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As a leading manufacturer of optical components for high laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) and ultrafast pulse laser applications, Manx Precision Optics (MPO) constantly expands their product range to offer customers the latest, state-of-the-art components. The research and development staff are constantly pushing the boundaries on optical coating performance to provide innovative solutions for our customers … Continue reading
Manx Precision Optics has (MPO) released their latest technical note (TN2022-03), which is a white paper entitled “The Cleaning of Optics: An Overview.” Throughout the manufacturing process, an optic must be frequently cleaned to ensure that it is free from dust and other contaminants. Read this informative article to learn how MPO manage the cleaning … Continue reading
The TTB range of mirrors from Manx Precision Optics (MPO) is based on a specialist coating design to offer a broader reflectivity bandwidth while maintaining a good Group Delay Dispersion (GDD) and high laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT). At 800 nm, mirrors from the TTB range achieve an LIDT of >= 0.45 J/cm2 in 25 fs … Continue reading
In a white paper, entitled “Fabrication of optical glass,” Manx Precision Optics (MPO) presents a general overview of optical glass manufacture. The paper summarizes the steps of this process: Rough Shaping – Shaping of raw glass into a blank approximately 1 mm larger than the finished component Milling – Further shaping of optical surfaces to … Continue reading
Laser systems are growing increasingly complex, and laser intensities are becoming higher than ever before. Due to these advances, conventional quartz waveplates are beginning to approach their limits. The reasons for this are that the waveplates are bounded by the Laser Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT) of the intrinsic material and the physical size of naturally … Continue reading
Manx Precision Optics (MPO) has just released their latest Technical Note, TN2022-02 This note is entitled, “What is LIDT?” This note explains the concept of Laser Induced Damage Threshold. LIDT is defined as the “highest quantity of laser radiation incident upon the optical component for which the extrapolated probability of damage is zero” by ISO … Continue reading