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Optical Coatings

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.universalthinfilmlab.com

Universal Thin Film Lab - Newburgh, NY
Manufacturer of thin-film optical coatings including metal and dielectric for antireflective, beamsplitters, reflectors, polarizers, and long- and short-wave pass filters. Substrates include optical glasses, IR materials, nonlinear and birefringent crystals, fiber optics and precision metal mirrors.

• Established in 1997
• 12 employees
• 10,000-sq ft facility
• 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

www.c-optical.com

Cascade Optical Corporation - Santa Ana, CA
Manufacturer of custom vacuum-deposited thin-film coatings. Offers ion-assisted deposition, low-temperature, low-stress coatings for laser crystals and fiber optics. Prototype to production quantities. ISO and MIL SPEC compliant.

• Established in 1975
• 20 employees
• 21,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.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

www.alluxa.com

Alluxa - Santa Rosa, CA
Provides cutting-edge optical thin-film coatings for the most challenging optical filter scenarios. Produces custom filters with a combination of automation, algorithms and a plasma thin-film deposition process. ISO 9001:2008 certified and ITAR registered.

• Established in 2007
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer

www.andovercorp.com

Andover Corporation - Salem, NH
Manufacturer of precision optical filters and coatings for the aerospace, astronomy, research, environmental, military, machine vision and medical markets. Extensive line of standard products; specializes in custom designs. US owned, ITAR registered and AS 9100:2009 and ISO 9001:2008 certified.

• Established in 1976
• 49 employees
• 44,000-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.optexsys.com/aoc

Applied Optics Center (AOC), Div. of Optex Systems Inc. - Dallas, TX
Design and manufacture thin-film optical coatings for both visible and IR applications. AOC specializes in high-layer-count coatings associated with laser protection optics. Proficient at high-volume optical assembly, subassemblies and optomechanical bonding. Large capacity coating, and in-house metrology.

• Established in 1962
• 37 employees
• 45,000-sq ft facility
• Publicly Traded Stock

• 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
• 1,300 employees
• 542,500-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.brewerscience.com

Brewer Science Inc. - Rolla, MO
Develops and manufactures innovative materials and processes for the fabrication of semiconductors and microelectronic devices. Products include ARC coatings, temporary etch protective coatings, temporary bonding materials, high-refractive index materials, and electronics-grade carbon nanotube solutions.

• Established in 1981
• 115,200-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

www.chroma.com

Chroma Technology Corp. - Bellows Falls, VT
Manufacturer of optical filters and coatings for biomedical instruments and imaging systems, fluorescence microscopy, astronomy, space exploration and chemical analysis.

• Established in 1991
• 108 employees
• 21,000-sq ft facility
• Employee Owned

• Stock Manufacturer

www.coloradotf.com

Colorado Thin Films Inc. - Denver, CO
Colorado Thin Films is a precision optical manufacturer serving commercial, defense, laser, medical and R&D markets. Offers standard and custom optical coatings as well as optical coating design and optical assembly services. CTF is ITAR compliant and DDTC registered.

• Established in 2016
• 4 employees
• 3,800-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.crystallinemirrors.com

Crystalline Mirror Solutions GmbH - Vienna, Austria
Manufactures low-noise reflective optics using a substrate-transfer coating technology. The crystalline coatings exhibit ultralow Brownian noise, excellent optical properties with ppm levels of optical absorption, and high thermal conductivity.

• Established in 2012
• 15 employees
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

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.deltaopticalthinfilm.com

Delta Optical Thin Film A/S - Horsholm, Denmark
Designer and manufacturer of custom ultrahard thin-film components for discerning OEM customers. Products include advanced continuously variable filters for hyperspectral imaging and variable dichroics, quality fluorescence filter sets, filters and dichroics, and filter sets for point-of-care instruments.

• Established in 2015
• 20 employees
• 13,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.depsci.com

Deposition Sciences Inc. (DSI), Sub. of Lockheed Martin - Santa Rosa, CA
Produces a wide variety of high performance optical, magnetic, and solderable thin-film coatings. Our technologies and custom deposition chambers offer coatings for the UV through LWIR. Known for our strong engineering services, we seek to understand your needs and provide creative solutions for real-world applications.

• Established in 1985
• 60 employees
• 145,000-sq ft facility
• Publicly Traded Stock

• Custom Manufacturer

www.escooptics.com

Esco Optics - Oak Ridge, NJ
US manufacturer of custom and standard optics for the UV, VIS, and IR wavelengths. In-house production of lenses, windows, mirrors, blanks, prisms, filters, and optical coatings. For over 60 years, we have proudly offered excellent customer service, low prices, and short lead times. ITAR registered.

• Established in 1955
• 48 employees
• 34,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.evaporatedcoatings.com

Evaporated Coatings Inc. - Willow Grove, PA
Optical coatings for precision glass and polymer optics, fiber optic devices, crystals, and semiconductors. Designs include optical filters, high power AR and HR laser mirrors, ultralow antireflection, enhanced mirrors, beamsplitters, transparent conductive coatings, LWP and SWP filters, antistatic, attenuation and custom designs of all types.

• Established in 1960
• 48 employees
• 16,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.fisba.com

FISBA AG - St. Gallen, Switzerland
Specializes in precision optical systems and components. From simple lenses to complex optical components, FISBA creates solutions tailored to specific requirements. Develops and manufactures lenses, laser modules, micro-optics and advanced optical components for medical, laser, industrial, military and space applications.

• Established in 1957
• 350 employees
• 55,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

goochandhousego.com

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.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

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.hoyaoptics.com

Hoya Corporation USA, Optics Div. - Milpitas, CA
We are a leading supplier of colored filter glasses and optical materials in raw, semifinished and finished forms. Our colored filter glass substrates cover a wide range of spectral characteristics from the UV to IR region. We have been providing advanced optical glass material for over 60 years.

• Established in 1968
• 25 employees
• 10,000-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.iridian.ca

Iridian Spectral Technologies - Ottawa, Canada
Iridian Spectral Technologies provides optical filter solutions to a wide variety of applications in telecommunications, spectroscopy, lasers, biomedical, endoscopy, sensing, display and entertainment. Our optical filters cover the spectral range from UV 300 nm to LWIR 10 microns including bandpass, edge pass, dichroic, notch and multizone filters.

• Established in 1998
• 140 employees
• 40,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer
• Supplier/Distributor

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.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.masterbond.com

Master Bond Inc. - Hackensack, NJ
Custom manufacturer of high-performance UV-curable and epoxy coatings and adhesives, potting and encapsulating compounds for assembly of optoelectronic devices.

• Established in 1976
• 50 employees
• 25,000-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

• Custom Manufacturer

www.meopta.com

Meopta - optika s.r.o. - Prerov, Czech Republic
Manufacturer of precision optics, specializing in the design, engineering and assembly of complex optical, optomechanical and optoelectronic systems.

• Established in 1933
• 2,500 employees
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer
• Supplier/Distributor

www.mldtech.com

MLD Technologies LLC - Mountain View, CA
Produces high-performance optical coatings and components specializing in the design, development and manufacture of ion-beam sputtered, low optical loss, laser-damage resistant thin films for the UV-VIS-IR spectral region. Applications include lasers, laser devices, nonlinear crystals, medical instruments and other photonic devices.

• Established in 1997
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.newportlab.com

Newport Thin Film Laboratory Inc. - Chino, CA
Newport Thin Film Laboratory Inc. (NTFL) is a leading manufacturer of custom thin-film coatings. For more than four decades, coatings produced by NTFL have contributed to engineering progress worldwide. NTFL is a fully equipped cleanroom facility specializing in the design and manufacture of thin films in the UV, VIS and IR spectrum.

• Established in 1975
• 20 employees
• 18,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

www.nacl.com

North American Coating Laboratories - Mentor, OH
Manufactures custom vacuum-deposited thin-film coatings for glass and plastic optics, specializing in AR, reflective, ITO, conductive, metallic, filter, and scratch-resistant films. Diamond-like and protective coatings for all substrates, including hydrophobic overcoatings for easy cleaning; and scratch-resistant dip coatings for plastics.

• Established in 1974
• 50 employees
• 50,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.omegafilters.com

Omega Optical Inc. - Brattleboro, VT
Precision optical filters from UV to NIR. Specializes in stock and custom filters and coatings for many applications. Offers prototyping, engineering, and high-volume production utilizing plasma-assisted reactive magnetron sputtering, e-beam, thermal evaporation, and ion assist using a wide variety of materials.

• Established in 1969
• 90 employees
• 30,000-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.opticsbalzers.com

Optics Balzers AG - Balzers, Liechtenstein
Optics Balzers provides innovative optical coatings and components, focusing on high-tech markets such as sensors and imaging, biophotonics, space and defense, lighting and projection, and industrial applications. Comprehensive know-how in optical thin-film coatings, glass processing, patterning and sealing technologies.

• Established in 2009
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.optometrics.com

Optometrics Corporation, A Dynasil Co. - Littleton, MA
An ISO 9001:2008 certified, ITAR registered lean optical components and subassembly manufacturer offering a large assortment of off-the-shelf and custom diffraction gratings, OEM monochromators, wire-grid polarizers, and optical filters and coatings produced using hard IAD technology along with traditional techniques for cost effective solutions.

• Established in 1967
• 60 employees
• 14,000-sq ft facility
• Publicly Traded Stock

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

www.optosigma.com

OptoSigma Corp., Sub. of Sigma Koki Co. Ltd. - Santa Ana, CA
Specializes in thin-film coatings, optomechanics, manual and motorized positioning components and optical components. Also provides service and engineering insight for customers.

• Established in 1995
• 23 employees
• 19,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer

www.pennoc.com

Penn Optical Coatings - Pennsburg, PA
Specializes in the design and development of standard and custom optical coatings (broadband, AR, laser, multispectral, dielectric, dichroic, conductive, UV) and related products (filters, beamsplitters, mirrors, rods, glass tubes). Custom designs and innovative solutions. ITAR compliant. Made in USA.

• Established in 2013
• 17 employees
• 17,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• 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

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

• Supplier/Distributor

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

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

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.syntecoptics.com

Syntec Optics - Rochester, NY
Supplies custom plastic optics for medical, defense, and biometric industries. Provides optical and mechanical design and optical coating. Optical and opaque mold building including fixture tooling; SPDT including HRDT for high refraction, high thermal optics/plano polishing. Provides plastic and glass molding, optical assemblies, and custom metrology.

• Established in 1981
• 250 employees
• 80,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Custom Manufacturer

www.tecoptics.com

TecOptics Inc. - Merrick, NY
Manufacturer of air-spaced and solid etalons, ultrahigh damage threshold laser optics and interferometer optics. Coatings from UV to near-IR. Optomechanical systems.

• Established in 1970
• 25 employees
• 6,000-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.viavisolutions.com

VIAVI Solutions Inc. - San Jose, CA
Specializes in network and service enablement and optical security and performance products and solutions. Provides optical thin-film filters, thin-film coatings, and components. Diverse portfolio including visual, near-IR and IR filters, AR coatings, custom wave plates, and more.

• Custom Manufacturer

www.visimaxtechnologies.com

VisiMax Technologies Inc. - Twinsburg, OH
VisiMax provides precision optical coatings for glass and polymer optics. Offers an extensive range of coating types including AR, beamsplitters, hot and cold mirrors, protective hard coatings, ND and bandpass filters, metal and dielectric reflectors. Custom coating. Cleanroom coating facility with state-of-the-art coating systems and automation.

• Established in 2000
• 21 employees
• 20,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

www.vortexopticalcoatings.co.uk

Vortex Optical Coatings Ltd. - Hinckley, England
Infrared filters, IR linear variable filters (from 0.9 to 6.0 microns), visible filters; design and manufacture of prototype filters; coating only service on customer optics.

• Established in 2009
• 6 employees
• 5,000-sq ft facility
• Privately Owned

• Stock Manufacturer
• Custom Manufacturer

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Glossary

coated optics Optical elements that have been coated with one or more layers of dielectric, or metallic material. These coatings serve to reduce or increase reflection from the surface, and to protect the surfaces from fumes or abrasion. Magnesium fluoride,...
antireflection coating A thin layer of material applied to a lens surface to reduce the amount of reflected energy. Ideally the index of refraction of that material should be equal to the square root of the product of the indices of the material on either side of the...
dielectric coating A high-reflectance coating consisting of alternating layers of quarter-wave film of a higher refractive index and lower refractive index than the substrate. Such coatings can be made very specific to a reflected wavelength or, by varying the layers'...
metallic coating A thin layer of metal deposited on the surface of a substrate. The film may serve as a reflector, beamsplitter, neutral density filter or electromagnetic interference filter.
reflective coating Thin-film coating, single or multilayer, that is applied to a substrate to increase its reflectance over a specified range of wavelengths. Metal film, transparent or opaque, is the oldest form of reflective coating.

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