Author: Kelvin Biggs, Managing Director

Sapphire windows and plates can be utilised in a wide range of optical components, we review the key benefits and differences between them.

Optical lenses can be used for a variety of precision applications in the science, medical, imaging, defence and industrial sectors.

Optical Filters can be designed and manufactured to either limit the spectrum of light or allow it to transmit for specific applications.

Laboratories need precision microscope slides and coverslips for a wide range of uses, ranging from optical microscopy to cytology.

Schott filters are optical glass filters made from high quality, optically polished Schott coloured optical glass.

Fused quartz is made by melting naturally occurring quartz crystals, one of the most abundant naturally occurring minerals on the planet.

Technical glasses are used in highly specialised applications in the scientific, pharmaceutical and optoelectronics sectors.

Germanium is a heavy, highly brittle substance with a silver-grey-white appearance and a diamond-like, crystalline structure ideal for optical systems.

Calcium Fluoride (CaF2) is a naturally occurring optical substance with a unique range of propertie