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Components

Lambda Photometrics offer a complete range of optical components and associated products from a number of manufacturers, covering wavelengths from the deep UV to the far InfraRed. In the unlikely event that you cannot find what you are looking for; do still contact us (25 years of working in this field means we know where to look).

Optics for Research

OFR have built up a reputation for innovation, quality and flexibility, with particular expertise in polarization manipulation and control. Their stock inventory runs to 1,000's of items, and if an exact component specification is not available, chances are there will be a close alternative in stock for quick shipment. We will also be pleased to hear of any custom or OEM requirements you may have.

Lenses

  • Best form laser lenses from 157nm to 1064nm (YAG)
  • Air spaced doublets
  • Cylindrical lenses
  • Fibre optic coupling lenses in RMS mount
  • Laser beam expanders & collimators
  • CaF2, Fused Silica, Glass, MgF2, ZnS/ZnSe & other materials
  • Custom optics
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Focusing Objectives

  • Microspot focusing objectives for Micro-machining, Micro Lithography, Laser scribing & Photoablation
  • Long working distance & high power handling
  • UV Achromatic designs 3x to 20x for Excimer work
  • YAG designs from 5x to 20x
  • Diffraction limited performance
  • 15x reflective design
  • Standard VIS-NIR microscope objectives 2x to 60x
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Mirrors & Coatings

Beamsplitters & Polarizers

  • Metallic coated beamsplitter plates
  • Coated dielectric prism cubes
  • Polarizing beamsplitters
  • Broadband polarization state preserving beamsplitters (PSP)
  • General purpose film polarizers
  • UV polarizers (low & high power)
  • Laser Polarizers for VIS-IR (Medium, High & Very High power (to 500MW/cm² pulsed))
  • Calcite walk-off polarizers
  • Mid Range (2.5-4 microns) & CO2 polarizers
  • Depolarizers
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Retarders

  • Massive inventory of stock items
  • Multiple order quartz retarders (both surfaces A/R coated)
  • Zero order quartz retarders(all 4 surfaces A/R coated)
  • Broadband ½ wave retarders
  • Mica retarders
  • Fresnel Rhombs
  • Variable retarders & Soleil Babinet Compensator
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Prisms, Windows & Etalons ...

Acton Research

ACTON RESEARCH specialise in coatings for UV and YAG laser applications. Many years for research and development have given them the ability to manufacture stable UV/VUV coatings with the longest lifetimes and power handling capabilities. Their coatings have been used by NASA on Apollo and Hubble space missions.

  • High power Excimer laser mirrors including 157nm & 193nm
  • High power YAG mirrors from 212nm to 1064nm
  • Broad & narrowband A/R coatings from 157nm to 1064nm
  • Bandpass filters from 122nm
  • Broadband UV & VUV reflectors
  • Long & short pass, notch coatings & many more ...
  • Spectroscopic measurements available from 120nm
  • CaF2, MgF2, Cultured quartz, UV fused silica substrates
  • Custom optics
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Special Optics

SPECIAL OPTICS manufacture a fine range of quality laser beam expanders and scan lenses. They also provide a range of standard optics.

    BEAM EXPANDERS:
  • High & low power
  • UV(248nm) to IR (10.6 microns)
  • Zoom & motorised zoom
  • Achromatic & Apochromatic
    SCAN LENSES:
  • VIS-NIR(450-1064nm)
  • Confocal
  • Telecentric UV(248nm)
  • IR(10.6 microns)
  • Polarizers, waveplates, lenses etc ...
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ThermoCorion

THERMO CORION manufacture a vast range of optical filters. A brief listing is given below, click on the link to their website for more information

  • Bandpass, including Stabilife™ for unsurpassed durability and lifetime (206-1550nm)
  • IR bandpass (2200-9500nm)
  • Fluorescence (360-645nm)
  • Laser Line (337-1550nm)
  • Long & short wave pass
  • Stabilised dichroics
  • Hot/cold filters
  • Beamsplitters, ND filters, Glass filters, Spectrophotometer calibration filters etc ...
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Inrad Custom Optics, Crystals & Systems

Inrad are THE experts at supplying custom optics for a huge range of scientific, medical and industrial applications. They can fabricate, polish and coat an extensive range of crystals, thin films and complex optical components to the most stringent of specifications. Their range includes harmonic generators, waveplates, rotators, lenses, beam splitters, polarisers, non-linear & electro-optic components etc, etc...

Inrad also offer a wide range of high specification Pockels Cells and their line of photonic systems is based on their core crystal technology, as well as their harmonic generation and optics manufacturing capability.

For custom optics, please contact us or supply full specification/engineering drawing.

  • High quality non-linear crystals: BBO, LiNb03, KDP, ZGP, etc ...
  • High quality custom optics: prisms, etalons, beam combiners, etc ...
  • Superb Quartz retardation & rotator plates
  • Custom optics used in laser manufacture, defense, telecoms, optical inspection, etc ...
  • Inrad Optical thin films conform to the tightest military and industrial specifications
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Download Inrad BBO datasheet here
Download Inrad ZGP datasheet here
Download Inrad Autotracker AT-III datasheet here

Zygo

ZYGO are best known for their inteferometric metrology products, but they are equally capable in the production of custom optical components. Large and difficult to make optics of exceptional quality are a particular speciality.

  • 8mm to 1 metre plano and spherical optics
  • Flatness can be better than l/50-wave (12 nm)
  • RMS Surface roughness can be less than one angstrom
  • Angle tolerances can be held to 0.1 arc second
  • Full range of in-house coatings available
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