OEM Laser Optical Components Manufacturing
Address your laser system's optical solution needs with our comprehensive OEM custom optics solutions. With over four decades of experience and in-house processes from design to production, we deliver tailored solutions for 1µm fiber-lasers and CO2 lasers across the 9.4, 10.2, and 10.6µm spectral ranges, as well as specializing in Scan Lenses for 9.4µm PCB via Drilling laser systems. Trusted by leading OEMs worldwide, our offerings ensure unmatched precision and reliability for your laser applications.
Key Benefits
- End-to-End solutions – from design through high-volume production
- Unique, innovative engineering techniques
- Cutting-edge manufacturing technologies
- Optical coating proficiency for outstanding results
- Strict QA standards and procedures
- Unparalleled experience and expertise
Production Technologies
- Superior design capabilities for a diverse range of advanced optical components and assemblies
- In-house, cutting-edge manufacturing technologies:
- MRF technology - optical magnetic polishing for improved surface quality and complex surface shapes production for a wide variety of sizes and geometries with demanding specifications.
- Lupho Scan Profilometers technology - for maximized precision non-contact 3D form measurement of aspheric surfaces. A multi-wavelength interferometry based on an optical point probe.
- Grinding
- CNC polishing
- Plano Polishing
- Diamond turning
- Coating
- Metrology
- Highest production standards
- Complete control of production processes
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) over full production cycle
- Lean and Six-Sigma for excellence and continuous improvement
- Large volume high-end production capabilities
- Manufacturing sites in Israel and Europe (Romania) with a clean room for the coating, inspection and packing processes.
Manufacturing a wide range of components to meet any specification
- Wavelengths: 1.06, 9.3-9.4, 10.6 µm and others per demand
- Types: Lenses, mirrors, windows
- Shapes: Spherical, aspheric, flat
- Substrates: Fused-Silica, Germanium, Silicon, Zinc selenide, Zinc sulfide cleartran, Copper and more
The most advanced optical coatings, developed by world-leading experts
With over 4 decades of experience, Ophir is recognized as a world leader in the development, production and application of advanced optical coatings.
Our high LIDT, low absorption coatings, are ideal for high-power lasers, minimizing power loss, ensuring accurate cutting quality & prolonging machine lifetime.
Using class 1,000 clean rooms, our anti-reflective (AR) coatings include DLC laser coatings and provide maximum durability and longer life expectancy.
The most advanced optical coatings, developed by world-leading experts
- Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) – Thermal heating and electron gun
- Ion Assisted Deposition (IAD) – Ion gun
- Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) for DLC coatings
The most advanced optical coatings, developed by world-leading experts
- Anti-reflective (AR), mirrors, filters
- Beam delivery mirror, cavity mirror, cutting head
- Output coupler, end-mirror, phase shift mirrors, MMR
- Wavelengths: 1.06, 9.28, 9.32, 9.39, and 10.6 µm.
Coating manufacturing – capabilities matrix
Coatings for 10.6 µm
| Lenses | Substrate | Max Absorption | VIS Transparency | Product lifetime | Pricing | Radioactivity (ThF4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duralens ™ | ZnSe | 0.20% | Yes | Standard | Standard | Yes |
| Duralens Ext.™ | 0.16% | Yes | High | Mid | No | |
| Black Magic™ | 0.15% | No | ||||
| Clear Magic | 0.13% | Yes | High |
| Beam Delivery Mirrors | Substrate | Random Reflectance | S-Pol Reflectance | P-Pol Reflectance | VIS Reflectance | Phase Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zero Phase Shift, High Reflectance (ZPS-HR) | Si&Cu | 99.7% | 99.8% | 99.6% | ≥80%@630-670 nm | 0°±2° |
| Zero Phase Shift (ZPS) | Si&Cu | 99.5% | - | - | ≥80%@630-670 nm | 0°±2° |
| 90° Phase Shift (90PS) | Si&Cu | 98% | - | - | ≥80%@630-670 nm | 90°±2° |
| 90° Phase Shift, High Reflectance (90PS-HR) | Si&Cu | 99% | - | - | ≥80% | 90°±2° |
| Absorption Thin Film Reflector, High Reflectance (AFTR-HR) | Si&Cu | - | 99% | ≤1% | - | 0°±2° |
| Cavity Mirror | Substrate | %R@45°@10.6 | %S-Pol@45°@10.6 | %P-Pol@45°@10.6 | %R@45°@0.6328 | PS@45°AOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMR | Si&Cu | 99.8% | 99.9% | 99.75% | 40% | 0°±2° |
| MMR-A | Si&Cu | 99.8% | 99.85% | 99.60% | 40% | 0°±2° |
| MMR-H | Si&Cu | 99.7% | 99.8% | 99.60% | >80%@650±20 nm | - |
| MMR-P | Si&Cu | - | 99.9% | 99.80% | ≥55%@900-1000 nm | 0°±2° |
| PLM | Si | - | 99.5% | ≤90% | - | - |
| PLM-W | Cu | - | 99.8% | ≤90% | - | - |
| PLM-HR | Cu | - | >99.9% | ≤97% | ≥65%@630-670 nm | - |
| PLM-HR | Si | - | >99.9% | ≤93% | ≥65%@630-670 nm | - |
Coatings for 9.4 µm
| Lenses | Substrate | λ (μm) | AOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR on ZnSe for 9.4 | ZnSe | 9.4 | 0-20 |
| AR on ZnSe for 9.4 LA | ZnSe | 9.4 | 0-20 |
| AR LRHC on ZnSe for 9.4 | ZnSe | 9.4 | 0-20 |
| HE on ZnSe for 9.4 μm ULA | ZnSe | 9.4 | 0-20 |
| AR on ZnSe for 9.4 μm AOI 0-32deg | ZnSe | 9.4 | 0-30 |
| AR on Ge for 9.4 μm | Ge | 9.4 | 0-20 |
| AR on Ge for 9.4 μm AOI 0-45deg | Ge | 9.4 | 0-45 |
| Unique coatings | Substrate | λ (μm) | AOI | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM on ZnSe for 9.4 μm | ZnSe | 9.4 | 0 | EM |
| OC 70% on ZnSe for 9.4 μm | ZnSe | 9.4 | 0 | OC |
| 90PS-HR on Si for 9.4 μm | Si | 9.4 | 45 | PS |
| TFP on ZnSe for 9.4 μm | ZnSe | 9.4 | 45 | TFP |
| ATFR on Cu for 9.4 μm | Cu | 9.4 | 45 | ATFR |
90PS = 90deg Phase Shift | ATFR = Absorption Thin Film Reflector | DLC = Diamond Like Carbon | EM = End Mirror | HC = Hard Carbon | HD = High Durability | HE = High Efficiency | LRHC = Low Reflection Hard Carbon | MMR = Metal Mirror Reflector | OC = Output Coupler | PLM = Phase Lock Mirror | TFP = This Film Polarizer | ZPS = Zero Phase Shift
Coatings for 1.06 µm
| Coating | 5011 | 5120 | 5175 | 5178 | 5324 | 5418 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transmittance (optics with both surfaces coated) | >99.8% @ 1064 nm >60% @ 650 nm | >99.6% @ 1064 nm >90% @ 650 nm | >99.8% @ 1064 nm >60% @ 650 nm | >99.8% @ 1064 nm >85% @ 650 nm | >99.8% @ 1020-1090 nm >80% @ 650 nm | >99.8% @ 1030-1120 nm >80% @ 650 nm |
| Reflectance at 1064 nm (one surface) | <0.1% | <0.2% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% @ 1020 -1090 nm | <0.1% @ 1030-1120 nm |
| Absorption* at 1 µm (one surface) | <8 ppm* | < 10 ppm* | < 10 ppm* | < 10 ppm* | 12 ppm* | 12 ppm* |
| Maximum Laser Power (CW in kW) | 20 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 17 |
* Upper tolerance level for production; real values may be significantly lower.
Optical Design and Engineering - Ophir® Scan Lenses for CO2 laser processing
Ophir laser Scan Lenses are customized for advanced, high-resolution laser micromachining applications.
Specifically, Ophir CO2 scan lenses deliver the performance for PCB via hole drilling applications, including:
- Small spot sizes with tight tolerances
- Excellent beam roundness
- High telecentricity
- Wide scanning areas
- Unique AR coatings for high incidence angels
- Diffraction limited performance
Contact us for further details.