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  • Products
    • Optical Windows
          • Custom Precision Optical Windows

            Optical Windows

            Debris Shields, Turret Windows, Vacuum Windows, and more.

          • For Use In:

            • Debris Shields
            • Gimbal Windows
            • Instrument Windows
            • Laser Windows
            • Protective Windows
            • Sensor/EO Windows
            • Sight Windows
            • Vacuum Windows
            • Viewing Windows
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    • IR Windows
          • Custom Precision Infrared Windows

            IR Windows

            Sydor Optics manufactures IR windows utilizing a range of infrared materials suited for the NIR, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR spectrums ranging from 0.75µm to 15µm for applications including thermal imaging, mineral & gas detection and monitoring and other forward-looking infrared (FLIR) imaging applications.

          • For Use In:

            • Thermal Imaging Windows
            • Sensor/EO Windows
            • Mineral & Gas Detection Windows
            • Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR)
            • Gimbal Windows
            • Camera Turrets for VIS & IR Imaging
            • Night Vision
            • Optical Gas Imaging
            • Instrument Windows
            • Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) Windows
            • Threat Warning Instruments
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    • Glass Wafers
          • Glass Wafers

            Glass Wafers

            Aside from standard size glass wafers such as 100mm, 150mm, 200mm and 300mm, Sydor Optics can provide custom wafers with diameters up to 450mm and thin wafers with thicknesses down to 0.1mm.

          • For Use In:

            • Anodic Bonding
            • Biochips
            • Carrier Wafers
            • Diffractive Optics
            • MEMS Wafers
            • Micro Optics
            • Microfluidics
            • Microlens Arrays
            • Photolithography
            • Pressure Sensors
            • Structuring
            • Wafer Level Packaging
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    • Optical Wedges
          • Optical Wedges

            Optical Wedges

            Optical wedges with ± 10 arc seconds of wedge angle tolerance. Superior craftsmanship made to your specifications in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials.

          • For Use In:

            • Beam Shaping
            • Beam Steering
            • Laser Systems
            • Prevent Back Reflections
            • Rangefinding
            • Variable Focusing
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    • Optical Mirrors
          • Optical Mirrors

            Optical Mirrors

            Reflected Wavefront Error down to λ/20 & Surface Roughness down to 3 Ǻ rms.

          • For Use In:

            • Aerospace / Defense
            • Illumination Systems
            • Imaging Systems
            • Interferometry
            • Laser Systems
            • Long Range Telescopes
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    • Optical Flats
          • Custom Optical Flats

            Optical Flats

            λ/4, λ/10, or λ/20 single-side or double-side flat optics.

          • For Use In:

            • Metrology
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    • Optical Filters
          • Custom Optical Filter Fabrication

            Optical Filters

            Interference filters used in a variety of applications in the UV, VIS & IR spectrums.

          • For Use In:

            • Cinematography
            • Clinical Chemistry
            • Laser Systems
            • Machine Vision
            • Microscopy
            • Signal Attenuation
            • Spectroscopy
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    • Plate Beamsplitters
          • Plate Beamsplitters

            Plate Beamsplitters

            Reflect and transmit any combinations of wavelengths with precision plate beamsplitters. UV, VIS, or IR, Polarized or Unpolarized, 10:90 – 90:10 Reflection:Transmission(R:T).

          • For Use In:

            • Fluorescence Imaging
            • Heads Up Displays (HUD)
            • Imaging Systems
            • Laser Systems
            • Spectroscopy
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    • Witness Samples
          • Witness Samples

            Witness Samples

            Custom witness samples available in standard 1″ or 2″ diameters as well as custom sizes.

          • Best practices suggest that when coating or setting up an optical component, it’s best to use a witness sample, also called a “test piece,” to ensure that the actual part will match your specific coating specifications and your application.

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  • Capabilities
    • Double-Sided Optical Polishing
    • Precision Pitch Polishing
    • CNC Glass Machining
    • Laser Cutting & Marking
    • Metrology & Inspection
    • Precision Cleaning & Packaging
    • Optical Assembly
  • Materials
    • Fused Silica
    • Fused Quartz
    • Display Glass
    • Optical Glass
    • Infrared Glass
    • Low Expansion Glass Ceramics
    • Crystal
    • Color Filter Glass
  • Industries
    • Semiconductor
    • Defense
    • Industrial
    • Lasers and Laser Research
    • Life & Health Sciences
    • Entertainment
    • Medical Technology
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    • FAQ
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    • Specify Custom Optics
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Industries

Semiconductor

Semiconductor

Flat optics play a key role in the semiconductor industry.  Semiconductor manufacturing is the foundation of almost all technological advancements that affect everyday life. Especially the dependence on internet connected devices. Glass substrates are extremely important to the manufacturing of the machines that make the chips required for electronic devices. When flat optics are needed for semiconductor […]

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Defense

Defense

Flat optics, a proven alternative for DoD OEM’s. In today’s defense equipment, lightweight, compact, and flexible is what the DoD needs – in the air and on the ground. This means flat optics from Sydor are becoming increasingly more useful than traditional optics at the component level. Especially where conventional optics such as lenses, mirrors […]

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Industrial

Industrial

Utilizing flat optics is an emerging new option for design engineers in the development for some applications in today’s industrial environment. There is opportunity to explore with us flat optics qualities and capabilities as an alternative component in mass production or production process components. Flat optics are useful for product engineers to maximize performance in various ways. 

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Lasers and Laser Research

Lasers and Laser Research

Sydor provides optics used in the assembly of laser systems and high-power laser research. Many considerations go into the design, fabrication and use of optics for laser applications. Rather than modifying the geometry of a laser beam, flat optics can modify other properties such as direction or spectral content. These optics are used for mirrors […]

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Life & Health Sciences

Life & Health Sciences

Bring your product to market from concept, to prototype, to production in the continuous pursuit of improving life-saving medical procedures. In the constant pursuit of improving life-saving medical procedures, instruments used in life and health science such as diagnostic devices and equipment for R&D depend on innovation. Precision flat optics are a critical part of life and health science products such as microscopes, endoscopes, next generation DNA sequencing systems, sensors, and research equipment.

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Entertainment

Entertainment

We make the optics that make you look good. Sydor produces the optics that become the filters that are used world-wide in the entertainment industry for one reason: we have the highest quality optics that deliver perfect results every time. The majority of 3-D movie theaters project through our optics. If you’ve seen a movie, chances are, you’ve seen it through some of our optics.

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Medical Technology

Medical Technology

At Sydor Optics, we work with medical technology companies to supply the highest quality and precision flat optics for medical device products. Our advanced solutions are integral to the performance and reliability of cutting-edge medical devices, including minimally invasive surgical systems. From prototyping to full-scale production, our team works closely with medical device OEMs to deliver customized flat optics solutions.

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Certifications & Registrations

American owned & operated

American Owned & Operated

NSF

ISO 9001:2015 Certified

Itar

ITAR Registered

ITAR registered

Military & Defense Supplier

DFARS / NIST 800-171 Compliant

DFARS / NIST 800-171 Compliant

CMMC Level III Self Certified

CMMC Level III Self Certified

Thomas supplier

Thomas Verified Supplier

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