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Nova Phase specializes in the fabrication of high precision optical components. From small quantity custom orders to large volume OEM production, we provide design expertise along with the highest quality optical components to all of our customers. With a proven track record of on-time deliveries of the highest quality optics, we are ready to meet your custom optics needs.

When requesting a quotation for custom optics, please be sure to include all pertinent information along with your drawing. To assist you, we've prepared a Quote Guide which includes all of the common optical specifications and design considerations to ensure your finished optics meet your exact needs.

Process Capabilities:

  • Surface Accuracy l/20
  • Surface quality to 10-5 per MIL-0-13830A
  • Surface roughness (RMS) 5 Angstroms
  • Parallelism better than 1 arc second
  • Dimensional tolerance held to 5mm

Fabrication Equipment:

  • K&S CNC Dicing for Precision Cutting
  • ID Saws for Slicing and Wafer Processing
  • Core drill for precision coring of all materials
  • Two Blanchard Surface Grinders
  • Rogers & Clark Radius Generators
  • 9B Speedfan Double-sided Lapper
  • 9B Speedfan Double-sided Polisher
  • PR-66 PR Hoffman Double-sided Lapper
  • PR-66 PR Hoffman Double-sided Polisher
  • Strasbaugh Conventional Polishers
  • Strasbaugh Conventional Lappers
  • Bothner Edging Machines
  • Full size machine shop

Test Equipment:

  • Zygo GPIXP 4" Interferometer
  • Zygo MarkII 4" Interferometer
  • Three Davidson 4" Interferometers
  • Two Nikon 6D Autocollimator
  • Ocean Optics Spectrophotometer
  • Beckman Spectrometer

Please see our Coating Section for additional details on our coating capabilities.  


Thorlabs, Inc
Nova Phase :: 43 Sparta Ave :: Newton, NJ :: 07860 :: Phone 973-579-NOVA (6682) :: Fax 973-383-6037