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Optical Mirrors

Full Range High-Quality Flat Optical Mirror Solutions

Our optical mirrors offer a full range of solutions for reflecting light to optimize performance in the UV-VIS-NIR spectral regions. Advanced Optics optical mirrors are available in stock or can be fully customized to meet your unique requirements. We offer plane-parallel, wedged, or spherical optical mirrors manufactured from various substrates polished in almost any configuration. All of our optical mirrors may be purchased uncoated or with a variety of metallic coatings, highly durable dielectric coatings, or as partially reflective mirrors.

Available Precision Polished Optical Mirrors

To order please call 262-548-1155 or Request a Quote.

Whether you require one of our many catalog mirrors or need a custom fabricated optical mirror, from prototype to production, let Advanced Optics be your reliable and trusted partner – We guarantee 100% outgoing inspection, on-time delivery, and exceptional customer service at competitive prices

Optical Mirror Manufacturing Proficiencies

  • Fabricate flat optical mirrors from 1mm – 530mm
  • Manufacture plane-parallel, wedged, or spherical optical mirrors
  • Precision polish round, rectangular, and square substrates with the capability to provide custom optical mirrors in almost any configuration to meet your requirements
  • Produce optical mirrors from a variety of substrates including fused silica, quartz, Zerodur®, BOROFLOAT®33, N-BK7®, and soda-lime glass
  • Achieve parallelism of < 2 arc seconds and offer wedged mirrors

UV-VIS-NIR Optical Mirror Solutions

Our optical mirrors can be optimized to reflect light of specific wavelengths from the deep UV to the infrared. Advanced Optics manufactures a wide range of precision polished and commercial grade in-stock or custom optical mirrors to meet your exact requirements.

Optical Mirror Coating Capabilities
  • Offer substrates either uncoated or with a variety of reflective coatings optimized for performance in the UV-VIS-NIR spectral regions (190 - 2500nm) with the ability to provide highly reflective coatings out to 20 microns
  • Provide metallic, dielectric, and partially reflective coatings
  • Custom coatings available upon request

Our Technical Optical Mirrors page provides further information on our full range of mirror coatings.

Advanced Optics in-stock optical mirrors come standard with a protected aluminum coating. Protected aluminum mirrors are a popular choice for use in the visible spectrum due to their low cost and good reflectivity with Ravg >85% from 400 – 700nm. They continue to provide good reflectivity into the NIR spectrum with Ravg >90% 400 – 2000nm making them an excellent choice for many broadband applications. Other metallic coatings, including custom coatings, are available upon request.

For further information on our protected Al coatings (including a curve), standard metallic coatings, and our options for custom coatings please visit:

Available Commercial Grade Optical Protected Al Mirrors

Our commercial grade optical mirrors come with the same durable protected Al coating as our precision grade mirrors. These mirrors offer an excellent economical alternative to high-precision optics when the application is less demanding. In addition to our standard protected Al mirrors, we offer these mirrors with a variety of metallic coating including bare Al and bare Au.

Available Commercial Grade Optical Bare Al Mirrors

Bare Aluminum

Advanced Optics manufactures both bare aluminum and protected aluminum commercial grade optical mirrors. Bare aluminum mirrors provide good reflectivity from the near UV to the IR spectrum, with Ravg > 91% from 200 – 2000nm and Ravg > 96% from 2 – 10µm. Unlike protected aluminum, bare aluminum is very soft, which makes these mirrors difficult to clean without damage, and they will oxidize over time. Therefore, bare aluminum mirrors are best suited for use in climate-controlled environments where they will be enclosed with limited handling. The benefit of a bare aluminum mirror is that it does not have a protective overcoat, which causes interference or absorption of light. This makes it the mirror of choice for some systems such as spectrophotometers.

In addition to our large variety of in-stock optical mirrors, Advanced Optics also offers custom optical mirrors and free engineering services. We have the capability to provide custom shapes, apply bevels and drill holes to meet your unique requirements.

Optical Mirror Design

For a first surface optical mirror to perform as expected, having a good understanding of your application (as well as specifying the correct optical characteristics) is essential to reducing costs and procuring the perfect mirror. Careful consideration should be given to the following and provided when requesting a quotation for an optical mirror.

Careful consideration should be given to the following and provided when requesting a quotation for an optical mirror.

Optical Mirrors


In-stock Optical Mirrors

Select Substrate

Soda-lime Glass
BOROFLOAT®33
N-BK7®
Quartz
Viosil
ZERODUR®
ClearCeram®-Z
ULE® Low Expansion Glass

Determine Physical Characteristics

Shape
Tolerances for LxWxT or diameter
Scratch and Dig
Edge Bevels

Establish Accuracy

Surface quality:
Available 1/4, 1/10, or 1/20 wave

Parallelism:
Available to < 2 arc seconds
Clear Aperture

Choose Coating

Wavelength or wavelength range of interest

Percentage of reflectivity required at a specific wavelength(s) at a specific a AOI.

For further information on how to properly specify an optical mirror, please visit our page: 10 Steps to Consider when Designing Your Optical Mirror.

Careful consideration of all 10 steps will help the manufacturer of your mirror clearly understand your requirements, which translates to a faster and more accurate quotation.

Have a question? Give us call and tell us about your project. (262) 548-1155