Photonics Suppliers

Manufacturer of precision automation and motion control equipment ranging from component-level solutions (motors, drives, controllers, linear/rotary stages, gantries, piezos, and hexapods), custom-engineered motion subsystems and modules, and complete turnkey automation systems. We solve your toughest precision motion and automation challenges.

Design and manufacture of satellite telescopes, aspheric mirrors, SiC optics, optics, and optical systems for high-energy lasers. Provides large aperture integrated mounts, beam expanders, beam steering mirrors, and telescopes. Optics are deployed in aerospace, directed energy, HEL research, and remote sensing applications.

Expertise in photonic laser, spectrometer, and chemometric technologies producing mobile spectroscopy and laser instrumentation. Mobile spectroscopy business includes a full line of portable Raman and hand-held Raman systems, building block spectrometer and laser components for system integrators, and customized solutions.

Manufacturer of sensors, encoders, measuring instruments, and components for automated image processing.

Publisher of BioPhotonics magazine, dedicated to providing companies and researchers in the biotechnical and medical fields with the latest information about how to effectively and profitably utilize photonics products. Topics include microscopy, spectroscopy, surgical and biotechnical lasers, imaging, fiber optics, biosensors, and photonics analytical equipment. Subscribe online at www.Photonics.com/subscribe.

Product line manufacturer of flex pivot bearings and flexible metal and super plastic couplings. Custom metal flexures and other metal precision components to customer specifications, as well as cryogenic transfer lines.

Excelitas Technologies Corp. is an industrial technology manufacturer focused on delivering innovative, market-driven photonic solutions to meet the illumination, optical, optronic, sensing, detection and imaging needs of our OEM and end-user customers.

Fil-Tech supplies electron beam gun and ion source replacement parts, sensor heads and feedthroughs, INFICON rate monitors and controllers and Quality Crystals in Gold and Stress Relieving Alloy for the thin-film industry. We stock FT704, hydrocarbon oils and Krytox oils and greases, and ionization, thermocouple, INFICON and InstruTech vacuum gauges.

Importer and distributor of photonics components and subsystems for use in instrumentation. Products include photomultiplier tubes, solid-state photodetectors, IR detectors, image sensors, scientific cameras, light sources, and x-ray solutions.

Design and manufacture of application-specific hyperspectral imaging systems for OEMs and end-users. Product groups: remote sensing, machine vision, optical components (master-quality holographic gratings, and light and compact optical modules with high spatial and spectral resolution). Spectral ranges from UV-VIS and VNIR to NIR and SWIR.

Incom is a world leader in polymer and glass microstructure innovation. Our customers are instrument makers, researchers, and designers at the forefront of technology, providing innovation to science, medicine, security, and display technology. Our diverse products highlight our broad customization capabilities.

Development and manufacture of ultrastable semiconductor light sources, lasers, and systems. Specializes in single-frequency lasers for fiber laser seeding/pumping, frequency doubling, confocal microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. Specialist in high power multimode and ultranarrow single-mode lasers.

Specializes in high-performance fiber lasers and fiber amplifiers operating over a wide range of wavelengths and output powers. Applications include materials processing, telecommunications, and scientific research.

Established in 1983, Kentek Corporation has served thousands of laser users in more than 60 countries around the world. Kentek has the most comprehensive laser safety products and services including eyewear, barriers and curtains, viewing windows, beam control, beam evaluation, training and consulting for all laser users in any environment.

Specializes in the manufacturing of fine pitch manual adjusters, with standard pitches ranging from 80 to 508 threads/in. (0.05-mm pitch). Also manufactures components for the photo optics industry, including lens holders, adapters, connectors, and posts. All products manufactured in USA.

Supplier of avalanche photodiodes and modules (Si, InGaAs), IR detectors (InGaAs, PbS, PbSe, pyroelectric), photon counting modules, laser diodes and modules (different wavelengths and power), pulsed laser diodes (905 and 1550 nm), laser diode drivers, laser optics, spatial light modulators, polarizers, UV LEDs and glass filters.

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.

Manufactures precision apertures and miniature micropositioning components. Apertures: pinholes, air slits, and patterns on foils, exotic materials, and reflective surfaces. Micropositioning products: miniature motorized linear and rotary translation stages, PC-based servo-control systems, and light-duty servo amplifiers.

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.

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).

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.

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 1600 employees. Manufacturing sites in USA, Europe, Asia. PI's customers are leaders in photonics, life sciences, semiconductors, and aerospace.

Manufacturer of advanced optical components and optical assemblies. Offers custom optics manufacturing and custom optical design and engineering services. A top lens manufacturer specializing in coated optics, thin-film coatings, custom lens assembly and delivering cost-effective custom optical solutions.

Manufactures stock and custom off-axis parabolic mirrors. Flat, spherical, and aspheric mirrors in ceramic, glass and metal, precision mirror mounts; reflective beam expanders, collimators, FLIR test stations, lidar telescopes; Fourier transform systems, IR lens assemblies and a LUPI-IIA interferometer. Engineering, design, and field services.

Manufactures catalog and custom/OEM optical components and assemblies including microscope objectives, 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.

Custom manufacturer of precision flat-surfaced, parallel, and wedged optics specializing in double-sided polishing for transmitted wavefront and parallelism. Products include optical and IR windows, glass wafers, color glass filters, mirrors, wedges, plate beamsplitters, and witness samples. ITAR registered, ISO 9001:2015 certified.

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

Designs and manufactures IR detectors for the 0.5 to 24 micron range. Products include InGaAs, Ext-InGaAs, InAs, InSb, PC&PV HgCdTe detectors, linear and 2D arrays with a wide range of detector cooling options for defense, security/safety, chemical and biological detection, semiconductor inspection, life science, and spectroscopy markets.

Vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of photonics equipment for research, industry, life science, biomedical, and defense applications. Offerings include optomechanics, motion control, optics, fiber and fiber processing systems, light analysis, lasers and SLDs, optical amplifiers, imaging components, and microscopy systems.

Lapping and polishing consumables and machinery for glass, plastic, crystals, IR, semiconductor, electro, laser, and fiber optics. Microcellular foam elastomer pads, compounds, ultrapure alumina, colloidal silica, diamond powder/slurries; water-based, nanosize, alpha-alumina; optical blocking, synthetic pitch, double-sided polishers, and centrifuges.

AS9100/ISO 9001 manufacturer of substrates, wafers, flat optics, precision shims/spacers, 0.127-mm sq to 450-mm diameter. Precision lapping, polishing, dicing, 5-axis CNC machining, small diameter core drilling, hole drilling. Ultrathin 10-20 microns, ultraflat, tight tolerances. Fused silica, glass, sapphire, ceramics, metals. Large inventory.

Manufacturer of linear and rotary motion control positioning equipment including manual and motor-driven assemblies; rotary tables, XY tables, elevating tables; motor controls and readouts; in a variety of configurations and sizes with payload capacities to 400 lbs.

Manufactures high-performance, mercury-free pulsed UV flashlamps and UV systems for curing, printed electronics, and sanitization. Features include instant on/off and high-peak-power penetration enabling low-temperature curing and sintering of medical devices, semiconductor surfaces, PC boards, fiber optics, and DVDs/CDs.