Different Types Of Laser Mirrors

Laser mirrors are designed for high reflectance and durability at individual laser wavelength ranges. Laser mirrors are used on the surface of solid-state lasers including alexandrite, Nd-glass, ruby, and YAG types. They are also used in conjunction with other optical elements and components, on the surfaces of other types of lasers.

They are ideal for laser aplcains where space is imited, as a beam can be precisely directed mutiple times to ft within a particular area. We will briefly touch on some common mirror types and their properties:

Si Mirror

Sin Glass Gold coated, great rfective index, not good for anything over 80 watts.
High reflective index, needs cleaning more often.

Mo Mirror

Molybdenum mirror. very tough,can withstand alot of “abuse” but have less reflective index than the SI-mirrors.
Good for up to 100w+ lasers.

K9 Mirror

Bad reflective index and really easy to damage with dust or mishandling. 
Close to worthless gold-coated glass.

Other types of co2 laser mirrors

CVD ZnSe Material Focus Laser Lens

PVD ZnSe Material Focus Laser Lens