MKS Announces Newport™ Replicated Freeform Mirrors, Precision Non-Rotationally Symmetric Reflective Optical Surfaces for Optical Systems

Andover, MA – January 30, 2024 – MKS Instruments, Inc (NASDAQ: MKSI), a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, has announced Newport™ Replicated Freeform Mirrors, a non-rotationally symmetric reflective mirror for use in advanced optical systems. Introduced at SPIE’s Photonics West 2024, Newport Replicated Freeform Mirrors remove the optical design constraint of rotational symmetry, enabling optical designers to further increase the efficiency and precision of many types of optical systems, offering improved aberration correction, higher image quality, increased optical throughput, and the promise of reduced footprint. The new Newport Replicated Freeform Mirrors can be used in many different applications, such as analytical instruments, imaging systems, laser tracking and communications. MKS’ is recognized as a leader for its unique manufacturing and replication processes for custom high precision replicated mirrors.

Newport Replicated Freeform Mirrors utilize optical replication technology, which centers around the use of a precision master to create nearly identical copies. High quality optical replication is an ideal manufacturing process for freeform mirrors as all the engineering and metrology are focused on the master. Once a high-quality master has been designed, fabricated, and qualified, the optical replication manufacturing process creates nearly exact copies of the highly engineered freeform master. Newport Replicated Freeform Mirrors have a spectral range of 200 nm to 15 µm and the reflective surfaces can be bare aluminum, bare gold, or protected aluminum, enabling a wide application space. The mirrors are enhanced by advanced proprietary metrology tools and techniques to validate the freeform mirror surface figure and ensure part to part accuracy.

“Replicated freeform mirrors enable optical designers another important degree of freedom for advanced optical system design, delivering optics without boundaries,” said Marc Tricard, Vice President of Optical Systems Business, MKS Instruments. “Newport Freeform Mirrors have been used internally to enable several successful systems designs. MKS’ business model for freeform mirrors is built around decades of providing custom optical components to meet the needs of our customers. Newport Replicated Freeform Mirrors are an excellent addition to our world-class optics initiative.”

MKS works with our customers at the application and system level to custom design a freeform mirror that meets or exceeds the system requirements. The company can supply a replicated freeform mirror at the component level or utilize the freeform mirror technology to deliver as part of an integrated optical sub-assembly.

Availability
Newport Replicated Freeform Mirrors are available now. Prices available on request.

About MKS Instruments
MKS Instruments enables technologies that transform our world. We deliver foundational technology solutions to leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications. We apply our broad science and engineering capabilities to create instruments, subsystems, systems, process control solutions and specialty chemicals technology that improve process performance, optimize productivity and enable unique innovations for many of the world’s leading technology and industrial companies. www.mks.com.

About the Newport Brand
Newport is a brand within the MKS Instruments Photonics Solutions division. The Newport product portfolio consists of a full range of solutions including precision motion control, optical tables and vibration isolation systems, photonic instruments, optics and opto-mechanical components. Our innovative Newport solutions leverage core expertise in vibration isolation and sub-micron positioning systems and opto-mechanical and photonics subsystems, to enhance our customers’ capabilities and productivity in the semiconductor, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial markets. For more information, visit www.newport.com.

For more information, contact:

Vered Aizenshtat, Marcom Manager, Optics Division
Ophir Business Unit
Science-Based Industrial Park, Har Hotzvim
Jerusalem 9145001, Israel
Tel: +972-52-2550566
E-mail: vered.aizenshtat@mksinst.com
Web: www.newport.com

Shari Worthington, PR
Telesian Technology
49 Midgley Lane, Worcester, MA 01604 USA
Tel: +1 508-397-6345
E-mail: sharilee@telesian.com