About AOM
For over 15 years, you’ve known AOM as a CGH supplier for some of the world’s most challenging and precise optical engineering projects.
Today, we aim to bring precision metrology to a broader set of applications and engineering challenges. Complex optics are used more widely than ever before – and at levels of precision and production volumes that seemed impossible just a few years ago. The challenges that today’s applications face are on par with the biggest space telescope projects of the past, but with a fraction of the budget and extremely tight timelines to complete.
AOM is bringing new and novel solutions to optics projects and programs to address this new world of optics production. We are enabling a new level of precision and ease of use for complex optics metrology from surface figure error of aspheres, freeforms, and off-axis sections to optical system alignment and a range of engineering services that can be leveraged to build complete metrology solutions for applications from volume production to high-value one-off systems.
The future of optics is bright. AOM is your optical metrology partner to realize the future!
Vision
AOM strives to be the go-to source for precision optical metrology, from volume products to high-value, one-off components and systems.
We answer needs that are not addressed in the market, applying core capabilities in CGH technology and optical metrology to support breakthroughs in science and communication.
Mission
Our goal is to bring high-value metrology capabilities and expertise to the broader market to support the ever-growing number of optics applications that shape our world.
Values
AOM is an Optical Metrology Partner to our customers, providing real value through unique technologies, attentive engineering, and excellent support.
We are committed to helping our employees thrive and to making a positive impact on our community through education and engagement.
Careers
We’re a team of optics gurus and metrology enthusiasts who genuinely love a good interference fringe. At AOM, we design, build, and support high-precision measurement systems used around the world—from labs to outer space.
As a small company, we each wear a lot of hats, which means every role here has real impact and variety. If you’re curious, collaborative, and ready to dive into the details, you’ll fit right in.
Visit our careers portal for available positions.
AOM is a member of and has deep connections with ASPE, SPIE, Optica (formerly OSA), and Optics Valley.
OUR CUSTOMERS
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Quality Policy
Arizona Optical Metrology, LLC (AOM) was established in 2009 to provide a range of custom products and services for measuring complex optical surfaces and systems. We are based in Tucson, AZ, USA.
Quality is important to our business because we value our customers. We strive to provide our customers with products and services that meet and even exceed their expectations.
We are committed to continuous improvement and are actively formalizing our long-standing quality culture into a Quality Management System to provide a framework for measuring and improving our performance.
Our internal procedures are reviewed regularly and will be held in a “Quality Manual” made available to all employees.
Although the President has ultimate responsibility for quality, all employees have a responsibility within their own areas of work to help ensure that quality is embedded within the whole of the company.
News
Metrology for Efficient Assembly, Integration, and Testing of Space Telescopes
The rapid expansion of space-based optical systems has created an unprecedented demand for manufacturing precision telescope at production volumes. Traditional alignment, integration, and testing (AI&T) methodologies that have worked well for one-off systems do...
Case Study: Critical Optomechanical Alignment Enabled by the View MM Benchmark
In this case study video from VIEW Micro Metrology, AOM's Jim Burge and Tyler Gross explain how VIEW's dimensional metrology system enables us to position our computer generated hologram (CGH) patterns with micron-level accuracy. Precision optical metrology often...
CGH Test Alignment Correction with Morpheus
CGH (computer-generated hologram) testing is essential for complex optical surfaces. But subtle misalignment can impact your data, and Zernike removal won't always correct those errors effectively. AOM's Morpheus™ software fits and removes misalignment aberrations to...
Events
OPIC (OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Conference)
AOM at OPIC & OPIE in Yokohama, Japan - April 22-24, 2026 We’re gearing up for OPIE (OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Exhibition) happening April 22-24 in Yokohama, Japan. Various technologies and products such as optical elements, lasers, infrared and...
SPIE Optics + Photonics 2026
Join us at SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego, California August 25-27, 2026. Arizona Optical Metrology will be on-site discussing computer generated holograms and their applications across the optics and photonics industries. SPIE is a three-day exhibition...
China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE) 2026
AOM will be on-site at CIOE September 9-11, 2026 talking about Computer Generated Holograms, Optical Metrology solutions, and more! The China International Optoelectronic Exposition showcases advancements in industries from information and communication, precision...
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