Production Capabilities

Ophir designs and manufactures a wide range of high-performance MWIR and LWIR optical elements and lens assemblies for use in cooled and uncooled cameras. We deliver OEM Build to Spec (BTS), Build to Print (BTP) and Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) products, which include single FOV, multiple FOV and motorized zoom lenses, as well as IR components.
With decades of field-proven experience, and a dedicated team of engineering experts, there’s no task too big or too small for us. We manufacture every optical component to the highest standard, using the best quality materials. Our high-end, large production facilities enable us to work with the tightest tolerances and produce the widest variety of components, from VIS to LWIR wavelengths, for any application. Our R&D engineers design, develop, and test lens assemblies, leveraging state-of-the-art design tools and continuously improving manufacturing techniques. Our innovative optomechanical designs use fewer elements and lighter-weight components to increase efficiency and lower assembly costs.

Components manufecturing

  • VIS to LWIR wavelengths
  • Lenses, mirrors, domes, windows and prisms
  • Spherical, aspheric, diffractive, flat, and free-form
  • Special truncated shapes
  • Doublets or triplets
  • Large volume high-end production capabilities

Unique production capabilities

  • Manufacturing technologies include: Grinding, CNC Polishing, Plano Polishing, Diamond Turning, Centering and Coating.
  • MRF technology
  • Lupho Scan Profilometers technology
  • Ø5-400mm components fabrication and coating
  • Statistical Process Control (SPC) over full production cycle
  • Lean and Six-Sigma for excellence and continuous improvement
  • Large volume high-end production capabilities
  • Free form optics manufacturing and metrology
  • Variety of Chalcogenide glasses
  • Large Silicon lenses > Ø200mm
  • Large Aluminum mirrors for Cassegrainian telescopes
  • Tolerances (Typical | high-end):
WindowsLensesMirrors
Dimensional± 0.05mm | ± 0.01mm± 0.05mm | ± 0.01mm± 0.05mm | ± 0.01mm
Surface figure (P-V)Flatness 0.5 | 0.2Fr
Irregularity 0.2 | 0.1Fr
Spherical
Power 2Fr | 1Fr
Irregularity 0.5Fr | 0.2Fr
Aspherical
Radius tolerance 0.1% | 0.05%
Irregularity 2Fr | 1Fr
Flatness 0.5Fr | 0.2Fr
Parallelism 3 | 5 arc sec. 3 | 5 arc sec. 3 | 5 arc sec.
Surface quality (S-D)80-50 | 10-580-50 | 10-580-50 | 10-5
Roughness nm, RMS2 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.5

Lenses – capabilities matrix

LENSES
Shapes Plano, Convex, Concave
Surface type Spherical, Aspheric, Diffractive
max. dimensions Up to 350mm
substrateGermanium | silicon | zinc sulfide/ multispectral zinc sulfide | zinc selenide |chalcogenide glass | gallium arsenide | calcium fluoride | barium fluoride | fused silica | other optical glass: N-BKT, Zerodur
Typical tolerances Dimensional: ± 0.02mm
Typical surface figure: Spherical: 2Fr Power and 0.5Fr (P-V) IRR
Aspherical: 0.1% radius tolerance
Roughness: 20-35 (nm, RMS)
Coating types Anti Reflecting (AR): hard carbon, high durability, high efficiency, low reflection hard carbon; filters

Windows – capabilities matrix

WINDOWS
Type External and internal windows: IR, VIS, Multispectral, 1 micron
max. dimensions Up to 400Ø
substrateGermanium | silicon | zinc sulfide/ multispectral zinc sulfide | zinc selenide | chalcogenide glass | calcium fluoride|barium fluoride | optical glass |fused silica
Typical tolerancesDimensional: ± 0.01mm
Typical surface figure: 0.2Fr Power & 0.2 Fr (P-V) IRR
Transmitted wave-front error: capable of measuring at 3.39µ, 10.6µ & 0.6328µ
Parallelism: 3 arc seconds
Surface quality: 10-5 (S-D)
Coating typesAnti Reflecting (AR): hard carbon, high durability, high efficiency, low reflection hard carbon; filters

Prisms – capabilities matrix

PRISMS
TypeDove prisms, Porro prisms, Abbe prisms, Schmidt-pechman prisms, Penta prisms
max. dimensionsUp to 200mm
substrateOptical glass | Zinc sulfide/ multispectral zinc sulfide | zinc selenide |calcium fluoride
Typical tolerancesDimensional: ± 0.02mm
Typical surface figure: 0.2Fr (P-V)
Surface quality: 10-5 (S-D)
Angel accuracy: 4 arc seconds
Coating typesAnti Reflecting (AR): hard carbon, high durability, high efficiency, low reflection hard carbon; Beam splitters/ combiners

Mirrors – capabilities matrix

MIRROS
TypeTelescope mirrors, scan mirrors
max. dimensionsUp to 700Ø
substrateAluminoum | copper | optical glass | silicon
Typical tolerancesTypical surface figure: 0.5Fr (P-V)
Roughness : 2-5nm RMS
Coating types

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