Optical Manufacturing

Custom and volume manufacturer of quality optical and imaging components and systems

Components

Lenses, Mirrors, Prisms, Beamsplitters,
Filters, and More

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Assemblies

Imaging Lenses, Laser Beam Expanders,
Microscope Objectives, and More

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Services

Design, Consulting, Prototyping, and
Testing to Support Production

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Manufacturing by the Numbers:

global facilities

2,500,000

optical components made each year

175,000

optical assemblies made each year

Manufacturing Facilities Video

Corporate Headquarters
New Jersey, USA

US Sales, Marketing, and Business Center
New Jersey, USA

Edmund Optics Laser Optics Center
Oldsmar, FloridaLearn More

Tucson Advanced Design and Assembly
Tucson, Arizona, USALearn More

Edmund Optics^® Silicon Valley
California, USA

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Edmund Optics^® GmbH
Mainz, Germany

Edmund Optics^® ITOS GmbH
Mainz, Germany Learn More

Edmund Optics^® Finland
Espoo, Finland

Edmund Optics^® Ltd.
York, United Kingdom

Edmund Optics^® SARL
Villeurbanne, France

Edmund Optics^® Malaysia
Gelang Patah, Malaysia

Edmund Optics^® Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Singapore

Edmund Optics^® Taiwan
Taiwan

Edmund Optics^® China
Shenzhen, China

Edmund Optics^® India
Bengaluru, India

Edmund Optics^® Korea Ltd
Seoul, Korea

Edmund Optics^® Akita Japan Factory
Akita, Japan

Edmund Optics^® Japan Sales Office
Tokyo, Japan

Manufacturing Focused

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Custom Components

From design to prototype to production, Edmund Optics^® manufactures over 2 million optical components every year.

Types

Edmund Optics^® engineers can design and manufacture fully-custom components, build-to-print following customer-supplied designs, and quickly modify any of our thousands of off-the-shelf optics sold in our Marketplace.

Spherical Lenses

Singlet, Doublet, and Triplet Lenses

Aspheric Lenses

High-Precision Aspheric Lenses

Optical Prisms

Wide Variety of Prism Geometries

Beamsplitters

Polarizing, Non-Polarizing, and Laser Line

Optical Filters

Coated Filters and Optical Filter Glass

Windows

Wide Variety of Optical Substrates

Polarizers

Customized Polymer Polarizers

Laser Optics

Laser Mirrors, Lenses,
Crystals, and More

Optical Coatings

Edmund Optics^® performs a wide variety of single and multi-layer coatings including broadband AR, v-coat, polarizing, metallic, and narrow bandpass for optical components operating throughout the ultraviolet (UV), visible, and infrared (IR) spectra.

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General Coating Capabilities
Dimensions (Diameter or Square)	2 – 1000mm
Reflectivity	0.1 – 99.98%
Anti-Reflective Wavelength Range	266 – 12,000nm
Highly-Reflective Wavelength Range	13.5 – >40,000nm
Shortpass Filter Cut-Off Wavelength	400 – 1600nm
Longpass Filter Cut-On Wavelength	240 – 7300nm
Bandpass Filter CWL, OD, and Bandwidth	193 – 10,600nm, >OD 7, 1nm - Broadband
Notch Filter CWL	355 – 1064nm
Reflective ND Filter OD	OD 0.1 – OD 3
Filter Center Wavelength (CWL) Tolerance	±1nm
Filter Edge Tolerance	<1% Deviation, <0.2% Special Cases
Beamsplitter (BS) Wavelength Range	240 – 20,000nm
BS Polarization Extinction Ratio (S:P)	10,000:1
Laser-Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT)	>40 J/cm² @ 1064nm @ 20ns @ 20Hz Pulses, Measured
Durability	MIL-PRF-13830B APP C, PARA C.3.8.4, PARA C.3.8.5, MIL-C-48497A

Equipment

Our 8 global manufacturing facilities utilize a wide range of different optical manufacturing technologies.

Conventional Grinding Machines

High-Speed Grinding Machines

High-Speed Lapping Machines

Double-Sided Lapping Machines

Conventional Polishing Machines

High-Speed Polishing Machines

5-Axis CNC Grinding Machines

5-Axis CNC Polishing Machines

Conventional Grinding Machines

Multi-Axis UPL Diamond Turning Machines

QED MRF Machines for Fine Finishing

Coring Machines

Centering Machines

Slicing Machines

High-Precision Diamond Saws

Bevelling Machines

Waterjet Cutters

Laser Engravers

Coating Chambers (E-Beam, IBS, IAD, APS, and More)

Custom Assemblies

Edmund Optics^® manufactures over 175,000 optical assemblies every year including imaging lenses, laser beam expanders, microscope objectives, and more.

Imaging Lens Assemblies

Edmund Optics^® manufactures a wide variety of imaging lens assemblies including fixed focal length lenses, telecentric lenses, and micro-video lenses fully supported by downloadable 3D models, datasheets, and drawings.

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Imaging Lens Specifications
	Fixed Focal Length Lenses	Telecentric Measuring Lenses	Fixed Magnification Lenses
Sensor Sizes	Up to 43.3mm	Up to 43.3mm	Up to 90mm
Resolution	Up to 120 MegaPixel	Up to 32 MegaPixel	Up to 16k Line Scan
Field of View	>105º	Up to 242mm	0.2mm - 186mm
Lens Mounts	C-Mount, TFL-Mount, F-Mount, S-Mount, M42	C-Mount, F-Mount, M42	C-Mount, F-Mount, M42, M72
Number of Options	120+, View All Products	75+, View All Products	65+, View All Products
Modifications Available	Focal Length, Housing, f/#, Coating	Magnification, Housing, f/#, Inline Illumination, Working Distance	Magnification Housing
Custom Design Capabilities	Yes, Learn More

Pictured (left): Ehren O'Donnell, Product Release Manager

Laser Optics Assemblies

Edmund Optics^® manufactures a wide variety of laser optics assemblies including beam expanders, focusing objectives, and more supported by in-house laser damage testing and a host of other state-of-the-art metrology.

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Table 2: Laser Optics Assemblies

	Beam Expanders
Expansion Power	1X - 20X
Design Wavelengths	Common Laser Lines Including Nd:YAG, Yb:YAG, Ti:sapphire, and Tm/Ho-Doped Fiber Lasers, Broadband
Mounts	C-Mount, M22, M30
Focusing Mechanisms Available	Sliding Optics, Rotating Optics, Fixed Focus
Custom Design Capabilities	Yes, Contact Us Today!

Engineering Services

In-house expertise and metrology to support your custom manufacturing.

Design and Consulting

Application Expertise

Guidance for optimizing both system performance and cost

Global Footprint

In-region engineers to support you through design and production

Wide Range of Design Tools

Zemax, Code V^®, FRED™, COMSOL^®, Abaqus FEA, Solidworks,
Matlab^®, and more

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Pictured (right): Mary Turner, Technical Fellow, Optical Design

Prototyping

Quickly Modify In-Stock Optics

Modify any of our 34,000 off-the-shelf optics in just 2-3 weeks

Fast Custom Components

Lead times as short as 3 weeks for custom glass optics depending on geometry and component type

Custom Optical Assemblies

Quickly modify mechanics, magnification, or wavelength of off-the-shelf assemblies

Skip the Line for Raw Materials

Over 65 common glass types kept on hand at manufacturing sites

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Testing

In-Process Metrology

State-of-the-art optical metrology including interferometers, spectrophotometers, and laser damage testing

Imaging Assembly Metrology

Testing for MTF and resolution, stray light, telecentricity, wavefront distortion, mechanical tolerances, and more

Laser Optics Assembly Metrology

Laser damage threshold testing, cavity ring-down spectroscopy, interferometry, wavefront sensors, and much more

Environmental Testing

Testing for temperature, humidity, immersion, shock, and vibration

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Marketplace

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Engineering Services

Provider of prototyping services, optical consulting, and design

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