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Mirrors are commonly used to fold or compact an optical system.

Highly reflective (HR) coatings are applied to optical components to minimize losses when reflecting lasers and other light sources.

The industry standard method for quantifying reflectivity does not tell the whole story

Pulse Compression and Dispersion Compensation for Ultrafast Lasers

Mounting flat mirrors by their edges in a kinematic mount imparts stress onto the mirror surface. This results in distortion and reduced quality of the reflected wavefront, which is especially noticeable when using high-quality mirrors. Stemmed mirrors, on the other hand, are mounted from a smaller diameter “stem” protruding from the back of the mirror, resulting in significantly reduced stress on the mirror surface, high stability, and cost reduction and can be used as a replacement for a more expensive and complex kinematic mount and a conventional mirror.

Semiconductor supermirrors offer high reflectivity and outperform many IR mirrors on the market. Learn more about these new supermirrors at Edmund Optics.

Learn how Highly-Dispersive Mirrors compensate for dispersion and compress pulse duration in ultrafast laser systems, which is critical for maximizing performance.

Confused about the differences between traditional-coated and hard-coated optical filters?

Beam Conditioning Optics for UV, IR, and Broadband Lasers

Want to learn more about metallic mirror coatings? Find information about standard and custom metallic mirror coatings that are available at Edmund Optics.

Optical coatings are used to influence the transmission, reflection, or polarization properties of an optical component.

E-Series Kinematic Optical Mounts provide high value and essential features for applications including lab use, prototyping, and system integration

Learn about spatial frequency errors and surface roughness of Single Point Diamond Turned off-axis parabolic mirrors at Edmund Optics.

Specialized coatings can minimize thermal lensing in ultrafast laser systems, which are particularly susceptible to detrimental thermal effects.

Anti-reflection (AR) coatings are applied to optical components to increase throughput and reduce hazards caused by back-reflections.

Learn about the different types of optical prisms, their applications, and how to select the right prism for your specific system.

Monolithic Reflective Beam Expanders are ideal for applications requiring broadband or achromatic beam expansion.

A protective plastic coating protects a variety of our flat optics, such as optical windows, optical mirrors, and beamsplitters, from scratches during shipping.

Beamsplitters do exactly what their name implies: split incident light beams.

Axicons are conical-shaped optical components used to create a ring-shaped beam.

Fresnel lenses are composed of a series of concentric grooves etched into one side of a sheet of plastic. Fresnel lenses are unlike typical spherical or aspherical optical lenses.

Want to know more about high-power optical coatings? Find out more about the importance, fabrication, and testing at Edmund Optics.

Imaging lens performance can be enhanced with the use of liquid lenses. Learn more at Edmund Optics.

What is an aspheric lens? In what applications are aspheric lenses used?

Learn about EO's most popular family of optical lenses and discover if achromatic lenses are ideal for your next application.

Optical Filters are used to selectively transmit or block certain wavelengths or wavelength ranges within optical systems.

Time to Replace Spherical Elements with Aspheric Lenses

Dispersion is the dependence of the phase velocity or phase delay of light on another parameter, such as wavelength, propagation mode, or polarization.

Polarization Directed Flat Lenses, which are formed with polymerized liquid crystal thin-film, create a focal length that is dependent on polarization state.