Custom Optics

The experience of the people at LightMachinery with tight tolerance optics is unique in breadth and scope. If you are looking for high quality optics then look no further.  Our team of professionals is always ready to push the envelope of optical quality or make a quick piece for an R&D prototype. No job is too big or too small. Start by filling out our contact form and telling us about your project and your requirements, we can help refine the specification and provide feedback on price and delivery.

A tiny sample of the custom optics we have made

Created with FJP technology, this demonstrates our ability to make completely arbitrary shapes to very high precision. The fringes are caused by the air gap between the designed surface and a flat substrate

Apsheric Cylinder Lenses Aspheric cylindrical lenses, acylinders, are useful in laser beam shaping applications and have become a bit of a specialty at LightMachinery.

SHIELDS interferometer

Impressively complex, the MANIC interferometer helps detect exoplanets (Boston University)

Up close and personal with the DASH interferometer

This unusual looking item is an optically contacted stepped phase mask. We called it "the layer cake".

This unusual looking item is an optically contacted stepped phase mask. We called it "the layer cake".

Diced solid fused silica etalons, almost ready to ship.

Closeup view of a spacer for a Michelson interferometer

This 1/2" air-spaced etalon spacer is shown along side an interferometric view of the same spacer. The spacers need to be made to etalon tolerances since the spacer determines the separation and tilt between the two end plates.

Prism in Process This prism needs to be hand polished flat to lambda/10 and have a defect-free surface prior to optical contacting to an identical prism that has been coated.

Gold coated prisms in their coating holder

Custom coated substrates showing a strong red reflection at this angle of incidence

A massive tunable air spaced etalon

Axicons are optical components that are shaped like cones. They are not simple to make using conventional polishing technology but the fluid jet system seems to have no problem. This one has a 3mrad slope and is designed to flatten the top of a gaussian beam. Notice that, unlike a lens, the axicon has fringes with constant spacing.

Check out our Catalog and our Calculators!

Optics Catalog

Most of the optics we make are custom made but we still have an interesting catalog.  Check it out! 

Optical Design Center

Design etalons, lenses, resonators, VIPA's and explore optical material properties.