Optical Surfaces has announced a new technical datasheet that describes its range of fast focus on-axis parabolic mirrors, downloadable as a PDF
On-axis mirrors provide fast focusing and high energy density .
The datasheet describes the design features, high technical specifications and choice of options that have made OSL on-axis parabolas the mirrors of choice for many internationally renowned science, defence and space research establishments.
Benefiting from a stabilised manufacturing environment Optical Surfaces can, depending on the surface accuracy required, generate very fast focusing mirrors to f/0.5 using proprietary production techniques.
Typical specifications achieved by Optical Surfaces highly experienced and skilled production team include mirrors up to 800mm in diameter and surface accuracies of up to lambda/20p-v dependant on diameter and f number.
In addition to achieving high energy densities OSL on-axis parabolic mirrors offer the advantage that they can be made to function at faster f-numbers than off-axis paraboloids.
They are especially suitable for broadband or multiple wavelength applications due to their completely achromatic performance.
A range of coatings is available ranging from metallic with or without protective overcoat to multilayer dielectrics and ultra hard coatings for high-power lasers.
Optical Surfaces ISO 9001-2000 approved manufacturing facility provides the flexible resources to supply from single specialist requirements to OEM quantities.
