Custom Off-Axis Paraboloids
Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading international producer of large diameter prototype and custom Off-Axis Paraboloids (OAPs) that deliver outstanding performance. Benefiting from an ultra-stable manufacturing environment, and employing proprietary production...
High magnification of small diameter laser beams
Optical Surfaces Ltd. has developed a proprietary artifact suppression method allowing them to design and produce a novel high magnification reflective beam expander for small aperture laser applications. Accurate high magnification of small aperture laser beams has...
High resolution imaging of astronomical objects
Optical Surfaces Ltd reports that it has received a follow-up order from Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) to produce three second generation off-axis beam compressors to expand the capabilities of the facility’s optical interferometer. The Magdalena Ridge...
High precision ellipsoidal mirrors
Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading manufacturer of precision ellipsoidal mirrors for demanding applications in telescopes, beam expanders and high-resolution x-ray imaging instruments. Ellipsoidal mirrors are the optical component of choice in these applications as...
Optical Surfaces expands range of large diameter mirror mounts
The OS series of large-diameter mirror mounts from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are proven to provide a secure platform for larger, high-precision flat, off-axis, and spherical mirrors in stability-critical applications. Manufactured in robust, black anodized aluminium, OS...
Advanced instruments for performing accurate lens measurements
Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports how high precision off-axis parabolic mirrors it is supplying to OPTIKOS Corporation (Wakefield, USA) function as key components for collimation in their OpTest® product line of MTF measurement devices. Founded in 1982, OPTIKOS...
Ultra flat etalons improve precision of Fabry–Pérot interferometers
Benefiting from a uniquely stable production environment – Optical Surfaces Ltd is recognised as one of the world’s finest manufacturers of solid and air spaced etalons. Etalons are widely used in telecommunications, lasers, and spectroscopy to control and...