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WHO WE ARE

Surface Optics Corporation offers a single engineering and manufacturing source for characterization, control, and exploitation of the optical properties of surfaces. Our unique understanding of customers’ needs allows us to offer engineering services, proprietary analytical software, reflectometers, hyperspectral and multispectral imagers, and surface coating products that are cost effective, innovative, and provide unsurpassed performance.

WHAT WE DO

Vacuum Deposition Coatings

Utilizing chambers from one meter diameter to 3 meter diameter, we develop and produce coatings including thermal control coatings.

Pigmented Coatings

Using our analytical expertise, we formulate and produce spectrally tailored paints for thermal control, signature modification, and other applications.

Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imaging

Dual-band and four-band high spatial resolution and high-speed short-wave infrared (SWIR), mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and long-wave infrared (LWIR) systems. Patented real-time imagers offering high spatial and spectral resolution throughout the visible and infrared spectrum (0.4 µm to 12 µm).

R&D Engineering Services

Expert support for projects in optical phenomenology and measurements, and development of customized instruments and accessories for specific measurement
applications.

Reflectometer Instrumentation

Laboratory, field-portable, and hand-held systems fully characterize surface scattering from 0.4 µm to 12 µm.

Optical Properties Measurements

World-class measurement facility and industry leader in supplying high quality spectral directional and bidirectional reflectance measurements for modeling, simulation, special effects and low observable study.

RECENT NEWS

Join Surface Optics at SPIE DCS 2025 in Orlando!

We’re excited to invite you to the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing Conference in Orlando, Florida, from April 13-17, 2025! 🌟 We’d love to meet with you in person to showcase our latest innovations in optical systems and surface measurement technology. Our team will be offering exclusive one-on-one product demos and Q&A sessions to dive […]

Thermo-Optical Challenges of Lunar and Martian Dust for Spacecraft Materials

Space exploration comes with boundless fears and unknowns – malfunctions that could take lives or leave astronauts stranded in space. Who would guess that something as familiar as dust would cause dangerous risks such as overheating spacecraft? Well, that’s exactly what has happened. During several Apollo missions, deposits of lunar dust accumulated on the battery […]

Surface Optics Wins Phase II Contract for Hypersonic Missile Detection and Tracking Using EO/IR Sensors

Surface Optics Corporation (SOC), a leader in spectral imaging technology, announced it has secured a $1M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract from the United States Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The contract focuses on developing an early-warning multispectral EO/IR aerial platform to detect, identify, and track hypersonic missiles transitioning from glide […]

Desert Solar Challenges: QEERI’s Research on Robotic Cleaning and Antireflective Coating Degradation

Since its launch in 2018, the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) ‘s Solar Consortium has emerged as a leading force in solar technology research. Situated at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), the consortium focuses on real-world challenges solar energy systems face in harsh desert environments. Dr. Veronica Bermudez, Senior Research Director of QEERI’s […]