Photonics Suppliers

Materion Balzers Optics is a global leader in optical thin film coating solutions. We custom manufacture and supply precision optical filters and coatings. As a high-tech company with five production sites worldwide, our focus is on a variety of markets such as life science, industry, consumer, lighting, space, defense, and automotive.

Manufactures standard and custom polarization control components and systems including polarizers, retarders, LC devices, Pockels cells, polarimeters, and SLMs. Applications are in optogenetics, aerospace, defense, medical imaging and analysis, data storage, polarimetry, semiconductor inspection and processing, astronomy, and more.

Designs, manufactures, and markets high-speed video cameras, digital video recorders, and custom imaging systems for industrial, scientific, aerospace, and military markets. Products and services analyze and capture events too fast for the human eye to see and play events back in super slow motion for detailed frame-by-frame image analysis and report generation.

Manufacturer of high-precision optical components made from sapphire. Capabilities include finish of other materials including Spinel, ALON, ZnS, Ge, Si, optical glass and more. Configurations provided include windows, spherical lenses, prisms, and domes available from stock or made to precise customer specifications. ITAR/DFARS/NIST Compliant.

Manufacturer of precision optics, specializing in the design, engineering, and assembly of complex optical, optomechanical, and optoelectronic systems.

Manufacturer of free-space and fiber-coupled lasers with diffraction limited performance. Lasers from 350 to 2000 nm have accessories for expanding or focusing the beam, fiber collimators, fiber focusers, tiny collimators and splitters to integrate with the pigtailed lasers. Custom assemblies for OEM users are routinely made.

MKS/Newport designs and manufactures high performance optical filters and replicated mirrors in the UV, VIS, and NIR. Filters include bandpass, dichroic, edge, fluorescence, neutral density, and notch filters, as well as optomechanical and electro-optical assemblies based on filter technology. Mirrors include retroreflector, aspheric, and spherical.

Develops, calibrates, and markets a complete line of laser and LED measurement products, including laser power/energy meters, beam profilers measuring femtowatt to hundred-kilowatt lasers, high-performance IR and visible optical elements, IR thermal imaging lenses and zoom lenses for defense and commercial applications.

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.

MOK Optics specializes in manufacturing custom optics, from prototype to volume production. We produce a wide range of optical components (lenses, prisms, mirrors, filters, windows). Materials processed include optical glass, UV and IR fused silica, IR optics (sapphire, germanium, MgF2, CaF2, ZnS, ZnSe, etc.). We are an ISO certified company.

High-quality OEM manufacturer of standard and custom laser workstations, custom stages and micromachining systems with submicron accuracy. Applications for laser welding, cutting, and ablation. Key features are versatility, accuracy for high-volume product manufacturing requiring complex processes for aerospace, implantable medical devices, electronics, and more.

Manufacturer of thin-film pellicles for use as beamsplitters, beam combiners, attenuators, filters, and optical windows. Standard items, uncoated and coated, are available from inventory; special frames, coatings, flatness, transmission and documentation are available for custom applications.

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.

NIT designs and manufactures in-house InGaAs short-wave infrared sensors and cameras. NIT offers a complete advanced French-made product line from line scan, qVGA, and VGA to full HD resolution with industrial interfaces providing excellent performance (HDR with no saturation/high sensitivity, ultra-low-noise).

Manufacturer of diamond-turned optical components and precision, electroformed optics. Diamond-turning capabilities include 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-axis technology to deliver custom, precision optical components. Also provides thin-film optical coatings for stringent specifications.

Manufacturer of UV curing optical adhesives that meet Telcordia (Bellcore) specification of 85 degrees Celsius/85% relative humidity for 2000 hours, UV light sources, and fiber optic splicing systems. ISO 9001:2015.

Manufactures custom vacuum-deposited thin-film coatings for glass, plastic, and infrared optics, specializing in AR, reflective, ITO, conductive, metallic, filter, and scratch-resistant films. Now offering diamond-like carbon for all substrates, including severe abrasion DLC for chalcogenide material.

Through our globally recognized Novanta brands in advanced photonics, ARGES, Cambridge Technology, Laser Quantum, and Synrad, we deliver tailored laser and beam delivery solutions to OEMs in a broad range of industrial and medical markets.

Manufactures and sells Fresnel lenses, lenticular lenses, sheet prisms, and linear Fresnel lenses. Manufactures any type of lens to customer specifications.

NYFORS is your innovative supplier of advanced glass processing and preparation equipment for specialty optical fiber splicing operations. We supply precise solutions tailored to the individual challenges of our customers. Our highly automated systems lead to consistent, high yield production for both high and low volume.

Applies spectral technology, application expertise, and manufacturing scalability to provide solutions in the biomedical, environmental, industrial, and research and science segments.

Provider of optical components and a variety of thin-film optical coatings. Offers multilayer coatings, BBAR, beamsplitters, polarizer, ITO, patterned dichroics, and metallic coatings. ISO 9001:2015 and ITAR registered.

Precision optical glass: strip, blanks, pressings, polished balls, near-UV transmitting i-Line glass, ceramic substrates, CaF2, UV/IR materials, quartz, fused silica (standard/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).

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).

Precision optical filters since 1969, from UV to NIR. We specialize in custom filters from prototype to OEM quantities. Fluorescence, astronomy, and overrun filters in stock. Prototyping, engineering, and high-volume production utilizing plasma-assisted reactive magnetron sputtering, e-beam, thermal evaporation, and ion assist. ISO 9001:2015 Certified.

Omicron-Laser offers CW light sources from 355 to 2500 nm, as well as high-speed modulated systems (up to 350 MHz analog and 500 MHz digital), as well as picosecond lasers, as single and multi-wavelength solutions. In addition, laser combiners, narrow bandwidth laser diode modules, and PDT medical laser systems are available.

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.

The Optical Engineering Experts - Optikos offers a distinctive set of products and services for optical problem solving: select standard or custom products for testing optics at your facility; send us your optical systems for IQ Lab testing services; or work with our engineers on optically-based product development from concept through manufacturing.

Standard and custom photodetectors and high-quality VIS and IR LEDs. Our advanced performance sensors operate from the extreme ultraviolet to the mid-infrared. Photodetectors provide high-energy particle, electron, x-ray, and UV detection; plus excellent mid-IR sensitivity to discriminate gases, detect heat, sparks, and flames.

OATi is a leading manufacturer of ultra-precision alignment and metrology solutions for optical manufacturing. Our lens alignment system provides more versatility and is capable of less than 200-nm centering precision. Our QuickPRO metrology products offer high-speed, high-resolution surface scanning at a low price target.

Specialist in designing, developing, and manufacturing advanced, high-accuracy, and repeatability thin-film coatings by ion beam sputtering (IBS) technology. Provides customized and application-optimized laser optics featuring high LIDT, longevity and reliability.

Optris is a leader in the field of noncontact temperature measurement with a full line of pyrometers and infrared cameras developed to support industrial automation and research applications. We design high quality, accurate, and innovative infrared temperature measurement solutions for research and process applications.

Designs and manufactures optoelectronic components and subassemblies for satellite communications, sensing, telecommunications, datacom, wireless, lidar, and broadband systems.

Manufacturer of custom optical assemblies for biomedical, defense, and commercial markets. Design and engineering services are provided including design for manufacturability and prototype to medium production. Experienced active alignment of complex optical systems and customized metrology and testing expertise. ITAR compliant and ISO 9001:2015 certified.

Manufacturer of scientific imaging, microscopy, and spectroscopy solutions. Supplies innovative, flexible microscopy systems, high-performance scientific digital CCD, ICCD, EMCCD, and sCMOS cameras, spectrographs, Raman microscopes, and atomic force microscopes to research establishments. Supplier of advanced etch and deposition tools.

PM fiber components; patch cords, splitters/combiners, polarizers, isolators, fused/PLCS couplers, test equipment; PER meter, polarized sources, PDL emulators, polarization controllers/analyzers, digital/motor driven/manual variable attenuators, laser/laser diode to fiber delivery systems; collimators/focusers, polarization entangled photon sources.

Supplier of high-power DPSS lasers and direct diode lasers in the wavelength range of 2 to 5 microns. Provides customized solutions from single laser units to developments based on customer specifications and requirements of complete devices and laser machines for medical, industrial, and scientific markets.

PPD provides custom laser optics, assemblies, and IBS coatings for prototype, research, and OEM applications. PPDs precision fabrication, dielectric thin-film coatings, and epoxy-free assembly processes enable total optics solutions. Products include PBS cubes, high power laser mirrors, super-polished lenses, prisms, polarizers, and Brewster windows.

Manufacturer of precision optical components (UV to mid-IR). Prisms, windows, filters, wedges, mirrors, beamsplitters, and all types of singlet, doublet, and triplet lenses. Electron and ion-assisted deposition coating services. Prototype production and OEM assemblies include design and manufacture of single- and multi-element systems.

Provides optical engineering services for all product development phases including specification, conceptual through detailed optical design, system analysis, tolerancing, customer and vendor interfacing, ghost and stray light analysis, illumination design and modeling, radiometry and contamination control. Develops optical engineering software.

Publisher of Photonics Spectra, BioPhotonics, and Vision Spectra magazines in print and digital formats; the Photonics Marketplace featuring the Buyers' Guide to suppliers and products and the Photonics Handbook (both available in print), a Career Center, and Dictionary; and Photonics.com - with all of our publications online, plus daily research and business news, feature articles, webinars, videos, whitepapers, newsletters, tradeshow coverage, a bookstore, and more. Producer of the "All Things Photonics" Podcast, and Photonics Spectra Now weekly newscast. Organizer of monthly online conferences and summits throughout the year.

Publisher of Photonics Spectra magazine, an international publication covering the photonics industry: lasers, optics, imaging, sensors and detectors, test and measurement, light sources, fiber optics, spectroscopy, microscopy, materials, coatings, and machine vision. Photonics Spectra is referred to by the largest qualified audience of engineers, designers, researchers, and managers seeking to keep abreast of photonics technology. Subscribe online at www.Photonics.com/subscribe.

Develops, manufactures, and provides fiber-coupled diode lasers, solid-state lasers, high-power fiber patch cable and fiber-optic combiner. The products are applied in research, industry, medical and defense.

Photron develops and manufactures high-speed camera systems that provide extremely high frame rates and extraordinary light sensitivity. Photron cameras are effectively utilized in a wide variety of applications within the automotive, military, aerospace, medical, scientific, R&D, and manufacturing industries.

Global leader in precision motion control, nanopositioning stages, and automation subsystems. Technologies include hexapods, air bearings, and piezo drives. More than 50 years of experience and 1700+ employees. Manufacturing sites in USA, Europe, Asia. PI's customers are leaders in photonics, life sciences, semiconductors, and aerospace.

Designs and manufactures advanced SPAD optical imaging solutions, offering exceptional performance in low-light imaging, high-speed detection, high-dynamic range imaging, and time-resolved applications. Applications include scientific research, life sciences, quantum technologies, OEM integrations, and advanced manufacturing.

Manufacturer of digital cameras and imaging software for machine vision and scientific applications. Color and monochrome cameras based on CCD and CMOS sensors offer easy connectivity via GigE, FireWire, USB 2.0 and 3.0 interfaces. SDK, DCAM, and other software support allow quick integration with application.

Expertise in real-time sensor connectivity, AI for manufacturing, and rugged networking helps system designers, equipment manufacturers, and end-users shorten time-to-market, reduce risk, and lower costs. Serves over 1500 active customers in the industrial automation, medical imaging, and security and defense markets.

Since 1969, Power Technology, Inc. has innovated in laser technology, offering modules for diverse fields like semiconductor manufacturing, biomedical, industrial, and defense. From laser diode modules with 261 to 13,900 nm wavelengths to advanced HeNe power supplies, PTI excels in custom design and manufacturing for tailored applications.

PG&O provides reliable, cost-effective, precision optics and commercial components from 0.040 in. to 30 in. diam., highly precise thin-film coatings, custom and standard components and turnkey optical solutions that operate from 0.2 to 15 microns. Delivering highly durable sapphire optics for broad-spectrum apps and finished IR optics for mission-critical tasks.