Kenley, UK, May 15, 2002 -- As a supplier of aspheric lenses to research laboratories around the world for high power laser focusing and spatial filter applications, Optical Surfaces Ltd. is able to meet the most demanding design & manufacturing tolerances with optics up to 600mm in diameter.
Using only the highest quality optical glass or silica substrates and proprietary manufacturing techniques developed from 40 years experience Optical Surfaces Ltd. is able to produce aspheric lenses up to F2.5 with diffraction limited performance.
For the highest precision applications Optical Surfaces Ltd. aspheric lenses can be manufactured to have ultra-smooth slope errors, surface finish of 20/10 scratch /dig and surface micro-roughness typically of the order of 1nm rms.
A range of high power laser coatings can be provided which both maintain high transmission and enable the aspheric lenses to operate even at the ultra-high energy thresholds demanded by the leading edge terrawatt lasers being used to investigate fundamental plasma physics.
Produced under ISO 9002 manufacturing conditions all aspheric lenses from Optical Surfaces Ltd. come with full interferometric quality testing assurance.
For further information, visit www.optisurf.com .
Laser Focus World