Gooch & Housego (California) has been a premier supplier of ring laser gyroscope (RLG) optics and frames since this industry was first commercialized. These critical optical components have been utilized in defense and aerospace platforms and are crucial to the precise navigation of many land and air devices. Many of the key worldwide suppliers of RLG systems have used optics provided by our company. The requirements for these components are very stringent and only optical manufacturers that have mastered super-polishing, optical contacting, precision optical machining, and high reflectivity IBS coatings are capable of serving this industry.
Gooch & Housego (California) is the only manufacturer in the world that can provide all of these services to those companies requiring RLG optics. With the increasing desire of key organizations to reduce the number of vendors and to purchase ”turn-key” solutions, G&H (CA) often becomes the vendor of choice due to our “one stop” capabilities. In addition, our AS9100 certification, history of high quality products, on time delivery record, and our unique OEM Odyssey program are ideal for supporting these important programs. Our capabilities include:
- RLG Flat and Curved Superpolished Mirror Substrates (Surface Roughness better than 1 Angstrom RMS)
- 5-Axis Machined “Moated” RLG Superpolished Mirrors
- 5-Axis Machined RLG frames and Blocks with polished Mirror Mount Surfaces
- Precision RLG Backing Plates
- RLG Beam Combiners
- RLG Prisms
- Precision RLG Wedges
- High Reflectivity / Low Loss IBS Coatings (R>99.998%, T>5ppm Typical)

