Press Releases

Randy Reynard has been promoted President of Reynard Corporation. Forrest Reynard, founder and formally CEO and President, will continue his role as CEO. Randy has been serving as Vice President for the last three years with a focus on improved quality and manufacturing efficiency.

Reynard Corporation, Manufacturer of high performance thin film optical coatings, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded ISO9001:2008 Quality Management System Certification from QAS International.

Reynard Corporation, as part of its commitment to the photonics industry, is proud to announce the expansion of its Sales activities with the addition of M&T Sales as Manufacturers Representative for New England and New York. Mike Allen, principle owner of M&T Sales comes to us with over 30 years of Photonic industry experience.

Reynard Corporation announces the Bullseye^® inverted apodizing neutral density filter. This filter is part of the Bullseye^® apodizer line of customizable gradient filters. These filters eliminate undesirable intensity variations in optical systems. The density of the filter increases radially from a clear center, where light is usually at its peak intensity, to the outside edge, where it can become completely opaque. 

Reynard Corporation has successfully completed a Phase II SBIR development program for the Navy by delivering a specialized, multi-functional optical filter.

Thin film-based environmental gauges are manufactured by depositing environmentally susceptible coating materials onto an inert substrate. Coating materials are typically deposited in a custom defined quasi-grid pattern of lines. Redundant traces, matched in length and size, can be implemented to monitor environmental changes over a small region, such as for rising gas or fluid conditions, or to provide damage protection when used in abrasive conditions.

Reynard Corporation, a leading global supplier of optical components and custom thin film coatings announces the addition of polished and coated indium arsenide (InAs) to its list of manufacturing capabilities. InAs combines the refractive index profile of silicon with a short-wavelength blocking range broader than germanium. Reynard Corporation routinely manufactures InAs windows with surface qualities approaching 10-5 per MIL-PRF-13830. Substrates can be coated and verified to meet any customer spectral requirement from room temperature to 80K. Coatings are routinely verified to pass the adhesion, humidity, and moderate abrasion requirements of MIL-C-48497A.

Reynard Corporation, a leading global supplier of optical components and custom thin film coatings specializes in manufacturing high performance metalized windows. Metalized windows are produced by depositing a pre-determined pattern of metal on the surface of the optic utilizing a thin film coating process. Typical metals include gold (Au), Copper (Cu), and Nickel (Ni) as they provide good conduction and low corrosion characteristics. Other metals can also be used, if requested. 

Reynard Corporation, a leading global supplier of optical components and custom thin film coatings announce a broadband IR laser output coupler. Output couplers are partial reflecting mirrors positioned on one end of a laser cavity, typically reflecting 90% and transmitting 10% of incident radiation for the long wave IR (8-11µm) spectral band.

Reynard Corporation announces custom photolithography services to manufacture patterned optics. Our contact exposing technique can achieve geometries as small as 5 microns utilizing a variety of thin film coating materials. Metallic or dielectric materials are selected based on the application’s transparent, reflective, and/or conductive opto-electrical requirements. Patterns can be applied to most substrate materials, including plastic sheeting.

Reynard Corporation, a leading global supplier of optical components and thin film coatings announces high precision coatings for Galvanometer mirrors. Galvo mirrors are used in various laser system applications such as scanners, bar code readers, sweeping remote sensors, marking systems, and laser light shows. “Galvo mirrors are a perfect fit for our highly-durable reflective coating designs. Since application environments can range from ambient and controlled to harsh military conditions, one can be assured that our coatings will function as designed” says Forrest Reynard, President of Reynard Corporation.

Reynard Corporation, a principal global supplier of optical components and thin film coatings, creates custom optical heated windows using conductive materials. Heated windows are the most resourceful way of keeping imaging planes or optical instrumentation windows free of moisture or fog. Reynard’s heated window patterns are customizable to achieve high transmission and/or matched impedance to meet the exacting requirements of your system.

Reynard Corporation, a worldwide supplier of optical components and thin film coatings, announces the Bullseye^® apodizing neutral density filter (p/n R01450-00). This filter is part of the Bullseye^® apodizer line of customizable gradient filters. These filters eradicate undesirable intensity variations in optical systems. "...a Bullseye^® ND filter can be used to solve basic light distribution problems, saving both time and money," says Forrest Reynard, President of Reynard Corporation.

Reynard Corporation, an international supplier of optical components and thin film coatings announces complete customization of their Circular Variable Neutral Density (CVND) Filters. This technology is best used in high quality optical systems to change the intensity of light from 100% to less than 0.1%. As the filter rotates, the beam intensity is customized due to the density variation of a gradient metallic coating around the filter. These filters are fully customizable in optical density gradient function, transmission gradient function, substrate type, coating materials, and size to meet your application needs.