Optical polishing services, CMP polishing, optical waveguide edge and optical angle polishing, wafer dicing and substrate dicing services, back grinding, flat lapping and CNC machining of all hard materials including Ceramic substrates, Quartz, Aluminum Nitride (AlN), Optical Glass, Sapphire windows, Silicon wafers and very thin lapped glass or optically polished substrates and windows.
CAPABILITIES IN OPTICS, PHOTONICS, OPTOELECTRONICS, NANO-TECHNOLOGY
Annealing, backgrinding, bonded wafer thinning, chamfering, CMP polishing, coating, cryogenic stress relieving, custom CNC machining, cutting, dicing, drilling, edge and angle optical polishing, hole drilling, individual die and module thinning, lapping, lasering, O.D. grinding, O.D. polishing, optical polishing , oxide layer polishing, precision lapping, precision polishing,sawing, shaping, singulating, slicing, superpolishing, thinning, ultra-sonic drilling, ultra-thin optical polishing and dicing, wafering, waveguide facet polishing .
















PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
Fused silica wafers, fused silica substrates, fused silica windows, optical glass, optical glass windows, glass wafers, glass substrates, flat optics, glass rods, glass spacers, witness samples, sapphire optical windows, SEMI standard dummy wafers up to 450mm diameter, flat optical components, waveguides, beam splitters, polarizers, flat glass lenses, glass filters, glass prisms, wafer chucks, vacuum chucks, stainless steel wafers, metal optics, copper optical mirrors, polished molybdenum mirrors, brass mirrors, nickel mirrors, photonic devices, optical components, substrates for MEMS and Nano-optical devices, capacitors, ceramic substrates, ceramic and glass precision shims and spacers, fused silica solar cells, thinfilm circuits, sensors, ultra-thin germanium wafers, ultra-thin fused silica substrates.
NEW! 5 Axis CNC Micromachining, and Polishing of HVOF WC-Co Slab Gate Valves
MATERIALS PROCESSED:
5 Axis CNC MACHINING, OPTICAL POLISHING, PRECISION LAPPING, DICING
1737 Glass, 7070 Glass, 96% Alumina, 99.6% Alumina, AF45, AlON, Aluminum, Aluminum Nitride, B270, Barium Fluoride, BK7, Brass, Cadmium Telluride, Carbide, Ceramics, Composites, Copper, Cordierite, Crystals, D263 Glass, Eagle Glass, Ferrites, Filter Glasses, Fused Silica, Fused Quartz, Gallium Arsenide, Garnet, Germanium, Glass, Gorilla Glass, Graphite, InGaAs, Indium Phosphide, Lanthinum Aluminate, Lithium Fluoride, Luag, Macor, Magnets, Metals, MgO, MgTiO3, Mica, Molybdenum, Nickel, Niobates, Oxides, PEEK, PLZT, PZT, Pyrex, Quartz, Roulon, Sapphire, Silicon Carbide, Silicon, Single Crystal Quartz, Soda Lime Glass, Stainless Steel, Steatite, Teflon, Titanates, Titanium Carbide, Tungsten, Zerodur, Zinc Selenide, Zinc Sulfide, Zirconia, and others.
WAFER FLATNESS MEASUREMENTS
Patented non-contact Optical Interferometer for measuring flatness of thin, transparent wafers, windows and substrates by interferometric comparison to an optical reference flat. Unlike with Fizeau Interferometer, the need for an application of film on the backside of thin transparent wafers has been eliminated.
See the schematic and photo of the Indars flatness measurement interferometer.
TRADE SHOWS
Valley Design will be exhibiting at Photonics West in San Francisco, January 31 - February 2, 2017, and at LASER World of Photonics in Munich, Germany, June 26 - 29. For all the details on these shows, please click here.
We will be displaying a wide variety of product samples including:
- 450mm technology: 450mm processing of and wafers in ceramic including 99.6% Alumina and AlN, glass and fused silica
- Precision shims, spacers and submounts of various ceramic, fused silica and glass materials
- Color glass filters: www.optical-glass-filters.com
- Parts made from 5 Axis CNC Micromachining: www.valleydesign.com/micro-machining.htm
- Polished Molybdenum and Aluminum optics: www.optical-polishing.com
We look forward to meeting with you to discuss your specific project requirements, whether it is for precision lapping, polishing, dicing, CNC machining, grinding, hole drilling, or for standard or custom wafers, substrates, shims, spacers or other flat components.
SIZE CAPABILITIES
- Plates as large as 48" square or larger - lapping and polishing
- Tiny chips -0.127mm square - dicing
- Parts as thin as 10um thick - lapping and polishing
TOLERANCES
- Flatness to 1/10 wave (1/5 Helium Lightband)
- Parallelism within 0.000040" (1 micron)
- Thickness tolerance to +/- 0.000020" (0.5 micro meters)
- Surface finish - our best standard optical polish is < 10/5 scratch/dig (7 Angstroms Ra)
- Superpolishing to < 3A on some materials also available
STOCK ITEMS
Valley currently has large inventories of the following items:
- Aluminum Nitride - 3.75" x 4.5" x .032" As-fired
- Aluminum Nitride - 3.75" x 4.5" x .025" As-fired
- Aluminum Nitride - 3.75" x 4.5" x .025" Polished Both Sides
- Aluminum Nitride - 3.75" x 4.5" x .015" Polished Both Sides
- Aluminum Nitride - 3" square x .040" Polished Both Sides
- Aluminum Nitride - 3" square x .025" Polished Both Sides
- 99.6% Alumina - 4" Square x .040" As-fired
- 99.6% Alumina - 4" Square x .015" As-fired
- 99.6% Alumina - 4" Square x .040" Polished Both Sides
- 99.6% Alumina - 4" Square x .020" Polished Both Sides
- 99.6% Alumina - 3" Square x .015" As-fired
- 99.6% Alumina - 3" Square x .020" Polished Both Sides
- 99.6% Alumina - 3" Square x .015" Polished Both Sides
- Fused Silica - 125mm Diameter x 1mm Polished Both Sides
- Fused Silica - 125mm Diameter x .5mm Polished Both Sides
- Fused Silica - 100mm Diameter x 1mm Polished Both Sides
- Fused Silica - 100mm Diameter x .5mm Polished Both Sides
- Fused Silica - 3.25" Diameter x 1.5mm Polished Both Sides
- Fused Silica - 3.25" Diameter x 1mm Polished Both Sides
- Fused Silica - 1" Square x .007" Polished Both Sides
- R-Plane Sapphire - 100mm Diameter x .5mm Polished 1 or 2 sides
Please click here for our complete stock list
COMMITMENT TO SERVICE
Valley Design is an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer, and is committed to customer satisfaction and to continually improving our products, services and the internal procedures which make our business run. For over 37 years, Valley Design has been a world class leader in precision materials processing for technology applications. Valley operates 30,000 square foot facilities in Shirley, Massachusetts, and from 8:00 EST to 5:00 PST offers superior customer service and technical sales assistance. From the initial RFQ stage, through to completion and shipment of your order, Valley maintains close communication with its customers to ensure that the order goes through smoothly, quickly and professionally. The company continually improves its processes and product offerings, and keeps its customers informed of such developments through its websites, direct e-mail campaigns, and product literature. Regular participation in industry trade shows and conferences throughout the year also provides customers the opportunity to personally meet with engineering staff and executive management, and to view Valley's impressive display of product samples. If you would like to receive literature or other information about Valley Design, please send an e-mail and tell us about yourself. We look forward to hearing about your next project!
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