Services & Capabilities
Advanced Imaging & Sensing Solutions
Coating & Photolithography Services
- Microlithography & patterning
- Filter array development to meet spectral and spatial resolution requirements
- Patterning various geometries for thin film coating
- Mask design
- Transmission grating designs
- Etch and fill reticles
Optical Systems Development & Manufacturing
- Electro-optic systems and assemblies
- Spectrometers and subsystems
- UV-VIS-SWIR imaging systems for multispectral and hyperspectral imaging
- Raman spectrometry-based drug & substance detection solutions
Precision Optical Fabrication & Assembly Services
- High-precision aspheres, spheres, windows, and prisms
- Large, fabricated and coated optics up to 22in
- Custom optical assemblies
Torrent Photonics + Knight Optical
In July 2024, Torrent acquired Knight Optical, a UK-based manufacturer and provider of custom and catalog scientific optical components and sub-assemblies. The addition of Knight Optical’s capabilities, including its stock range of over 3000+ product lines, broaden our reach and international footprint.
Read the full announcement to learn how the acquisition delivers key advantages to our customers and strengthens our position in photonic and optoelectrical components.
Capabilities
Torrent Photonics provides a complete supply chain for photonics components, with custom capabilities in optical fabrication and assembly, optical coatings, lithography, nanostructure fabrication, image sensing and camera modification, and electro-optic assembly.
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Optical Capabilities
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Optical Assembly
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Coating Capabilities
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Photolithography Capabilities
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Image Sensing & Camera Modification
Optical Fabrication Capabilities
Optical fabrication for UV, VIS, NIR, and SWIR optics in optical glass and IR materials, 8mm to 150mm.- Plano Optics: Flat optics, optical windows, and wedges for a range of optical components.
- Spherical Lenses: Rotationally symmetric optics and lenses.
- Aspheres: Quality of L/20 achievable, with minimal mid-spatial frequency errors.
- Freeforms: An optical component that is not translationally or rotationally symmetric.
Optical Fabrication Equipment
- CNC – Grinding & Polishing
- Spindles – High Accuracy Pitch Polishing
- Double-sided Polishing
- Continuous Polishing
- Laser Centering CNC
- MRF – Magnetorheological Finishing
Optical Fabrication Metrology
- Luphoscan Noncontact profilometer
- Zygo VFA stitching interferometer
- NexView – White light interferometer
- Interferometers – 3 Zygos & Apre
Optical Engineering Using Zemax - Tolerance Chart
- Lens-to-Lens Bonding and Contacting – Doublets and Triplets
- Opto-Mechanical Assemblies
- T-Sphere and Shear Plates
Electro-Optic Assembly
- Electronics Manufacturing & Assembly
- Cable Assemblies
- Analog and Digital Integrated Circuits
- Printed Circuit Boards
- Circuit Card Assemblies
Coating Technologies
- Electron Bombardment is capable of vaporizing difficult-to-vaporize materials and producing hard durable films.
- Plasma Ion-Assisted Bombardment (PIAD) is applied at low temperatures to sensitive substrates while providing durability to heat and humidity.
- High Laser Damage Threshold Coatings – UV to Midwave
- Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) results in thin films with an extremely high laser damage threshold, durability, and density. When the only option is extreme performance, this method is a great choice.
- Magnatron Sputtering (MSP) is a plasma-based deposition method that accelerates energetic ions toward a target. Atoms are expelled (or sputtered) off the surface when the ions hit the target. These atoms move in the direction of the substrate and combine with the developing film.
Coating Equipment
- Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS)
- Magnatron Sputtering (MSP)
- Plasma Assisted Evaporation or Electron Beam
Photolithography Tools
- Spin deposition tools, automated dispense, and edge bead removal.
- Mask aligner exposing systems.
- Wet benches, batch development, lift, and strip process.
- DUV displacement Talbott lithography tool.
- Etching process chamber for glass and silicon.
Photolithography Production Capabilities
- Pattern coatings on glass and semiconductor substrates from platforms including IBS, MSP, and Evap DLC.
- Micro-patterning for color filters RBG, CYM, and IR gel film on glass and semiconductor substrates.
- Nanostructure Fabrication Technology
- Semiconductor Handling and Processing (ESD)
- Fiber Bonding
- Coverglass Removal
- Microlens Removal
- Ultratech UV Coating
- Precision Filter Alignment
- Optics Installation (on image sensor)
- Coverglass Replacement
- Camera Hybridization & Modification
- Vertical Integration Filter Development through Sensor Bonding
- Color Processing (adding the RGB to color cameras)
- Custom Optics Assembly
- UV Coating
- Bayer Filter Removal
Why Our Partners Trust Torrent
Our team has been trusted to develop complex solutions for industry-leading companies. We continuously deliver on innovation and quality.
Niche Market Expertise
"The Torrent team has been a HUGE asset as we evolved into a very niche market. Their help evaluating optical specs and advising us on best practices has been invaluable.”Above & Beyond
“They have gone above and beyond in providing us with answers, helping us find solutions, and coming alongside us to support our efforts.”Dedicated to Building Relationships
“They make us feel like we are more than just a customer.”Highest Level of Service
“Excellent support, dedication, and collaboration.”Rigor. Agility. Precision.
Torrent Photonics is headquartered outside of Tampa, FL, and is a vertically integrated U.S. manufacturer of optical components, assemblies, and spectral devices. Torrent Photonics serves DoD prime contractors, and commercial customers in life sciences, medical devices, semiconductor, and industrial segments.
