Custom Patterned 2D Optics
We are an industry leader in special processing for unique and difficult applications. We have an experienced team of engineers and technicians who specialize in designing and creating high-quality optical products that fit our customers’ high-precision metrology needs.
Some of the most common custom applications include:
- Micro-rules
- Micro-scales
- High precision grid and dot arrays
- Reticles
- Gray scale targets
- Machine vision scales
- Clear optical path targets
Our capabilities span the UV-VIS-IR and X-ray spectra. A wide variety of metals and dielectrics can be patterned on an assortment of substrates in which submicron features and alignments are typical. Substrate dimensions can range from 1 mm x 1 mm to 3000 mm x 2000 mm.
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Substrates
- All Glasses
- Sapphire
- Zinc Sulfide, Zinc Selenide
- Multispectrals
- Silicon Wafers
- Barium Fluoride, Calcium Fluoride
- Ceramics
- Fluorescent Glass Filters
- Optical Grade Polymers
- Mylar, Melinex, Kapton, and other Films
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Common Coatings
- Gold
- Aluminum
- Silver
- Chromium
- Copper
- Nickel
- Platinum
- Titanium
- Dielectrics
- Protected Aluminum
- AR Coatings
- Low Reflection or High Contrast
Example products
Distortion/Dot targets
Resolution targets
- USAF, Ronchi, or custom
- Replication down to 600 line pairs per mm
- Finer resolution with direct write
Optical gauges
Reticles
- Chrome on glass for inspection
- Etch-and-fill for side illuminated applications
- High-end rifle scope reticles
Spectrophotometer slits
Visible and IR applications
High OD opaque areas with sharp slit edges (edge acuity ≤ ½ µm)
Medical test slides
Lens obscuration masks
Laser alignment fiducials
Scene targets
- Half tone process
- ≥128 gray levels usually possible