| Laser Beam 
							Products can fabricate, polish and coat mirrors from 
							customer supplied material, working to customers 
							drawings, or to their own designs using software 
							like Zemax, AutoCAD, BeamCAD. Their manufacturing 
							techniques lend themselves to the efficient 
							production of small numbers of optics, even just one 
							optical component, very cost effectively. Because 
							they manufacture almost entirely “ in house” 
							delivery times are quick as well.
 They pride themselves in their flexibility with 
							mirror materials, optical coatings, mechanical and 
							optical tolerances, even adapting existing parts to 
							meet the demands of the customer's applications. 
							Just about everything is standard to them!
Applications for these mirrors include: 
								
								CO2 Lasers 
								Er: YAG Lasers 
								Near IR 
								Far IR 
								Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCL) 
								Phase Retarding CO2 
								Mirrors  Materials that work as substrates in these 
							applications are: 
								
								Copper 
								Aluminum 
								
								Silicon 
								Molybdenum  Standard coatings that Laser Beam products 
							uses are: 
								
								Gold 
								
								Max R 
								Polarization 
								
								Broadband  Both standard and custom items are available at 
							competitive prices and with short delivery times. Flat Mirrors
							 Flat 
							mirrors find wide uses in industrial laser systems, 
							as well as medical, scientific and research 
							applications. 
							Copper based mirrors in particular provide a 
							rugged and durable mirror with good reflectivity 
							across a broad spectrum of the infrared. Our 
							electroplated gold coating offers good reflectivity 
							and high damage resistance. They are widely used in 
							CO2 laser beam delivery where 
							their massive power handling ability gives a long 
							working life. Our mirrors are fitted to a 40KW 
							welding laser. For standard specifications click 
							here  
							Aluminium mirrors are lightweight, and ideal 
							for scanning applications.  
							Silicon mirrors are always used with a 
							coating, such as Max R, phase retarder, and are 
							suitable for many infra red wavelengths. Although 
							lightweight and stable they have lower laser damage 
							resistance compared to all metal mirrors.  
							Molybdenum mirrors offer a very hard, 
							scratch resistant, mirror surface.  Unique manufacturing methods allow cost effective 
							supply of prototypes and small numbers of parts 
							without tooling or set up charges.  
								Money and time can be saved by having 
								mirrors designed with locating flanges, mounting 
								holes and even water cooling built in.  
								Mirrors from most metals, metal alloys, and 
								some non metal such as silicon are routinely 
								manufactured.   
								Mirrors from 6mm to 150mm diameter are 
								available, as well as square, rectangular, and 
								other custom shapes.  
								Repair and refurbishing of used mirrors to 
								their original specification is also available, 
								which can offer considerable savings.  
							 Curved 
							MirrorsSpherically curved mirrors are commonly used 
							in laser cavities  and in laser beam expanders for 
							high power lasers.  
								A large range of concave and convex mirrors 
								with radius of curvature from 5mm to 100 meters 
								are available. 
								Spherical mirrors can often be used in 
								careful combination to give diffraction limited 
								results. 
								Several designs for focus systems based on 
								spherical mirrors are available. 
								 Cylindrical mirrors are used for correcting 
							astigmatic beams from slab discharge lasers and 
							laser diodes. A range of cylindrical curvatures are 
							available.  Curved mirrors with through holes are useful in 
							Raman spectroscopy and multi-pass cells. Surface 
							form is maintained over the entire surface. Using spherical mirrors in carefully optimized 
							designs can offer large savings over aspheric 
							optics.  
								A range of parabolic, elliptical and 
								hyperbolic mirror surfaces are available for 
								applications requiring an aspheric mirror.  
								 Curved mirrors are available from a wide range of 
							materials and with various coatings.
 
 Application Notes (PDFs): 
							Copper Mirrors vs. ZnSe Lenses for High Power Lasers 
							
							Applications: CO2 lasers, Cut/Weld, Pulsed 
							Laser, ER:YAG, Infrared 
							
							Assemblies: Collimation, Focus Units, 
							Polarization, Beam Control 
							Quality: Interferometry, Polishing,  
							Calorimetry, Laser Damage 
							
							Technical: Choosing mirrors, laser damage, 
							specifications, cleaning mirrors, surface quality  |