Retroreflectors

Integrating IBS-coated retroreflectors into your optical systems provides a significant competitive advantage by enhancing both the long-term reliability and the overall efficiency of your hardware. The Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) process creates exceptionally dense, high-purity films that are far more resistant to environmental degradation, humidity, and physical wear than traditional evaporative coatings. This durability translates directly into a lower total cost of ownership, as it minimizes the need for frequent recalibration or component replacement. Furthermore, the superior reflectivity and ultra-low scatter of these coatings ensure that your systems maintain maximum signal integrity, allowing your business to deliver high-precision results even in the most demanding industrial environments.

Absolutely. Our retroreflectors are specifically designed to meet the rigorous demands of high-power and ultrafast laser applications. Our IBS coatings provide one of the highest Laser Induced Damage Thresholds (LIDT) available in the industry. Because these coatings have near-zero absorption, they prevent the thermal lensing and surface pitting that often lead to system failure in high-energy setups, making them an ideal solution for advanced research and precision manufacturing.

Yes. Based on the customer’s presented business case, OPTOMAN, with its R&D-driven attitude and collaborative approach, can design, develop, and manufacture products for testing purposes and present a plan for serial production. Different-size IBS coating chambers are very handy in this case because small-scale production can be easily transferred to our giant IBS machine – Albert (the atom smasher), where we can coat large optics or 400-500 units of 1“ laser optics in a single coating run, ensuring high uniformity, meaning that all mirrors will work the same making your laser systems highly repeatable and reliable too.

Moreover, our in-stock optics marketplace, OPTOSHOP, features over 400 different laser optics made with love by OPTOMAN. These optics can be provided for testing directly from stock and delivered in 1-3 business days. After successful tests, OPTOMAN can present the most optimal production plan matching your business needs.

Both. 80% of total OPTOMAN revenue comes from complete products, while 20% is generated by providing coating services on customer-supplied substrates. OPTOMAN responsibly oversees the supplier network for reliable substrates and, if needed, can offer a completely European supply chain.

Yes. OPTOMAN has a number of flat substrates, plano-concave and plano-convex lenses, and spherical mirror substrates in stock, ready to be coated. Choosing the in-stock substrate option allows, on average, saving 6 weeks of lead time and reducing end-product cost 3 times.