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OPTICAL COMPONENTS AND INSTRUMENTS		PARABOLOID FOCUS Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors (Paraboloids) Unlike standard parabolic mirrors, Off-Axis Paraboloids (OAP) direct and focus incident collimated light at a specific angle, allowing unrestricted access to the focal point as well as reducing the size and minimising the weight of an optical design. Continue…
Optical Surfaces Limited are a UK based company supplying the world with optical components and instruments. We specialise in large optics, beam expanders, collimators and prototypes, plus custom systems and optics. Over the last 50 years – Optical Surfaces Ltd has established itself as a leading international manufacturer of top quality, high precision optical components and systems. We have contributed to many major projects worldwide involved in areas such as: • fundamental physics • astronomy • space • defence and the environment
• Off-axis Paraboloids • On-axis Paraboloids • Ellipsoids • Hyperboloids • Aspheric Lenses • Toroids • Flats • Windows • Etalons	• Spherical Mirrors • Lenses • Prisms • Beam Splitters • Filters and Fibres • Reflective Collimators • Laser Beam Expanders • Mounts/Mounted Optics • Custom Systems & Optics
Latest News Mounted Off-Axis Mirrors for Intense Laser Interaction Studies Optical Surfaces Ltd. has received an order from Strathclyde Intense Laser Interaction Studies (SILIS) Group, from University of Strathclyde (UK) for three ultra-high performance off-axis parabolic mirrors in special custom vacuum motorised mounts. The mounted mirrors to be developed by Optical Surfaces Ltd. will be used on several beamlines of the facilities 350TW laser which is designed to support an extensive research portfolio in laser-plasma physics and multidisciplinary applications, with an ... Read More Beam Compressor for Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer Optical Surfaces Ltd. has been selected by the Magdalena Ridge Observatory (Socorro, New Mexico, USA) to produce an ultra-stable 7.5x off-axis beam compressor that will form a key beam transfer element in the facility's optical interferometer. When completed the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) will be one of the world's most powerful optical-infrared interferometers, dedicated to high resolution imaging of all types of astronomical objects. The objects that will be observed ... Read More Fizeau Interferometer for Testing Very Large Diameter Flats Optical Surfaces Ltd has developed a 600mm Fizeau interferometer enabling it to now offer quality testing of flats in a single aperture up to 600mm in diameter. This is a capability that only a few optical testing and manufacturing centres around the world possess. Housed in an ultra-stable testing environment, this interferometric set-up will allow direct qualification of larger flat mirrors up to 600mm diameter by testing them directly over their ... Read More Precision Prisms Supplied for Habitable Planet Research Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports first solar light results has been achieved by the SPIRou spectrograph* which is installed at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). Chosen as a key supplier for this prestigious project - Optical Surfaces Ltd fabricated and delivered several key optical components of the SPIRou spectrograph, namely the twin ZnSe prisms and the Infrasil prism making the SPIRou triple-prism-train cross-disperser. The large Infrasil prism and the twin ZnSe prisms ... Read More

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