Optical Glass and Glass Ceramic

At Advanced Glass Industries we work with the world's finest suppliers of optical glass and glass ceramics, to provide you hundreds of types of optical glass to serve your all your optical glass blank needs.

Optical glasses and glass ceramics are formulated very precisely to have specific optical, thermal, chemical and mechanical properties. To learn more about specific optical glasses and glass ceramics and their properties, check out our Optical Glass Reference Chart.

Concerned about material quality? Optical glasses and glass ceramics are available in a range of grades to fit your application needs and your budget. Advanced Glass Industries pre-qualifies the material prior to manufacture to make sure that your parts meet your material specifications. To learn more of about quality levels of optical glass, see our

• Optical Material Standards for Quality Level
• Birefringence Reference Chart
• Bubble Quality Information and Index Tolerance

Concerned about melt control? At Advanced Glass Industry we track individual melt numbers for our optical glasses and glass ceramics.

Concerned about the environment? Our optical glass and glass ceramic suppliers now offer many environmentally safe optical glass options. Look for them denoted by an “S-” prefix for Ohara glasses, or an “N-” prefix for Schott glass.

Contact Advanced Glass Industries for your all your optical glass and glass ceramic blank needs!

Check out Advanced Glass Industries' full range of products and manufacturing capabilities.

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