Crest Optics provides custom design, fabrication, and coating of high‑performance optical components—including lenses, mirrors, prisms, and subsystems—using precision engineering and advanced material science. It offers end‑to‑end services from ray‑tracing design and rapid prototyping to full‑scale production with sub‑nanometer surface finish and ISO‑9001 quality control, supporting integration for aerospace, defense, semiconductor, medical imaging, and laser applications.
Funding
$7.2M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Many scientific and industrial applications require optical components with exacting performance specifications, but off‑the‑shelf parts often lack the required precision, material properties, or custom geometry, leading to reduced system efficiency and longer development cycles.
Solution
Crest Optics delivers end‑to‑end design and manufacturing of high‑performance optical components and subsystems tailored to demanding use cases. Leveraging advanced material science and precision engineering, the company produces custom lenses, mirrors, prisms, and coated optics that meet tight tolerances and spectral requirements. An integrated workflow—from optical design and simulation through rapid prototyping, full‑scale production, and rigorous metrology—ensures consistent optical quality and on‑time delivery. Clients can also access system‑level integration support, enabling seamless incorporation of optics into larger instruments or platforms.
Target Audience
Primary customers are R&D laboratories, OEM manufacturers, and system integrators in sectors such as aerospace, defense, semiconductor lithography, medical imaging, and high‑power laser engineering.
Features
- Custom freeform and aspheric lens design using proprietary ray‑tracing and optimization software
- Precision polishing and surface figuring to sub‑nanometer RMS roughness with tolerance control down to ±0.5 µm
- Broad material portfolio including fused silica, calcium fluoride, chalcogenide glasses, and specialty crystals for UV‑to‑IR applications
- Advanced thin‑film coatings (AR, high‑reflectivity, band‑pass, laser‑damage‑resistant) applied via ion‑beam sputtering or magnetron deposition
- In‑house interferometric and scatter metrology for real‑time verification of wavefront error, transmission, and coating performance
- Low‑volume, rapid‑turnaround prototyping alongside scalable production runs for volume manufacturing
- ISO 9001‑certified quality management system with traceable documentation and environmental stress testing
- System integration services, including mechanical housing design, thermal management, and alignment tooling