Alrad Instruments Ltd

Through our six technology divisions, ALRAD Imaging, ALRAD Electronics, ALRAD Photonics, ALRAD Medical, ALRAD Thermal and ALRAD Vacuum, we offer thousands of product items from the world's leading manufacturers. We also provide installation, demonstration, and product support services. 

We represent many of our principals as their sole distributor in the UK. Some of these exclusive companies have been with us since the 1970s, many of our distribution agreements have been in place for a very long time and that must say something about the service we offer. The products and service we provide open up new opportunities for our customers to improve quality,automation and productivity which is why many of our existing customers have been experiencing ALRAD high quality service for decades.

Alrad employ experienced staff to help our customers generate a competitive edge for their companies backed by world class products.

Alrad are members of the UKIVA (United Kingdom Industrial Vision Association) group of organizations and companies within the PPMA ( Processing and Packaging Machinery Association).


ALRAD Imaging supplies imaging components, equipment and services to both industrial system integrators, OEMs, scientific and research customers.

ALRAD Electronics provides a wide range of optical detectors, laser products, high voltage components, optoelectronic sockets, analytical systems and densitometers.

ALRAD Photonics offers Infrared detectors, power supplies, laser diode modules, photodetectors, optoelectronic components , optical filters, diffraction gratings and laser accessories.

ALRAD Medical is responsible for the marketing and sales of air disinfection systems, endoscope cameras, medical screening, molecular detection, personal protection equipment, temperature screening, UV sterilization and UV C Germicidal LED Lighting.

ALRAD Thermal is responsible for marketing and sales of automotive thermal cameras, commercial vision thermal cameras, thermal industrial cameras, thermal security cameras and thermography thermal cameras

ALRAD Vacuum provides a range of product for high vacuum and space applications including electron multipliers, long distance microscopes for vacuum chamber ports and vacuum image sensors

If you need any help in selecting the right product for your application
please call our friendly sales office on 01635 937000
we will be pleased to assist you.

High Power Laser Gratings from Alrad / Bach Research

High Power Laser Gratings from Alrad / Bach Research

Bach Research Corporation is a leading manufacturer of precision custom optics and diffraction gratings.

Bach high power laser gratings are ruled directly into Gold deposited on Copper, Invar or Stainless Steel

They feature a high 95% absolute efficiency guaranteed at 10.6 microns (up to 99% available on request) Efficiency can be tweaked from 9 to 11microns.

Nominal Standard line spacing include:  200, 171, 163, 150 and 135 lines per mm

Bach gratings have been successfully utilised over an extensive period by various US and European Government agencies, including US Army and US Air Force together with major laser OEMs, national laboratories and multiple universities.

Bach gratings, for example, have proven effective in lasers with a 5kW output, noting that the intra-cavity location of the grating can be dealing with a factor of approx 50 times more power.

These components have supported TEA lasers where the grating has survived 100 million shots

In addition to intra-cavity gratings, Bach also manufacture output coupler gratings, where efficiencies are split between zero and first order (or any orders desired)

Also offered are gratings that combine beams for increased power.

As a European distributor for Bach Research, Alrad welcome all enquiries for laser gratings.

Please send your full requirements / specifications to:

Alrad Photonics

(a Division of Alrad Instruments Ltd)

Alder House

Turnpike Road Industrial Estate

Newbury, RG 14 2NS

United Kingdom

Tel:    +44 (0) 1635 30345

Fax:   +44 (0) 1635 32630

Web: www.alrad.co.uk

Email: sales@alrad.co.uk

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