Purchasing Advisor for Infrared Optics (original) (raw)

Find all you need for professional sourcing of infrared optics: a comprehensive expert-curated directory of suppliers, scientific and technical background information, and an interactive AI-based tool with guidance for a structured decision process.

NEW: Not only hardware can be listed here, but also consulting, software, training on infrared optics, etc. – see the "offer types" below.

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Purchasing high-value photonics products is a substantial responsibility. Using a structured decision-making process and high quality supplier data helps a lot:

• Find all relevant suppliers (not limited to advertisers).
• Our interactive tool conveniently assists you in defining and applying your application-specific requirements.

Note that purchasing decisions based on just a few randomly picked suppliers and without carefully defined specifications are risky; therefore, we strongly recommend using our data and tool. See also:

• How Responsible Purchase Decisions for Expensive Goods Like Lasers Are Done
• Explanations on this purchasing tool

Go through the process:

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

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I feel that I sufficiently understand the technical background.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you purchase.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying infrared optics. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

I think that I am sufficiently informed about our requirements.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

I consider the above list of specifications to be sufficiently complete, clear and accurate.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

Insert these criteria when creating inquiry mails to suppliers with the buttons "Get quotation".

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

• Below, you can find our list of suppliers for infrared optics. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
• The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
• Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

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Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

4. Document the decision process

It is essential to document your purchasing process, not only its result (chosen supplier):

• You will find it easier next time.
• If something goes wrong, you can defend your decision by showing that you properly considered all important aspects. Or you see what needs to be done better next time.

Our interactive tool makes it easy: Fill out the form, and in the end print it to a PDF. Note that the document will show all sections (including those not currently shown on the screen), while omitting some irrelevant details such as the page navigation.

Suppliers for Infrared Optics

144 suppliers for infrared optics are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 16 present their product descriptions and images. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

IRD Glass810 E St Paul St.Litchfield, MN 55355United StatesSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 3312)!

⚙ hardware IRD Ceramics manufactures precision infrared optical components which are essential to infrared cameras and sensors used by homeland security, border patrol, defense and security companies. We perform all fabrication in house, allowing us to produce low-cost IR mirrors, lenses and windows for commercial applications as well as customized lenses to meet the exact demands of defense and security companies. IRD Ceramics works with sapphire, silicon, chalcogenides, germanium, BaF2, CaF2, zinc selenide and more. Product-specific web page

Bringing quality into focus Knight Optical (UK)Roebuck Business ParkHarrietsham, Kent ME17 1ABUnited Kingdom

⚙ hardware Knight Optical can offer a variety of stock and custom infrared optics, such as lenses, windows, prisms and filters. We can provide these in a wide range of different materials including germanium, silicon, zinc selenide, calcium fluoride, sapphire, magnesium fluoride, zinc sulphide. Our custom infrared optics include aspheric lenses, filters working in the IR wavelengths, and coatings optimised for the different thermal wavebands, as well as diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings for extra durability of a surface. Product-specific web page

LightMachinery80 Colonnade Rd. North, Unit 1Nepean, Ontario K2E 7L2Canada	⚙ hardware LightMachinery has extensive expertise in the manufacturing and testing of infrared optics based on zinc selenide, zinc sulfide and germanium optics for CO2 lasers, e.g. in the form of mirrors, lenses and rhomb retarders. In addition, we have a thorough understanding of the importance of high damage threshold coatings for our laser customers. Product-specific web page

Quality You Can Trust, Expertise You Can See. Hangzhou Shalom Electro-optics Technology Co., Ltd.A635, Boke MansionNo. 9 Xiyuan RoadXihu District, Hangzhou 310030China

⚙ hardware🧩 accessories and parts🧴 consumables🔧 maintenance, repair📏 metrology, calibration, testing💡 consulting🧰 development Shalom EO offers a wide range of infrared optics — not only singlet IR optical lenses, and IR optical windows, but also lens modules designed for MWIR (3–5 μm) and LWIR (8–12 μm) thermal imaging cameras. Various specific infrared optical materials are available: germanium, zinc selenide (ZnSe), zinc sulfide (ZnS, both CVD ZnS and multi-spectral ZnS provided), chalcogenide glass, silicon, sapphire, and fluoride (CaF2, BaF2, MgF2, and LiF). Our fabrication techniques include conventional polishing and diamond turning. Moreover, multiple types of modules with flat, spherical, and aspherical optical surfaces are optional for different requirements. Referring to the thermal imaging lenses, Hangzhou Shalom EO offers standard lens assemblies and hundreds of custom-designed lens modules (e.g., athermalized lenses, fisheye lenses, single FOV, dual FOV, continuous zoom lenses, long detection range thermal imaging lenses). We have succeeded in developing a 313-004 90 mm to 1100 mm f/5.5 continuous zoom MWIR long range thermal camera lens module featuring a detection range of >35 km, 4.2 kg lightweight, and 313-010 75-1100 mm f/4.0 continuous zoom long range thermal lenses with also detection range exceeding 35 km but a larger f/4.0 aperture. Further, our infrared windows can be used at 0.75 μm to 20 μm, and our infrared lenses are suitable in a wide spectral range from 700 nm to 20000 nm. Coating options include broadband anti-reflection coatings (BBAR), long-pass anti-reflection coatings, and hard diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating for application in harsh environments. Product-specific web page

YOUR KEY to innovation and success UltraFast Innovations GmbHDieselstr. 585748 Garching (München)GermanySee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 2035)!	⚙ hardware UltraFast Innovations (UFI®) offers a varied selection of broadband infrared mirrors designed for ultrafast laser systems. For example, we provide mirrors for thulium- and holmium-based systems operating in the 2-μm spectral region, Cr:ZnS systems around 2.4 μm and Cr:ZnSe for 3.2 μm. Such mirrors can be provided with precise control of chromatic dispersion. Product-specific web page

Optical Coatings with knowledge, quality & speed Vortex Optical Coatings Ltd.10 Jacknell RoadDodwells Bridge Industrial EstateHinckleyLeicestershire LE10 3BSUnited Kingdom

⚙ hardware At Vortex we are able to manufacture custom optical coatings in the near and mid infrared regions between 900 and 6000 nm. Whether you are looking for bandpass filters, long/short pass filters, beamsplitters, AR coatings (and many other coating types), we can apply these to a whole range of substrates, many of which we hold in stock on our shelves for immediate coating so we are able to offer very good lead times compared to the industry standard. Product-specific web page

The Future Depends on Optics Edmund Optics101 East Gloucester PikeBarrington, NJ 08007United StatesSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 1139)!	⚙ hardware Edmund Optics offers a wide range of infrared optics, using materials like aluminum, calcium fluoride, fused silica, germanium, magnesium fluoride, sapphire, silicon, zinc selenide, zinc sulfide and other infrared materials. Product-specific web page

Optical components at better price SinoptixOffice 16 D, Yujia MansionN° 1336 HuaShan RoadShanghai 200052China	⚙ hardware We offer IR optics in germanium, silicon, ZnSe, ZnS, BaF2, MgF2 or chalcogenide glass — lenses, prisms and windows. We do on demand manufacturing. Product-specific web page

Your Custom Optics Expert Shanghai Optics Inc.425 Main St Suite 2EMetuchen, NJ 08840United States

⚙ hardware At Shanghai Optics we design and manufacture a wide variety of custom optical IR components. Our state of the art equipment allows us to achieve unparalleled precision and surface quality, and every piece we manufacture is subject to stringent quality controls. We offer a wide range of IR substrates, including Ge, Si, ZnSe, ZnS, ZnS , CaF2, BaF2 and GaAs. Our lenses and windows are available with multiple anti-reflection coating options that can increase durability and improve performance. Product-specific web page

Expanding your spectro-vision Henan UM Optics LtdNo. 100, Light Industrial ParkShangcheng County, Henan Province, 465300China

⚙ hardware UM Optics is the biggest optics supplier in China. We supply CaF2, BaF2, MgF2, LiF material covering the VUV to IR spectrum. We can also deliver cut blanks, polished lens, drilled windows, spherical lenses, aspheric lenses, galvo scanning mirrors, prisms, cylindrical lenses and mirrors in very large quantities at best price. UM Optics also grows silicon material in optical grade and supplies optics like silicon wafers, mirrors, AR-coated lenses, and prisms. We are also good at ZnSe/ZnS/Ge IR material optics. Product-specific web page

Your sidekick for laser optics development OPTOMANUkmerges g. 42714185 VilniusLithuaniaSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 3581)!

⚙ hardware OPTOMAN employs IBS technology to manufacture laser optics made for mid-IR. Broadband dispersive and low GDD mirrors for mid-IR range can reduce or even completely eliminate the need to use combinations of various bulk materials to compensate dispersion. Cost-effective solutions for mid-IR optics are also available. By developing relatively thin coatings through advanced material research, we’ve reduced the primary cost driver — production time — while maintaining the core advantages of IBS coatings. This allows us to deliver high-quality, durable mirrors without sacrificing spectral performance or efficiency, making them an affordable choice for Mid-IR laser systems, even at power densities up to 100 GW/cm2. Custom mid-IR optics can be designed for spectral range 1 — 5 µm, using standard or CaF2, MgF2, YAG, sapphire or silicon substrates. Product-specific web page

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