
Development Partnerships
IDEX Optical Technologies is more much than a component manufacturer. As a platform of solutions, we work together to deliver engineered products that support complex optical systems. With our global footprint of manufacturing and development locations, our combined capabilities assist you through an integrated and collaborative approach
to technology development.

DESIGN


ASSEMBLY
COATING
Design Expertise
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Optical design and tolerancing for volume manufacturing
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Thermal and optomechanical modeling
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Deep-UV, UV, Visible, Near-IR, and IR coating designs
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Assembly, and alignment tolerancing through advanced metrology
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Complete optical subsystems development
Coating Technologies
Broad capabilities ranging from low energy e-beam evaporation to dense and amorphous ion beam sputtered coatings.
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Ultraviolet through Infrared (190nm to 10µm)
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High laser damage threshold (LDT) and long-life optical coatings
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E-Beam Evaporation, Thermal Evaporation, Plasma Assisted Deposition, Ion Beam Sputtering, Magnetron
Coating Materials Include
Metal Oxides: HfO2 TiO2 Nb2O5 Y2O3 MgO SiO2 Al2O3 Ta2O5
Fluorides: MgF2 AlF3 YbF3
Others: Si Ge ZnS ZnSe
Fabrication Technologies
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Standard polishing, S/D of 10/5 & flatness of λ/10
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Super polishing specifications near S/D of 0/0, flatness of λ/50, and rms roughness of <0.5Ǻ
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Spherical and planar optics