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Listing of all 55 news releases from Optical Surfaces:

Spectrograph optics enhance telescope performance

Optical Surfaces's record in manufacturing, mounting and testing demanding precision spectrograph optics is best seen by the prestigious telescope groups that have selected it as a key supplier

News from Optical Surfaces (16 July 2008)

Parabolic mirrors for largest solar telescope

User application article Optical Surfaces has delivered three high precision off-axis parabolic mirrors as key focusing components in the adaptive optical system associated with BBSO's new 1.6 metre solar telescope

News from Optical Surfaces (28 May 2008)

Fabry Perot Etalons to suit almost any application

Optical Surfaces is a supplier of Fabry-Perot etalons in a range of shapes and sizes up to 150mm in diameter with matching accuracies to lambda/300

News from Optical Surfaces (19 March 2008)

Off-axis parabolic mirrors are large and accurate

Optical Surfaces can typically produce off-axis parabolic mirrors up to 600mm in diameter with surface accuracy to lambda/20p-v depending upon off-axis angles

News from Optical Surfaces ( 7 February 2008)

Optical reference flats are high precision

Optics up to 450mm diameter are provided with a Fizeau interferometric test report, while larger flats are quality assured using the Ritchey-Common test procedure

News from Optical Surfaces (23 January 2008)

High precision optics for space observation

Optical Surfaces says it is today a recognised leader in the design and production of high precision large-size optical units and components for space observation systems

News from Optical Surfaces ( 4 October 2007)

Achromatic expansion of any collimated input

Manufactured to better than lambda/10 surface accuracy, the off-axis design of OSL beam expanders produces no central obscuration and efficient transmission unspoilt by spider diffraction patterns

News from Optical Surfaces ( 8 June 2007)

Large aspheric optics delivered to laser lab

User application article Optical Surfaces has delivered a pair of ground-breaking target chamber focusing mirrors for the Astra Gemini dual-beam Petawatt laser facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in the UK

News from Optical Surfaces (22 March 2007)

Specialist in telescope spectrograph optics

With the main workshops and test facilities deep underground, temperatures in Optical Surfaces's production facility remain constant year-round and vibration is practically non-existent

News from Optical Surfaces (24 January 2007)

Debris shields reduce costs of high power lasers

Optical Surfaces says it has considerable expertise in the manufacture and supply of debris shields to protect the target-facing optics of large high-power laser facilities

News from Optical Surfaces (24 November 2006)

Off axis parabolae with high precision

With proprietary polishing techniques Optical Surfaces can achieve the natural limit to the off-axis angle of around 25-30deg and surface micro-roughness on aspherics of ~1nm RMS

News from Optical Surfaces ( 6 October 2006)

Large high-power laser windows

Optical Surfaces, a specialist in large high precision optics, has considerable expertise in the supply of high-power laser windows up to 600mm in diameter

News from Optical Surfaces (26 September 2006)

Beam expanders enhance Lidar measurements

Optical Surfaces says it has established an international reputation for the supply of high performance beam expanders for atmospheric Lidar measurements

News from Optical Surfaces (21 July 2006)

Optical Surfaces appoints new general manager

Optical Surfaces, a provider of demanding and large high precision optical components and systems, has appointed a general manager to coordinate the company's drive for further international growth

News from Optical Surfaces (28 June 2006)

On-axis mirrors for fast focus and high energy

Optical Surfaces has announced a new technical datasheet that describes its range of fast focus on-axis parabolic mirrors, downloadable as a PDF

News from Optical Surfaces (31 May 2006)

Precision measurement of surface inaccuracies

Optical Surfaces offers a range of standard and custom precision flats up to 600mm in diameter manufactured of high-stability materials such as glass, Zerodur and silica

News from Optical Surfaces ( 3 May 2006)

Minimal alignment reflecting collimators

A new technical datasheet that describes its range of high performance reflecting tube collimators has been announced by Optical Surfaces, a specialist in high precision optics and optical systems

News from Optical Surfaces (24 March 2006)

Datasheet describes laser beam expanders

Technical background article Optical Surfaces, a specialist in high precision optics and optical systems, has announced a new technical datasheet that describes its range of high performance laser beam expanders

News from Optical Surfaces (27 February 2006)

Schlieren optics record inhomogeneities

Schlieren optics are used to record inhomogeneities within a transparent medium (air, water, glass) by detecting the energy refracted by that portion of the medium in which the inhomogeneity occurs

News from Optical Surfaces (19 January 2006)

Suppling mirrors for world's most intense laser

User application article Optical Surfaces has been selected to supply two high precision mirrors to the Central Laser Facility at the renowned Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (Didcot, UK) for the Astra Gemini project