Ultrafast Mirrors

IBS-coated ultrafast mirrors deliver excellent optical performance, with reflection values up to 99.995%, combined with minimal and spectrally uniform Group Delay Dispersion (GDD). This keeps dispersion effects consistent and controlled and gives precise pulse control. They can be tuned to specific wavelengths or built as broadband configurations across the spectral range from UV to Mid IR. That covers Yb:YAG lasers (1030 nm) and their harmonics, Ti:Sa lasers (700–900 nm) and Multipass Cells (MPC), and Mid IR bandwidths spanning over 1000 nm. Multiwavelength designs keep GDD low across several discrete wavelengths or bandwidths within a single optical system.

OPTOMAN IBS coatings also have high Laser-Induced Damage Thresholds (LIDT), so they stay reliable under ultrafast high-power laser conditions. Superhero Power mirrors reach LIDT values up to >1.184 J/cm², 1030 nm, 500 fs, 1 kHz, and >0.45 J/cm², 515 nm, 500 fs, 10 kHz. For UV applications, OPTOMAN has developed a technology for fs laser pulses at 257–343 nm that lets optics withstand over 10000 hours of laser irradiation. Fewer replacements mean lower maintenance costs, minimal downtime and a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

At OPTOMAN, our experienced coating engineers fine-tune each mirror for its intended application. The result is reliable, high-performance laser optics for the most demanding ultrafast laser systems.

OPTOMAN digs deep into each application, providing highly customized and application-optimized solutions that will fit your business needs.

Together, we will be able to set the priorities that are most important for your application and needs, whether it is reaching fundamental limitations, proving the concept, or making a well-balanced industrial high runner. We keep an open discussion about the main price drivers and help customers optimize BOM costs while maintaining the highest quality level.

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.