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Coated Optical Components

TSL - manufacture a range of coated optical components and assemblies from mirrors, optical flats, lenses, view ports to fiber optic face plates and tapers.
Coatings include simple anti-reflection (AR) through to multi-layer dielectric broad band anti-reflection coatings, 'V' coatings, 'W' coatings, neutral density attenuation, ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) for EMC screening / charge elimination  etc

  • Simple single QWOT (Quarter Wave Optical Thickness) for economical improvement in transmission over a broad range of wavelengths to your specification

  • Multi-layer anti-reflection coatings
    - 'V' Coatings - virtually zero reflection at a single wavelength
    - 'W' Coatings - virtually zero reflection at two wavelengths
    - 4 Layer BBAR - virtually zero reflection over a broad band (see fig on left)

  • Mirrors having tailored reflection characteristics, and hard wear resistant coatings

  • UHV Conflat and vacuum view ports 

  • Laser components

  • Filters

We have

  • 'In house' modelling and design capability to get the design right first time

  • Choice of deposition technologies, thermal, sputter deposition, electron beam evaporation - optimised for particular coatings

  • In situ plasma cleaning

  • Good process control gives the result needed reproducibly

  • Get optimised performance for your application ... FOFP, filters, mirrors, lenses etc .. rather than a general purpose coating

Neutral Density Filter Wheels

TSL makes a range of Neutral Density Filter Wheels  

  • In situ plasma cleaning
  • Choice of glasses .. crown glass (400-700nm), fused silica (250-2000nm), etc. depending on wavelength 
  • Exceptional flatness and parallelism for minimum beam deviation
  • Guaranteed linearity and tested

ITO Coated Glass

ITO (Indium Tin Oxide - a transparent semiconductor) is used as a coating providing

  • good transparency

  • good conductivity

  • to reduce charging

  • provide EMC screening

  • TSL can also provide an AR overcoat to greatly improve transmission

Torr Scientific Ltd, The Knoll Business Centre, Old Shoreham Road, Hove, East Sussex, UK, BN3 7GS
Tel:(+44) 1273 424477
Last modified: March 13, 2008