OEM Solutions

Vertically Integrated Expertise

Over the past 27 years, Thorlabs has grown into a leading manufacturer of components
and systems for the photonics industry. For OEM customers, we are committed to
leveraging our advanced manufacturing infrastructure to accelerate your production
and reduce your time to market.

Our ability to shape solutions to exact and demanding specifications extends across a
comprehensive catalog containing 15,000+ products. Nearly one-third of these were
inspired by the particular requirements of our worldwide customer base.

From thermally stable mirror mounts to vibrationally isolated optical workstations,

from semiconductor laser diodes to fiber-pigtailed optical modulators, or from CNC-
polished aspheric lenses to broadband scan lenses for OCT, our in-house capabilities
span the range from fundamental individual elements to complex integrated systems.
A Letter from Our President and Founder
Over the past three decades, Thorlabs has been privileged to play a role
in the advancement of the photonic sciences. Throughout our existence,
weve evolved from a small startup, machining a handful of basic
optomechanical components in the early years, to a vibrant member of the
photonics community releasing over 1,300 new items to our website annually.
The growth of our portfolio can be attributed to a mix of organic product
line extensions, greenfield initiatives into new technologies such as Optical
Coherence Tomography (OCT), and a series of acquisitions that have
added new manufacturing competencies at various locations around the
globe. Today, Thorlabs is comprised of 15 manufacturing and design facilities
in 9 countries.

Thorlabs continual double-digit growth has allowed us to invest heavily in the

infrastructure and capital equipment needed to manufacture the majority of
the 15,000 photonics products that comprise our online catalog. In addition,
these in-house manufacturing capabilities give us the freedom to respond Alex Cable - Thorlabs President & Founder
to the needs of our customers, whether they be for large quantities of an
existing product or a low volume request for a modification to an existing stocked design.

Consequently, we are able to partner with you, not only during the concept phase when one traditionally buys a basket of
items in small quantities, but also when you reach full production and need a partner capable of manufacturing quantities
of select items that can be called off as needed. While Thorlabs has always been a price leader, we can realize additional
economies of scale when provided with the ability to plan future production/deliveries. These cost savings, which we share
with our OEM customers, are often significant. They arise from being able to integrate your OEM needs with our own internal
production in a manner that ensures on-time deliveries at highly competitive prices.

Our product portfolio, as you probably know, contains one of the most extensive photonic tools selection in the world. What
you might not know is that Thorlabs has added many components that are specifically designed to serve the OEM side of our
customer base. Offering these component parts to a multitude of OEM customers further ensures economies of scale that
reinforce our strength as a competitive OEM supplier.

Additionally, there is a customer focus that permeates our entire OEM Business Group, leading us to put into place processes
that show a deep respect for the responsibility that comes with supplying a production facility. As an OEM supplier, we have
built a number of additional elements that provide all important services, timed take-outs that are flexible, safety stock, and
strict revision controls, all of which are designed to ensure there are no surprises.

We are committed to being a strong partner for your OEM needs, with a desire to be connected to our industry in a way that
far exceeds what would be expected of a vendor. As our OEM business continues to grow, I personally invite you to contact
me at any time to provide feedback on any of our products or services. It is a privilege to have my companys products serve
as the building blocks within the systems and subsystems you produce.

Sincerely,

Alex Cable
President & Founder
acable@thorlabs.com
 Our Products and Facilities
Thorlabs deep and broad selection of catalog items forms the foundation of our in-house manufacturing capabilities.

Optics Optomechanics
Using extensive
metrology to provide Our mechanics design staff
an unmatched level is extremely well versed in
of characterization, optimizing components
our technicians and and systems for mechanical
optical engineers stability, cost effectiveness,
manufacture a wide and high performance.
range of optics.

Optical Fiber & Patch Cables Semiconductor Lasers

Our fiber engineers and Thorlabs' diverse engineering
production specialists team brings devices from
routinely fulfill academic, epitaxial wafer growth to final
industrial, and government packaging, overseeing a catalog
contracts and collaborate of III-V semiconductor devices,
with universities for special MEMS-VCSEL tunable lasers, and
projects. quantum cascade lasers.

Piezoelectric Stacks & Devices Scientific Cameras

The company's portfolio
Taking advantage of multiple
of piezo chips, stacks, and
skill sets, our multidisciplinary
actuators is offered in a
team of scientists and engineers
variety of cross sections,
develops innovative circuit
free stroke displacements,
designs, optical solutions,
and packages (e.g., with
firmware, and host
and without wires and
software.
end plates).

Optical Tables & Breadboards Light Sources & Optical Systems

Our extensive know-
Large-bed CNC mills,
how in optical design
multi-point tooling
enables us to offer
systems, laminating
LEDs, objectives, beam
presses, automated
expanders, collimators,
transfer systems, and
Fourier transform and
fine finishing machines
CCD spectrometers, scan
comprise our dedicated
lenses, and custom optical
optical tables facility.
systems.
The Process
Thorlabs multi-disciplinary engineering teams and substantial manufacturing infrastructure across multiple product lines confer
powerful advantages to our OEM partners. From raw ideas and materials to development and final production, our design
and manufacturing takes place entirely in-house. This high degree of vertical integration creates significant cost efficiencies,
minimizes component lead times, and eliminates design compromises.

We maintain and extend these advantages not only because of our OEM partners but also because they are critical to our
core catalog business. For example, they have enabled us to realize our Polaris family of ultrastable optic mounts, which are
optimized from start to finish for peak performance in a wide variety of demanding applications.

Polaris: Pointing the Way to Precision Alignment

Features
Monolithic Flexure Arm Sapphire Seats
u Greater Holding Force than Setscrews u No-Wear Interface for Increased
Repeatability
u Reduced Optic Distortion
u Extremely Durable for Long Lifetime
u Minimal Sensitivity to Temperature Fluctuations
u Maintains Adjusters Orthogonality
Matched Actuator and Body Pairs
u Directly Integrated into Frame

u Reduces Drift and Backlash by Decreasing

Need for Lubricant

The Polaris family results from the application of every possible best practice to optic mount manufacturing. It leverages the
companys deep understanding of materials science, engineering techniques, and our customers requirements, exploring
the full depth of product analysis and customization that Thorlabs is able to deploy.

Polaris optic mounts are used extensively for prototyping and at scale. They are the mounts of choice for lasers used in life
sciences research, industrial processing, medicine, and other situations where performance variations and downtime are
strictly not permissible.
Displacement of 6 mm Thick, 1" Mirror Design and Testing
As a completely vertically integrated photonics company, our
familiarity with lab- and industrial-scale needs gives us a uniquely deep
appreciation of the challenges posed by specific applications. For
Polaris, our team of scientists and engineers began by identifying the
most common causes of beam misalignment: temperature-induced
hysteresis of the beam position, crosstalk, drift, and backlash. Every
POLARIS-K1F6 Standard 1" Setscrew Mount
aspect of the Polaris design is targeted at minimizing the contribution
of these errors to the beam pointing.

After identifying the features that would provide the best

performance, we subjected our designs to months of rigorous
theoretical and real-world testing. For example, finite element
analysis (FEA) was used to ensure that mounting stresses would not
compromise the mirrors intrinsic surface flatness.

To provide experimental verification of the Polaris mounts

performance, we used our in-house Zygo interferometer, which can
quantify wavefront error with <0.01 resolution. The Zygo confirmed
that the surface flatness of the mounted mirror was on the order of
Zygo Interferometer Measures Surface Flatness of Mounted Mirror that of the free-standing mirror, validating our design approach.
Industry-Leading Manufacturing Expertise
Thorlabs engineers and technicians work together
closely during manufacturing. Their open
communication continuously ensures that the
intended performance is achieved by every unit.
Thorlabs
In order to guarantee the reliability of Polaris mounts, our Polaris mounts
world-class machine shop developed several key steps for removing are frequently
used in custom
all possible sources of beam pointing error: optical systems.

u All materials, such as the frame, matched adjuster screws, and lock nuts are
fabricated from stainless steel with matched coefficients of thermal expansion, minimizing stress resulting
from temperature changes.

u The stainless steel in the mount is heat treated prior to assembly, removing internal stresses that can cause long-term
creep and eliminating thermal hysteresis.

u Residual stress caused by machining, which can cause micro-creep, is minimized by performing a final kiss cutting
technique during machining, heat treating, acid etching, and final thermal stress relieving.

u Careful control of the dimensional tolerances of the front and back plates is employed to minimize crosstalk, ensuring that
the pitch and yaw actuators are orthogonal.

A Product Family Shaped by Customer Requirements

Polaris mounts are designed in collaboration with Thorlabs customers, whose feedback has driven the development of
its best-in-market characteristics. The product family includes several individually optimized mounting solutions.

POLARIS-K05S1 POLARIS-K05F6
POLARIS-K05T1

POLARIS-K19S4 POLARIS-K1T8H POLARIS-K1F1

Standard Polaris mounts are ultrastable SM-threaded Polaris mounts use Low-distortion Polaris mounts nearly
general-purpose mounts. retaining rings for optic retention. eliminate optic distortion.

POLARIS-K05P2

Fixed Polaris
mounts are
the most
POLARIS-K1PZ POLARIS-K1C4 compact.

Piezo-actuated Polaris mounts provide Glue-in Polaris mounts enable a 142

actively monitored alignment. clear edge for close-proximity reflections.
Optics
Experienced technicians coordinate with our optics
Paul Melone engineering team on a daily basis to manufacture singlet,
Optics Business Unit Leader aspheric, and achromatic lenses; Glan-Laser, Glan-Taylor,
and liquid crystal polarizers; free-space and fiber-coupled
pmelone@thorlabs.com
optical isolators; wave plates; bandpass filters; and many
other optics. We have invested heavily in metrology
equipment as our capabilities have expanded, enabling us
"Our optics capabilities for OEM customers
to provide an unmatched level of characterization for our
cover a wide range of products and
catalog and OEM customers.
applications. Our extensive resources include
manufacturing tools, engineering, and process
expertise, allowing us to deliver quality solutions.
We have quietly served our OEM partners for
many years and understand the importance of
dependability in every aspect."

Thorlabs' polishing machines use precision spindles to verify the thickness

and curvature of our lenses.

Our CNC diamond turning lathe helps produce off-axis parabolic mirrors with Surface grinding machines polish multiple optics simultaneously to
custom sizes and focal lengths. achieve high throughput and consistency.

Optical Isolators
The optic engineers in our Optics Business Unit were the first in the U.S. to develop optical isolators.
Since 1985, they have overseen a catalog whose wavelength range, high-power handling, and
package selection surpasses that of every other manufacturer.

IO-4-4500-WG IO-F-660
IO-5BB-800-HP 4.5 m IO-D-1064-VLP 660 nm SM Fiber Our optical isolator manufacturing
Broadband Free-Space Nd:YAG Optical Isolator Isolator technicians rigorously ensure that
Ti:Sapphire Isolator Isolator (Enlarged to Show Detail) every isolator meets its design
parameters.
Some of Our Products

BB1-E03 AL50100
Broadband SAHWP05M-700 50 mm, CNC-Polished
PBS252
Dielectric Mirror Superachromatic Aspheric Lens
Polarizing
FGL590S Wave Plate
Beamsplitter Cube
Colored Glass Filter

FB1550-30
Bandpass Filter GL15
Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors Glan-Laser
Polarizer

MPD169-G01
90, Aluminum
Coated

NDL-25S-2
0.3 to 2.0 OD

ND Filters
MPD399H-M01
90, Gold Coated,
NDUV530B
with Hole
MPD2103-M01 1, Ni Coated
30, Gold Coated

Our Commitment to You

By selecting Thorlabs, you unlock our worldwide
network of engineering and support resources. Our
intelligent, responsive, and autonomous OEM staff
Michael Mohammadi
will harness the companys extensive footprint to fulfill OEM Manager
highly specialized requests.
mmohammadi@thorlabs.com
The multidisciplinary team at Thorlabs has a wide
array of backgrounds, including academic research,
process development, and precision manufacturing.
Your OEM project manager will draw personnel from all Thorlabs OEM structure ensures that our OEM
of these disciplines to ensure the ultimate success and partners have dedicated sales and project
performance of the items you commission.
managers throughout the course of the entire
Depending upon the projects specific requirements, project. Our goal is to develop close relationships
we will assign multiple engineers from within the
so that we can better serve your individual
company to collaborate with you and your team.
From design and prototyping to mass manufacturing application and project needs.
and qualification, this hand-picked group possesses
the start-to-finish knowledge necessary to achieve the I am excited to work with each of you and to
projects requirements. learn how we may continue to improve.
Your dedicated OEM project manager will relay status
updates, performance data, and other communications between you and our engineers and manufacturing technicians. We
will also arrange for video conferencing or on-site meetings as needed to guarantee a meaningful two-way flow of information.
This tight collaboration ensures that an effective technology transfer takes place and makes certain that the end product
fulfills the requirements you have set out. Throughout and after the engagement, we remain at your disposal at any time.
Optomechanics

Our optomechanics manufacturing facility rapidly produces prototypes for evaluation and can quickly ramp up to production volumes.

Thorlabs mechanics design staff consists of skilled and experienced engineers and draftsmen. They are extremely well versed
in optimizing components and systems for mechanical and thermal stability, cost effectiveness, and high performance in the
desired application, and are accustomed to realizing these traits when manufacturing in volume.

Our machine shop is capable of producing 20,000 individual components per week. The staff consists of almost fifty machinists
who work in two shifts; however, our shop can operate key equipment up to 20 hours per day "lights out." With our mills, lathes,
screw machines, and laser engravers in-house, we can be sure that all of our production processes are carefully controlled.
Our machinists' innovative techniques use standard shop equipment in unique ways to increase the efficiency of each
machine, including designing custom fixtures that greatly reduce or eliminate setup time. Our shop's overall goal is to utilize the
latest technology to produce parts faster while minimizing costs.

Key Equipment Key Capabilities

u Solidworks for 3D Modeling
u Four-Axis CNC Mills and CNC Turning Machines
Vertical Mills with Custom Rotatable Vises for u Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Evaluating
Increased Capacity Material Stresses

Horizontal Mills with Pallet Pools for Six Hours u Lean Manufacturing
of Machining Time

u Citizen Swiss Screw Machines

Industries
u 3D Printers for Plastic Prototyping
u Light Source Development and Manufacturing
u Optek Vision System for Precise Measurements
u Micromachining
u Dorsey Optical Comparator for Measurements and
u Medical Diagnostic Lasers
Visualizing Tool Marks
u Process Control Metrology
u Espec Chamber for Testing Under Extreme Temperatures
and Humidity u Semiconductor Manufacturing
u Force Gauges and Dial Indicators for Measuring u Biotechnology Research & Development
Performance Specifications
u Laser Annealing
Some of Our Products
Tyler Morgus
Mechanics
Mechanics Business Unit Leader
tmorgus@thorlabs.com

PFM1 "The Mechanics Business Unit at Thorlabs

MS1S KS05 1" Clear-Edge
1/4" Translation Locking 1/2" Mount
has a very flexible and extensive selection
Flexture Mount
Stage of design and manufacturing capabilities,
products, and services, which we provide
la carte to photonics-enabled industries
SM05L05
ranging from biomedical to aerospace. By
1/2" Lens customizing our approach to each project,
Tube
Thorlabs maximizes the value it delivers to
CXYZ05 each customer.
1/2 XYZ Mount Cage Systems

Mounting Adapters

SM05SMA
S1FCA AD11F
SMA Fiber
FC Adapter Cylindrical
Adapter
Plate Adapter

Fine Adjusters
Fine Hex Adjusters Bushings
F25ST050
1/4"-80 Adjuster
F25SSN2P
with Torque Hole
Threaded
Bushing

An optical comparator for inspecting tool marks.

N80L5P
FAS100 Locking
1/4"-80 Adjuster Bushing
with Knob with Nut

F25SC1
Locking Collar
F19MS150
3/16"-120 Adjuster

Adjustment Knobs

F25SSK1S
F25SSK1 F25SSK1L Torque
Standard Large Holes
Our EC400 pallet pool is capable of producing 300 parts in 24 hours.
Optical Fiber and Patch Cables
With three fiber draw towers, an in-house R&D team, and
Kaitlin Hoffmann on-site metrology and testing, our ITAR-qualified fiber facility

Fiber Business Unit is built to accommodate the flexible tower configurations

Product Development Manager
khoffmann@thorlabs.com
"Thorlabs Fiber Business Unit has the unique
advantage of drawing optical fiber to our own
specifications so that it is precisely suited for
integration into high-end finished assemblies.
Our knowledge and expertise not only provide
the highest quality products for our customers
but also allow us to easily customize anything
from bare optical fibers to fully integrated
assemblies.
and draw schedules required for volume production on
short notice. It is accustomed to the on-time fulfillment of
academic, industrial, and government contracts and offers
same-day shipping for patch cables with custom lengths
and connectors.
We are collaborating with university customers to widen our
industry-leading selection of optogenetics equipment, and
we routinely accept orders for modifications of Thorlabs'
catalog products.
Key Capabilities
u Silica and Fluoride Glasses Support Wavelengths
Between 200 nm and 5.5 m

u UV Coating Capabilities for Acrylates and Optical

Polymers

u Extrusions of Tefzel and Nylon Buffers

u Tensile Strength, Proof Testing, Static Fatigue, and

Dynamic Fatigue Testing

u Spectral Attenuation, Bend Loss, and NA Testing in

Our Metrology Lab

u Active Fibers with a Variety of Core/Cladding

Geometries and Dopants Including Erbium, Thulium,
and Holmium

u Vertically Integrated Cabling Operation

Industries
u Surface Metrology

u Telecommunications

u Laser Spectroscopy

u Nonlinear Optics

u Medical Lasers

u Aerospace and Defense

u Sensors and Actuators

u Food Analysis and Quality Control

One of our three fiber draw towers for optical fiber fabrication.

Silica and fluoride glass preforms are made entirely in-house. Our start-to-end control ensures consistency and repeatability from run to run.
 Semiconductor Lasers and Devices

An optical amplifier in a butterfly package.

Our semiconductor facility uses Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) to grow III-V epitaxial structures. A QCL being wire bonded.

The diverse engineering team at our semiconductor laser Key Capabilities

manufacturing facility starts with epitaxial wafer growth
u Wafer Growth: MBE and MOCVD
and finishes at final packaging. We offer a large selection
u Waveguide Modeling: OptiBPM (Optiwave), BeamPROP
of packages, including chip on submount (CoS), open
(RSoft), and FIMMPROP (Photon Design)
heatsink designs, TO cans, and fiber-coupled designs,
u Laser Simulation: PICS3D (Crosslight) and Proprietary
as well as complete subsystems with integrated control
In-House Software
electronics. An environmentally controlled class 100/1000
u Thin Film Deposition: PECVD, Electron Beam Deposition,
cleanroom houses our wafer fab, and packaging is done in
and RF Sputtering
a class 10,000 assembly area.
u Metal Deposition: E-Beam Evaporation and Plating
Industries u Optical Facet Coating: Anti-Reflection and High-
u Analog Optical Links Reflection Coatings with In Situ Monitoring

u Downwell Industrial Sensing u Metrology: Multi-Wavelength Ellipsometry,

X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy,
u Process and Chemical Analysis
Photoluminescence, Electrochemical C-V Dopant
u Defense and IR Countermeasures Profiling, and Hall Effect Mobility
u Metrology u Packaging Options: Die Bonding, Wire Bonding, Laser
u Stain-Free IR Imaging Welding, and Fiber Pigtailing

Some of Our Products

MEMS
Emission Dielectric Mirror

EO-AM-NR-C1
MEMS Actuator
Top Contact LiNbO3 Optical FPL1009S
Modulator Single-Frequency
Deflecting
Membrane Air
Gap
Antireflection
Coating
External Cavity
Laser Diode
Multiple
Quantum Well
Active Region MEMS Actuator
Bottom Contact
Fully Oxidized
Dielectric Mirror

SAF1126H
Gain Chip DJ532-10 QD4580CM1
on Submount DPSS Laser Quantum Cascade
Substrate

with Heatsink Diode Laser

MEMS-VCSEL Tunable Laser
Piezoelectric Chips, Stacks, and Actuators
Manufacturing Process
u Screen Printing of Inner Electrodes
and Stacking

u Isostatic Pressing to Increase Uniformity

u Cutting Stacks to Size Desired for Final Device*

u De-Binding and Sintering to Remove

Solvent Residues*
PK2FMP1
Piezo Stack with
u Lapping to Improve Dimensional Tolerance*
End Plates
u Screen Printing of Outer Electrodes for
Electrical Connections PK2FSF1
Piezo Actuator
u Poling to Initiate Piezoelectricity with Case

* These Steps Shown in Pictures Below

PA4FE
PA3JE
PA3BC Piezo Chips

Thorlabs' piezoelectric design and engineering team has built a

fabrication and packaging facility that is capable of high-volume
production with short lead times. Their extensive expertise supports
a vast selection of chips with a variety of package sizes, operating
voltages, and free stroke displacements. Each of these parameters
is individually customizable, making our piezos extremely easy to
integrate into larger assemblies.

Our discrete piezo stacks, which provide greater free stroke

Cutting Machine Slicing Piezoelectric Block into Individual Chips
displacements than individual chips, are assembled from chips
stacked face-to-face that are bonded with epoxy and glass beads.
These stacks maintain the same drive voltages and sub-millisecond
response times of the individual chips. We also offer amplified
piezoelectric actuators. These items consist of a piezo stack in a
flexure mount that incorporates a lever, thereby magnifying the
displacement of the stack.

Industries
Piezo Chips After Binder Burnout and Sintering
u Semiconductor u Medical Technology and
Technology Drug Design

u Optoelectronics u Data Storage Technology

u Communications and u Nanomanufacturing and

Integrated Optics Nanoautomation

u Biotechnology and Life u Aeronautics and

Science Technology Astronautics

u Precision Machining u Image Processing

PR-Hoffman Double-Sided Grinding Machine for Lapping

 Motion Control
Some of Our Products
Keith Dhese
General Manager, Thorlabs Ltd.
kdhese@thorlabs.com

RBD201
Rack-Mountable Controller Our engineering and manufacturing teams
work closely with our customers to guarantee
LNR50S
that we understand their technical and
50 mm
TravelMax logistical needs. We strive to provide consistently
Stage
excellent service that our customers can use to
keep them ahead in the market.
DDS220
220 mm
Direct Drive Stage
The company's motion control systems are designed by a
collaborative, experienced team of specialists with over
30 years of experience. We develop the form factors and
KST101 BBD203 manufacturing processes for all our parts, as well as their
Compact Benchtop
1-Channel 3-Channel associated electronic control systems and software interfaces.
Controller Controller Our group is accustomed to meeting strict requirements for
repeatability, accuracy, and reliability in a variety of positioning
Key Capabilities systems: linear and rotational, manual and automated, small
and large, from simple components to fully integrated systems.
u Mechanical, Electronic, and Software Engineers
Experienced in Meeting Strict Requirements The vast majority of our electromechanical designs begin
u Three-Dimensional Modeling and Finite Element from scratch in order to achieve the standards our customers
Analysis (FEA) Allow Detailed Design Analysis request. In addition, team members constantly work to ensure
u Renishaw Laser Interferometer Accurately Tests Specs that the final product is reliable, repeatable, and compact.

u Statistical Process Control Proactively Prevents Defects To meet these challenges, our mechanical, electronic, and
software engineers consult with each other continuously
u Lean Manufacturing Reduces Costs and Lead Times
during the design process. Their tight collaboration ensures that
u Kanban Stocking Keeps On-Hand Quantities Low,
potential problems are addressed as early as possible in the
Minimizing Overhead Costs and Simplifying the
development cycle.
Identification of Defective Components

Statistical Process Control

70

60

50
Number of Stages

40

30

20
Lower Upper
10 Limit Limit

0
27.4 29.0 30.6 32.2 33.8 35.4 37.0 38.6
Travel (mm) Computerized Actuator Test Rig Repeatedly Drives Actuators to Test Long-Term
Statistical Process Control Eliminates Variations Between Builds Performance Characteristics
Scientific Cameras
Thorlabs' multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers
brings multiple skillsets together in a camera platform
that can be used with a variety of imagers. Since we are
familiar with every part of the technology stack, we are
able to customize high-performance cameras, board-
level cameras, and housings to fit specific needs.

Our full-featured and well-documented API makes it

convenient to develop fully customized applications in
Our dedicated an efficient manner, while also providing the ability to
scientific cameras
migrate through our product line. Customizing a scientific
group develops
integrated circuit camera can be done from scratch or by using one of our
designs, firmware,
and host-side existing catalog cameras as a starting point.
software.
Configure a Solution with Us
u Imager: UV, Visible, or NIR; CCD or CMOS

Project Requirements Analysis u I/O: Camera Link or Gigabit Ethernet

u Photonics Involved: Sensitivity, Wavelength, Resolution,
and Speed
u System Requirements: Operating Environment, Space
Constraints, Interfaces, and Software
u Application Space: Compliance Issues, Future Developments,
and Logistics
u Camera Body: Standard, Hermetically Sealed with
Two-Stage TEC, Private Labeling, Electronics
Modifications, and Optical Mounting Options
u Software: Initial Evaluation Using ThorCam GUI,
Algorithm Development (MATLAB, Manager,
and/or ImageJ), API/SDK Provided for Developers

Optical Tables and Breadboards

Our in-house production team is committed to rapidly and consistently producing
best-in-class optical tables and breadboards. We have made extensive
investments into a broad range of dedicated equipment, which includes large-
bed CNC mills, multi-point tooling systems, laminating presses, automated transfer
systems, and fine finishing machines. Our highly skilled production teams work
in dedicated cells for machining, prepping, construction, and finishing, and we
operate three shifts to achieve 24-hour production.

We probe the worst-case scenarios with our verification procedures to guarantee

Honeycomb Core of Nexus Optical Table

exceptional performance under the most demanding conditions. The unique test
data is provided with each unit so that customers may incorporate the data into
their own error analysis.

Industries
u Electronics and Electromechanical u Renewable Energy
Design
u Photonics and Optical System
u Virtual and Augmented Reality Development

u Avionics u Laboratory Instrumentation

Four-Bit Drill Head for High-Speed Machining of

Tapped Holes
 LED Light Sources
M340D2
LED on Metal-Core
PCB (Enlarged to
Show Detail)

M405LP1
Mounted LED
M505L3 Industries
Mounted LED
u Clinical Diagnostics

u Pathology Research

u Turn-Key Test Systems for R&D

u Solar Technology
SOLIS-1A
High-Power M625F1 u Materials Inspection
LED for Microscopy Fiber-Coupled LED

Our broad family of LED light sources leverages the companys extensive know-how in meeting mechanical and optical
packaging requirements. We can supply LED sources with a variety of optical output powers, output coupling methods, and
thermal management options. These products span the range from ready-to-use high-power LEDs with built-in free-space
collimators and integrated heat sinks, all the way down to LEDs on PCBs with contact pads for electrical connections.

With options for virtually any wavelength between 265 nm and 1550 nm, our LED selection is suitable for applications in
mechanical assembly, illumination, microscopy, and diagnostics. We also manufacture the control electronics for these LEDs,
making us intimately familiar with the nuances of integrating them into larger systems.

Objectives, Beam Expanders, and Fiber Collimators

Microscope Objective Being Assembled and Inspected

Thorlabs deep understanding of the processes, tolerances, and GBE02-B

Adjustable
timelines involved in optical component production allows us to Beam Expander
manufacture complex optical systems in volume. We currently with Custom
Thread Interfaces
provide high-power focusing objectives for laser ablation and
engraving; imaging objectives for life sciences research; fixed, LMM-15X-UVV
adjustable, and reflective beam expanders; and pre-aligned 15X Reflective
Objective
singlet and triplet fiber collimators with laser line or broadband
coatings.

Our start-to-end control of the design, manufacturing, and

TC06APC-405
qualification process guarantees that our systems and subsystems
will meet all critical requirements, regardless of the batch. PAF-X-5-D
TC25FC-1064
Ultrastable Micropositioning
Triplet Fiber Collimators Collimator
Worldwide Locations

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