Optics

Optical Fabrication and Polishing

With over 50 years of experience and one of the largest diamond turning operation in the western hemisphere, Clear Align is here to help. We supply a large variety of optics from domes to flats. The standard specifications of our optical fabrication facility includes:

  • All common & uncommon glass materials (From BK7, sildenafil LaSFN, SiO2, etc., to Sapphire & Silicon)
  • Additionally can generate and polish ceramics & crystals
  • Scratch-Dig: Common 20-10, Best 10-5
  • Surface Quality to 5 Angstroms
  • Surface Figure to λ/20 (over 6” diameter)
  • Parallelism < 0.001”
  • Astigmatism to λ/50
  • Minimum size < 1mm
  • Maximum size approximately 30”
  • Edge Tolerances +/- 0.01mm
  • Thickness Tolerance +/- 0.10mm
  • Bevel @ 0.030” (no edge chips)
  • Clear Aperture @ 90%

Do you need a quote for a custom optical components? If you have a specific question, contact us and we’ll help.

Clear Align routinely fabricates and coats these materials and many others:

  • Acrylic(PMMA)
  • AMTIR
  • Barium Fluoride (BaF2)
  • Brass
  • Bronze
  • Bronze
  • Calcium Fluoride (CaF2)
  • Chalcogenide Glass (IRG, IG)
  • Copper
  • Fused Quartz
  • Fused Silica
  • Gallium Arsenide
  • GASIR (calcogenized glass)
  • Germanium (Ge)
  • Gold (Au)
  • GRIN
  • IRG24
  • IRG26
  • Indium Antimonide
  • Lithium Fluoride
  • MgF2
  • MS Zinc Sulfide (Cleartran)
  • N-BAK1
  • N-BAK4
  • N-BK7
  • Nickel
  • N-SF10
  • N-SF11
  • N-SF2
  • N-SF5
  • N-SF8
  • N-SK11
  • OPK
  • PMMA
  • Polycarbonate
  • Polymers
  • Polystyrene
  • Rexolite (Polystyrene)
  • Sapphire
  • Silicon
  • Silver
  • Zeonex (E48R, 480R, 480)
  • Zeonex Aluminum
  • Zinc Selenide