LiDAR System That Fits on the Head of a Pin

LiDAR System That Fits on the Head of a Pin

IRD Glass creates all the LiDAR components that are essential to the function of these amazing devices — including entrance windows, precision optical filter substrates, beamsplitters and precision optical mirrors. This technology, which was first developed by NASA...

IRD Glass Employees Paid it Forward this Christmas

In Christian theology, charity is one of the seven virtues. It was understood by Thomas Aquinas as “the friendship of man for God” and that which “unites us to God.” It is central to Christianity and therefore central to what we do at IRD Glass. We donate...

Precision Laser Components from IRD Glass

IRD Glass is trusted by the biggest names in the laser OEM market to produce numerous precision laser components, including cavity reflectors, steering mirrors, splatter shields, precision spacers and tooling, beamsplitters, custom light homogenizers, filters and...
DARPA Announces Focus Areas for Innovative Small Businesses

DARPA Announces Focus Areas for Innovative Small Businesses

IRD Glass will be exhibiting the SPIE Defense & Commercial Sensing conference, which runs April 14-18, and we are looking forward to hearing Timothy Grayson, the Director of DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office. Small businesses have always played a key role in...

Precision Optical Mirrors from IRD Glass

IRD Glass manufactures precision optical mirrors that are used for beam steering or folding, interferometry, and in many optical components in imaging systems and high power industrial laser systems. Why Procure Precision Optical Mirrors from IRD Glass? IRD Glass...