Optical domes are primarily used in aerospace and defense applications that involve exposure to environmental conditions, such as wind and rain, at very high speeds. Because of this, optical domes are often made from hard ceramic materials that can withstand these conditions. Optical domes have a crucial purpose: to protect critical optical components and systems that reside behind them.
The opticians at Vertex Optics have decades of experience manufacturing optical domes for military applications. Using state-of-the-art CNC optical grinding and high speed spherical polishing machines, we can produce low to production quantities from blanks to finished hemispherical domes and hyper-hemispherical domes. You can count on Vertex Optics to provide optical domes that will meet your performance requirements.
