OPTICAL COMPONENTS & INSTRUMENTS

Optical Surfaces Limited are a UK based company supplying the world with high precision optical components and instruments. We specialise in producing large optics, beam expanders, collimators, prototypes and custom systems at the leading edge of what is possible.

Over the last 60 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 in areas including astronomy, defence, fundamental physics, space, and the environment.

PARABOLOID FOCUS

Achromatic Off-Axis Paraboloids Suitable for Broadband Applications

Optical Surfaces Ltd. reports that its Off-Axis Paraboloids are particularly suitable for broadband and multiple-wavelength applications thanks to their completely achromatic performance characteristics. Continue…

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Custom Off-Axis Paraboloids

Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading international producer of large diameter prototype and custom Off-Axis Paraboloids (OAPs) that deliver outstanding performance. Benefiting from an ultra-stable manufacturing environment, and employing proprietary production techniques, Optical Surfaces highly skilled engineers are world renowned for producing OAP mirrors with unmatched surface accuracy, quality, and slope errors. Off-Axis Paraboloids, also known as off-axis parabolic mirrors, are commonly used...

High magnification of small diameter laser beams

Optical Surfaces Ltd. has developed a proprietary artifact suppression method allowing them to design and produce a novel high magnification reflective beam expander for small aperture laser applications. Accurate high magnification of small aperture laser beams has traditionally been a challenge because the optics associated with such a beam expander are difficult to test using an optical interferometer. This is because small aperture laser beams, when highly magnified, generate artifacts...

High resolution imaging of astronomical objects

Optical Surfaces Ltd reports that it has received a follow-up order from Magdalena Ridge Observatory (MRO) to produce three second generation off-axis beam compressors to expand the capabilities of the facility's optical interferometer. The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer (MROI) project's mission is to develop a ten-element imaging interferometer to operate at wavelengths between 0.6 and 2.4 microns with baselines from 7.8 to 340 meters. The technical and scientific goals of the...

High precision ellipsoidal mirrors

Optical Surfaces Ltd is a leading manufacturer of precision ellipsoidal mirrors for demanding applications in telescopes, beam expanders and high-resolution x-ray imaging instruments. Ellipsoidal mirrors are the optical component of choice in these applications as they efficiently refocus the light from one focal point to a second without the need for additional optical components thus allowing for a more compact optical system. Optical Surfaces routinely produces ellipsoidal mirrors in a...

Optical Surfaces expands range of large diameter mirror mounts

The OS series of large-diameter mirror mounts from Optical Surfaces Ltd. are proven to provide a secure platform for larger, high-precision flat, off-axis, and spherical mirrors in stability-critical applications. Manufactured in robust, black anodized aluminium, OS series mounts have traditionally been available in four standard sizes to accommodate mirrors up to 300mm, 400mm, 500mm and 550mm diameter. The new OS350 and OS450 mounts provide researchers with a smaller and lighter stable...