Lightweight mirrors

Aluminium has a low density (2.7g/cm3), and can withstand many kilowatts of laser power. Gold coated Aluminium is widely used for scanner mirrors, high speed shutter mirrors, high speed flying optics mirrors, and any application where lightweight and high power handling is needed. Aluminium is easily machined allowing mounting features to be made as part of the mirror. Click here to see scanning mirrors weighing less than 1 gram

Cylindrical mirrors

Are used for generating a “line focus”. An intense line of energy can then be scanned over surfaces for heat treatment, or for other applications. Weak cylindrical mirrors can also be used to correct the inherently astigmatic beams from slab laser discharges.

Shutter mirrors

When not in use the laser beam is directed to a beam dump or some other collector. Shutter mirrors need to be lightweight to allow rapid movement in and out of the beam, and are often curved to disperse the beam into the dump. Convex axicons, convex cylindrical, and faceted mirrors are offered from copper and aluminium.

Cassegrain Mirrors

Mirrors with through holes are a speciality of Laser Beam Products. Our polishing technology allows surface form to be maintained right up to the circumference of through hole. Through holes can be central, angled through the mirror, or offset. Just about any shape that can be machined can be made into a mirror. Uniquely our gold coating covers the mirror face, edges and internal surfaces of the mirror.

Knife edge mirrors

Used as a variable beam splitter, a knife edge can be passed into a beam to split the beam spatially. Useful for beam profiling and analysis. Gold coated copper knife edges will work with many kilowatts of power, and are of course polarisation insensitive.

Roof prisms

Are used to split a beam into two parts. This type of beam splitter is cheap, adjustable, polarisation insensitive, and will work with high powers.