Versatile Mounting System for Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors
Optical Surfaces Ltd has launched a new low profile mounting system that provides a highly stable platform for smaller diameter (up to 75mm) parallel or wedge backed off-axis parabolic (OAP) mirrors. Versatile Mounting System for Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors Designed to...
Hyperbolic Mirrors for Earth Observation Satellites
Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading manufacturer of high precision hyperbolic mirrors that are used in satellite-based telescopes to collect and focus light enabling high-resolution remote observation in applications including agriculture, water resources, urban...
Primary Focusing Mirrors for Petawatt Laser Beamlines
Ultra-high precision off-axis paraboloids from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are being used to maximise power density at the focus of Petawatt laser beamlines run by world-leading, high-power laser research groups including ELI, LULI and CLF Rutherford as well as a growing...
Highly Efficient Fibre Optic Channel Plates
Optical Surfaces Ltd reports how it is machining and polishing high precision Fibre Optic Channel Plates (FOCP) for an X-ray shielding application. Highly Efficient Fibre Optic Channel Plates Fibre Optic Channel Plates are widely used as optical devices to replace...
Large Diameter Reference Optical Flats
Optical Surfaces Ltd, a leading supplier of high precision reference optical flats to leading research establishments and national standards laboratories worldwide, reports on growing demand for larger (350 – 600mm clear aperture) diameters. Working with materials...
New Polishing Technique Improves Finesse of Fabry Perot Etalons
Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports on the development of a new polishing technique that has been shown to reproducibly improve the spectral filtering capability (finesse) of Fabry Perot etalons. For over two decades – Optical Surfaces has supplied precisely matched...
Concave Spherical Mirrors for Schlieren Imaging
Drawing upon its uniquely stable manufacturing environment – Optical Surfaces Ltd. routinely produces the highest quality concave spherical mirrors for Schlieren Imaging systems in a range of materials including fused silica, Zerodur and ClearCeram.Concave Spherical...