Purchasing Advisor for Optical Materials (original) (raw)

Find all you need for professional sourcing of optical materials: 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 optical materials, 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

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 optical materials. 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 optical materials. 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:

(none so far)

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 Optical Materials

127 suppliers for optical materials are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 4 present their product descriptions and images. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Engineering on Your Wavelength Covesion Ltd.Unit F3, Adanac NorthAdanac DriveNursling, Southampton SO16 0BTUnited KingdomSee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 3672)!

⚙ hardware Lithium niobate is a ferroelectric material in which the domain structure can be inverted by application of an electric field. By applying a spatially patterned electric field, so called periodic poling, a periodic reversal in the in-built polarization can be produced within the crystal. Doping PPLN with 5% MgO significantly increases the optical and photorefractive resistance of the crystal while preserving its high nonlinear coefficient allowing for broader temperature tuning of the device, increased wavelength tunability and increased power handling capabilities of the device. This broad wavelength tuneability means PPLN can be used for a range of applications from microscopy to quantum communication. 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 Hangzhou Shalom EO is a professional supplier of various optical materials, we offer a comprehensive range of optical materials for different applications across diverse spectral regions, including: Laser crystals: Shalom EO supplies a wide range of laser gain media for laser generation like rare-earth doped YAG crystals, Ti:sapphire and alexandrite laser crystals, diffusion bonding laser crystals. Nonlinear Crystals: We can offer BBO crystals, KDP/DKDP, LBO crystals, BiBO, LiNbO3, and MgO:LiNbO3, KTP/HGTR KTP, KTA, LiIO3 etc., excellent for nonlinear frequency conversions and electro-optical/acousto-optical modulations. We have also newly launched CLBO crystals ideal for harmonic generation to obtain laser output at DUV or VUV wavelengths. The nonlinear crystals are available as off-the-shelf and custom versions, and coating options include uncoated, AR, HR, HT, PR coatings, and custom coatings. Deep UV, Vacuum UV Optics and Crystals, Shalom EO provides CaF2, MgF2, and LiF crystals and optics with ultra-high transmission in the 193–248 nm deep UV and the 150–200 nm vacuum UV. The DUV and VUV crystals and optics are excellent for excimer lasers, astronomical telescopes, and UV photolithography. Electro-optic (EO) crystals and Acousto-optic (AO) crystals, including DKDP, BBO, LiNbO3, MgO:LiNbO3, TeO2, and HGTR-KTP crystals, cystals could be offered in the forms of crystal boules, crystal blanks, and crystals with AR coatings and electrodes. Passive Q-switch crystals, including Cr4+:YAG, Co2+:MgAl2O4, and V3+:YAG. Birefringent crystals, including YVO4, LiNbO3, quartz, calcite, MgF2, and alpha-BBO crystals. MgO:PPLN crystals and waveguides Stock and custom periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystals doped with MgO for SHG, DFG, SFG, OPO, and OPA. Product-specific web page

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