Vortex Optical Coatings Ltd are a UK based optical coating manufacturer, we specialise in the manufacture of coatings for scientific instruments, this can be in the following areas,
- Infra-Red filters custom designed for your system
- Infra-Red Linear Variable filters
- Infra-Red anti reflection coatings for a wide variety of substrates
All of our coatings are deposited with state of the art technology, they are durable, robust and
have given many years of service in the field.
Infra-Red Filters
Vortex cover a range from 800-6000nm, our optical coating design expertise means we are
able to design and manufacture the filter to suit your application. This includes edge filters, band-pass and narrow band-pass filters.
Infra Red Linear Variable Filters
We manufacture two standard IR LVF’s covering 1.2-2.5 μm and 2.5-5.0 μm respectively. We
also can manufacture custom LVF’s. These filters are designed to work with line array detectors and are suitable for portable or in line scanning devices such as gas analysers and mini spectrophotometers.
Infra-Red Anti Reflection Coatings
We have fully developed and tested processes covering all regions of the infra-red spectrum on
substrates such as Germanium, Silicon, Calcium Fluoride, Zinc Selenide, KBr, Barium Fluoride, Sapphire and more.
