr, NaCl, KCl, MgF2, ZnSe, ZnS, sapphire, silicon, Ge, fused silica (IR, UV), and optical glass.

• Established in 1991
• 50 employees
• 5,500-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.apoptics.com

Angstrom Precision Optics Inc. - Rochester, NY
Manufactures precision polished and machined optical elements. Products: windows, wedges, wafers, prisms, filters, CNC machined substrates and cylinders for UV/VIS/IR applications. Capabilities: pitch bed, double-sided and OD polishing; and precision machining and slicing. Materials: optical glass, filter glass, fused silica/quartz, germanium, silicon and float glass.

• Established in 1998
• 16 employees
• 8,100-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

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 (cylindrical, spherical), etalons, precision flats, beamsplitters, laser windows and mirrors, and work in the UV, VIS, NIR and far-IR spectral regions. Metrology services are also available. ISO 9001:2008 certified.

• Established in 2001
• 22 employees
• 18,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.castech.com

CASTECH INC. - Fuzhou, China
CASTECH manufactures NLO crystals, laser crystals and precision optics. We have capabilities for both rapid reaction prototype and volume orders. ISO:9001 system and advanced metrology instruments for stringent quality control on each part. We steadily focus on the best solution for every demand.

• Established in 1988
• 900 employees
• 450,000-sq ft facility
• Publicly Traded Stock

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

www.cryslaser.com

Cryslaser Inc. - Chengdu, China
Cryslaser manufactures laser crystals including YAG series and YVO4. Provides nonlinear crystals including KBBF, BBO, LBO, and KTP; as well as IR optics (Ge, Si, ZnS, ZnSe). Laser optics and components are also available. Also distributes and supplies sapphire, wave plates and other electro-optic products.

• Established in 2007
• 100 employees
• 65,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

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Gooch & Housego - Somerset, England
Gooch & Housego generates, controls, amplifies and connects lasers and light sources. From our factories in the USA and UK we design and manufacture components and subsystems for use in aerospace and defense, big science, industry, life sciences, oil and gas, space communications and telecommunications.

• Established in 1946
• 800 employees
• Publicly Traded Stock

• Custom Manufacturer

www.gurley.com

Gurley Precision Instruments Inc. - Troy, NY
Manufactures stock and custom reticles, lenses, prisms, mirrors, resolution targets, step wedges, divided circles, absolute and incremental discs/scales, precision patterns and replications, measuring devices, rotary/linear 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

www.shalomeo.com

Hangzhou Shalom EO - Hangzhou, China
Hangzhou Shalom EO supplies a variety of crystals, nonlinear crystals and optics products for laser systems, and IR lenses, IR windows and optics products used in thermal imaging applications. We also supply scintillation crystals, arrays and detectors for x-ray and gamma-ray detection, and saw wafers, sapphire optics, other crystals and optics.

• Established in 2010
• 10 employees
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

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
• 70 employees
• 65,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.optics.heraeus-quarzglas.com

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC, Sub. of Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG - Buford, GA
We manufacture semi-finished and finished products from fused quartz and fused silica for applications in optics, lasers, special light sources, research and science, and the semiconductor industry. We supply customized or standard products optimized for DUV/UV, the near IR, or broadband applications.

• Established in 1912
• 10 employees
• 25,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.inradoptics.com

Inrad Optics Inc. - Northvale, NJ
Manufactures crystalline materials, glass and metal optical components and electro-optical devices. Vertically integrated, products include BBO, KDP, LiNbO3 Pockels cells and Q-switch elements, 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

www.ispoptics.com

ISP Optics Corporation, A LightPath Technologies Co. - Irvington, NY
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.

• Established in 1993
• 105 employees
• 40,000-sq ft facility
• Publicly Traded Stock

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

www.knightoptical.com

Knight Optical - North Kingstown, RI
Specializes in supplying precision optical and optomechanical components; and in custom optics to customer requirements. Products include lenses, prisms, filters, mirrors, retarders, diffusers and more. All testing done in metrology lab. Technical advice and assistance available.

• Supplier/Distributor

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

www.laserresearch.net

Laser Research Optics, Div. of Meller Optics Inc. - Providence, RI
Manufactures laser optical components for CO2, YAG and excimer high-power laser systems. Optical fabrication of flats, spherical radii, and meniscus parts and thin-film coating services. Materials: ZnSe, Ge, Si, GaAs, BaF2, MgF2, CaF2 and fused silica; components: windows, mirrors, beamsplitters, lenses and beam combiners.

• Established in 1987
• 35 employees
• 12,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock 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.

• 47 employees
• 18,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

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.opcolab.com

OPCO Laboratory Inc. - Fitchburg, MA
Full service 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 ensure precise, repeatable solutions serving commercial and defense markets worldwide.

• Established in 1983
• 25 employees
• 15,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.piketech.com/optics

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

• Stock Manufacturer

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

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer
• Supplier/Distributor
• Designer

www.reynardcorp.com

Reynard Corporation - San Clemente, CA
Reynard Corp. manufactures custom precision optical components and thin-film coatings from 0.2 to 50 microns (UV to far-IR). In-house capabilities: diamond point turning (DPT), optical and mechanical fabrication, photolithography pattern processing, environmental testing, and design services. Prototype to production, ISO 9001:2008 certified and ITAR registered.

• Established in 1984
• 45 employees
• 28,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.rising-eo.com

Rising Electro-Optics Ltd. - Fuzhou, China
OEM manufacturer of precision optical components specializing in lenses, coatings and assemblies.

• Established in 2006
• 180 employees
• 30,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.tempotec.com

Tempotec Optics Co. Ltd. - Fuzhou, China
Manufacturer of optical components serving the bio-optic, fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry and other related industries with wave plates, filters, beamsplitters, and mirrors. Mirrors provided include concave mirrors, dichroic mirrors, dielectric coated high-reflection mirrors (laser mirrors), and metal coated mirrors.

• Established in 2005
• 70 employees
• 97,200-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.uqgoptics.com

UQG (Optics) Ltd. - Cambridge, England
Manufacturer and supplier of custom optics and catalog stock optical windows, flats, substrates, optical filters, optical lenses, and optical components for OEMs, research, and scientific industries. Materials include fused silica, quartz, color/filter glasses, sapphire, and optical glasses. Micro dicing and assembly services.

• Established in 1955
• 19 employees
• 10,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer

www.vyoptics.com

VY Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. - Changchun, China
We are a professional and trusted supplier in the production of scientific, stock and customized precision optical elements, with seven years' experience providing optical solutions for a range of instrumentation, especially in most industrial and avionic sectors, building strong, reliable relationships.

• Established in 2010
• 20 employees
• 10,800-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

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Glossary

infrared (IR) The invisible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that lies between about 0.75 and 1000 µm. Radiation in the near-infrared produces a sensation of heat.
window 1. A piece of glass with plane parallel surfaces used to admit light into an optical system and to exclude dirt and moisture. 2. A particular region of the electromagnetic spectrum that has been singled out for some purpose; for example, the region...
infrared window 1. A thin parallel plate of material that transmits in the infrared region. See infrared optical material. 2. A spectral region (of the infrared) in which the atmosphere transmits.

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