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From Edmund Optics Inc.
 

 
An optical flat is a precisely polished flat surface, used as a reference against which the flatness of an unknown surface may be compared. Edmund Optics offers both single surface and dual surface optical flats in either Zerodur® or Fused Silica. We offer three different levels of accuracy for our

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Optical flats or test plates are polished surfaces that are used as references against the flatness of unknown surfaces for comparison. They use the property of interference to measure the flatness of a test surface.
Mirror mounts are used to hold and support mirrors of all sizes and shapes.
Optical prisms are blocks of optical material with flat, polished sides that are arranged at precisely controlled angles to one another. They are used in optical systems to deflect or redirect beams of light. They can invert or rotate images, disperse light into component wavelengths, and separate states of polarization.
Optical mirrors have a smooth, highly-polished, plane or curved surface for reflecting light. Usually, the reflecting surface is a thin coating of silver, or aluminum on glass.
Optical manufacturing services design, fabricate, finish and test optical components and optical elements.
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Product Announcements
Advanced Optics, Inc. - Single and Double-sided Optical Flats
Advanced Optics manufacturers single and double-sided optical flats up to 8" in diameter for use in test and measurement or as optical windows. Their flats are available either uncoated, with an... (read more)
Tower Optical Corporation - Optical Flats
Optical Flats Now Being Offered By Precision Optics Manufacturer... (read more)
Advanced Optics, Inc. - Precision and Commercial Optical Mirrors
Advanced Optics manufactures precision polished and commercial grade optical mirrors for use in imagining systems, laser applications, holography, optical path folding, and autocollimating... (read more)
IRD Glass - Flat Optics
IRD Glass manufactures all sorts of custom optical and non-optical components made from a wide range of raw materials. They excel at holding very precise tolerances to help customers solve problems... (read more)
IRD Glass - Machine Vision Optics & Sub-assemblies
IRD specializes in the manufacture of optical and industrial glass components made from a wide range of raw materials. We excel at holding very precise tolerances to help our customers solve problems... (read more)
IRD Glass - Substrates - Flat Optics
IRD Glass manufactures custom optical and non-optical components made from a wide range of raw materials. They excel at holding very precise tolerances to help customers solve problems resulting from... (read more)
Lapmaster International - Optical Flats
Lapmaster offers a wide range of Optical Flats that complement our Monochromatic Light source systems. (read more)
IRD Glass - Industrial Glass Components
IRD Glass specializes in technical glass and industrial glass components. These precision components include pedestals and tubes for the sensor industry, ring laser gyro blocks for the defense and... (read more)
IRD Glass - Precision Glass Machining
IRD specializes in the manufacture of technical and optical glass and ceramic components made from a wide range of raw materials. They excel at holding extremely precise tolerances to help customers... (read more)
IRD Glass - Precision Glass Components
IRD specializes in the manufacture of technical glass and optical components made from a wide range of raw materials. They excel at holding very precise tolerances to help customers solve problems... (read more)
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Topics of Interest
An optical flat is a precisely polished flat surface, used as a reference against which the flatness of an unknown surface may be compared. Edmund Optics offers both single surface and dual surface... (Read More)
Absolute flatness testing is an interferometric method for obtaining the surface shape of flats, independent of the shape of the reference flat used in the test. In this method, a user measures three... (Read More)
Researchers have historically tested for laser beam collimation by measuring the diameter of the beam immediately at the output of collimation optics and then down the optical path (typically a few... (Read More)
Optical coatings can be critical in an application. Coatings are used to either increase the transmission of light by reducing back reflections (as in the case of lenses, windows, etc.) or to increase... (Read More)
Flatness places all of the points on a part's surface within a single plane. Flatness is often quantified by comparing a part's surface to a reference plane or optical flat. Typically, a least-squares... (Read More)
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Single and Double-sided Optical Flats

Single and Double-sided Optical Flats
Advanced Optics, Inc.


Monochromatic Light sources and Optical Flats

Monochromatic Light sources and Optical Flats
Lapmaster International


Precision Optics Machines and Machinery

Precision Optics Machines and Machinery
Lapmaster International


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