Consumer Optics

Avantier is a premier producer of high-quality consumer optics for global markets. Our optical solutions have been integrated into thousands of products worldwide, from high-definition TVs to driverless cars, security systems to AR/VR headsets, and mobile phone cameras.

The Future of Consumer Optics

There’s a strong trend in consumer optics today: optics used in consumer electronics are becoming more sophisticated, more precise, and often, smaller. No longer does a mobile phone camera contain just three to four plastic elements; today, high-end phones will contain a complex array of specialty elements, carefully chosen to enhance both optical and image quality.

Miniature-sized optics are increasing in importance, as are optical metasurfaces (OMs)—specialty optical components with surface layers scales that are smaller than the wavelength of light and allow unprecedented sculpting of light at the nanoscale level. Optical metasurfaces are manufactured using a combination of lithography, thin film deposition, and chemical etching.

Optical sensors have become ubiquitous in electronic devices, enabling real-time contactless feedback loops that guide usage or protect against mishaps. Optical sensing itself has increased greatly in sophistication, with solutions available for almost any kind of environment.

Consumer Optics at Avantier

At Avantier, our extensive in-house manufacturing capabilities allow us to produce a wide range of high quality consumer optics, from lenses, mirrors, prisms, and beamsplitters to complex multipart assemblies that come ready for insertion into your consumer electronic device. Examples of products that might include an Avantier optical component are:

Smartphones including image sensors
Computers
Camera Lenses
Webcams
Security devices
Night vision products
Binoculars
Rifle scopes
Thermal imaging systems
Self-driving cars
Robotic vacuum cleaners
Devices for Virtual Reality (VR, AR, MR)

Of course, this is only a partial list. If your consumer product includes a viewfinder or machine vision of any kind, it contains an optical assembly likely produced at a factory like ours. Optical solutions are becoming more and more omnipresent in consumer products every year, as simple electronics get phased out and smart devices become the norm.

Custom Design for Consumer Optics

The consumer-focused industry is competitive, with little room for manufacturers producing outdated products. If you’re looking for a designer of optical solutions for consumer products, you need a company with not only extensive manufacturing capabilities but also a deep awareness of the latest research and an ability to work at the cutting edge of optics.

That’s who we are at Avantier. With a flexibility rare among companies our size, we can work with you to craft solutions that can optimize your product and impress your users. From feasibility testing to risk reduction, development, prototyping and pilot builds, we help you refine exactly what you want from your optic.

Should you move on to mass production, you can trust that your optical solution will perform exactly as desired within your consumer device. We use design for manufacturing (DFM) to ensure our blueprints and designs are both affordable and producible within a reasonable turnaround time.

For more information on how Avantier can partner with you in the design and manufacturing of custom optics for your consumer product, please contact us to schedule a consultation or request a quote.