Optics

Optical Fabrication and Polishing

With over 50 years of experience and one of the largest diamond-turning operations 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 include:

  • All common & uncommon glass materials (From BK7, Selenides, 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 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