Company of the Leister Group

Corporate Headquarters of the Leister Group, Switzerland About Axetris AG Axetris AG, a company of the Leister group, is serving OEM customers with micro technology based (MEMS) infrared light sources, laser gas sensors, mass flow sensors and controllers and micro-optical components used in industrial, process control, environmental, medical automotive and telecom applications. Axetris supports its customers in many industries with in-depth application know-how. Our engineering and manufacturing teams combine broad experience in simulation, design, manufacturing and metrology from microchip level...

Micro-optics product range overview Axetris' micro-optics offering ranges from refractive micro-optical lenses and lens arrays to diffractive optical elements in silicon and fused silica, covering the entire wavelength range from UV to mid IR. Axetris serves customers from various industries such as optical fiber communications, optical sensing, metrology, laser systems, medical applications etc. Axetris' custom solutions include binary and multilevel diffraction gratings, Shack-Hartmann micro-lens arrays, custom microlenses and arrays in Silicon and Fused Silica. Our optical engineering and...

Custom Micro-Lens Arrays Axetris offers custom micro-lens arrays within a wide range of parameters designed and manufactured to customer requirements. Our optics engineers will support you from concept to volume production. Matures Applications > High uniformity of ROC, conic, pitch • Fiber optical communication > Optimized lens surface profile • Laser / fiber coupling > Low lens surface roughness • Solid state laser pumping > Excellent pitch control • Optical fill factor enhancement > Ultra compact size, lightweight • Optical encoders • Imaging and (micro) camera lenses • Beam shaping, steering...

Custom Diffraction Gratings & Diffractive Optical Elements Description Axetris offers high quality binary & multilevel diffraction gratings in a wide parameter range. Excellent etch depth control, low surface roughness and a high uniformity are key advantages. Applications range from sensors to metrology, spectroscopy and many more. Binary and multi-level gratings Phase and amplitude gratings Transmissive and reflective gratings Controlled 0th order Optical sensors Metrology Beam homogenizing, shaping & sampling IR spectroscopy Chirped gratings Specifications Parameter Operating mode Grating...

Fiber Coupling Micro-Lens Arrays Description Axetris' fiber coupling micro-lens arrays are optimized for coupling light efficiently to single mode fiber arrays for optical communication applications. Ultra compact size Low insertion loss High uniformity of ROC, conic, pitch Telcordia compliant Fiber array coupling Optical communications R/OADM, WSS DEMUX / MUX, OXC Specifications Parameter Array pitch Number channels per array Article no. 600.178 Article no. 600.303 Article no. 600.408 other dimensions available Lens array dimensions length x width x thicknes in mm3 Lens diameter Lens surface...

Laser Diode Collimation Micro-Lenses Description Axetris' laser diode collimation micro-lenses are designed and optimized for efficient collimation of edge emitting laser diodes (LDs) and vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs). Applications include collimation of laser diodes and focussing onto photodiodes for optical fiber communications and optical sensing. Features High coupling efficiency High N.A. Diffraction limited Telcordia compliant Optical communications Laser diode collimation ROSA / TOSA Tunable diode lasers Specifications Parameter Lens surface profile Lens diameter other...

Fast Axis Collimators Description Axetris' fast axis collimators are acylindrical micro-lenses designed for collimating the «fast axis» of high-power laser diodes and laser diode bars. They can be used in combination with our slow axis collimators. Diffraction limited collimation of the «fast axis» Minimized beam divergence Optimized acylindrical lens profile Matched to slow axis collimators Solid state laser pumping Material processing High power lasers Medical lasers Specifications Parameter Focal length Lens profile Surface profile deviation Lens size Back focal length Collimated beam height...

Slow Axis Collimators Description Axetris' slow axis collimators are cylindrical micro-lenses designed for collimating the «slow axis» of high-power laser diodes and bars. They can be used in combination with our fast axis collimators. Collimation of the «slow axis» Compensation of beam astigmatism Compatible with high power laser diodes and bars Minimal scattering losses, low surface roughness Solid state laser pumping Material processing High power lasers Medical lasers Matched to fast axis collimators Specifications Parameter Array pitch (emitter spacing) other pitches possible Number of lenses...

Shack-Hartmann Lens Arrays Description Axetris' Shack-Hartmann lens arrays are the heart of Shack-Hartmann wavefront-sensors. These micro-lens arrays are available in a variety of focal lengths. Diffraction limited Superior surface quality Interstitial masking (optional) Wavefront sensing Astronomy Material inspection Long focal lengths Specifications Parameter Lens surface profile Array pitch custom pitches available Focal length Surface roughness Surface profile deviation Surface Roughness Mechanical dimensions length × width × thickness masking, alignment structures, soldering pads, etc. Fused...

MEMS Services Micro-technology at its finest We offer custom solutions to OEM manufacturers ranging from concept to full scale volume manufacturing. Our facilities include a class 100 clean room environment, lithography and thin film processing. Our high standard of quality control is ensured by a suite of metrological systems and the use of modern statistical methods which underpin all of our production processes. As an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, we ensure the highest level of quality at a consistent level. Axetris standard capabilities Axetris special capabilities Photolithography of...